Ipswich Town vs Lincoln City: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England League One
Date: Sat 25.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Portman Road Stadium (30311 seats)

Ipswich Town perform at a high level so far being 3rd in the table. Lincoln City can look both up and down from their 12th position.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Ipswich Town form and stats

The story so far in the League One for Ipswich Town at their home stadium (Portman Road Stadium) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats.

A good away victory last time out for Ipswich Town, who won 2-1 against Tranmere Rovers (placed 21st). A 0-0 draw away before that, with Oxford United the opponent.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Ipswich Town handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W2-D3-L0.

Ipswich Town are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Rotherham United awaits in three days.

Ipswich Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Portman Road Stadium with 17 goals in 11 league matches. Ipswich Town have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Lincoln City form and stats

Lincoln City have only collected 9 points from their away games in the League One, after 2-3-10 (15 played).

Lincoln City won their last game, 1-0 versus Blackpool played at home. That result followed a home victory 5-1 versus Bolton Wanderers.

Lincoln City are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of eight matches.

A new game in only three days for Lincoln City, the League One home match versus Portsmouth. Busy days.

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Lincoln City have conceded 21 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Lincoln City - Ipswich Town 5-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Ipswich Town 1 win, 2 draws and Lincoln City 2 victories. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Lincoln CityT. Walker
T. Walker
14 goals
Ipswich TownJ. Norwood
J. Norwood
10 goals
Ipswich TownK. Jackson
K. Jackson
9 goals

Ipswich Town missing players

Lincoln City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ipswich Town Lincoln City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 11 4 Played P 6 15 27
12 4 0 Won W 1 2 11
9 5 3 Drew D 0 3 4
5 2 1 Lost L 5 10 12
39 17 3 Scored S 4 12 36
24 10 4 Conceded C 9 21 33
85% 73% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
62% 73% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 73% 70%
42% 55% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 33% 37%
27% 27% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 13% 22%
15% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
46% 55% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 53% 41%
42% 36% 50% Clean Sheets C S 17% 13% 33%
27% 36% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 30%
 
5.8 6.9 8 Corners For (avg) C F 5.7 5.6 5.4
4.8 4.8 5.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 5.3 5.1
2.2 1.6 1.8 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1.3 1.5
3 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
 
330 142 51 Total Shots T S 45 154 311
114 46 11 Shots on Target S O 14 49 102
34% 37% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 24% 35%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Ipswich Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lincoln City has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)
  • Lincoln City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rotherham United 26 14 5 7 48 26 13 6 3 4 24 11 13 8 2 3 24 15 22 47
2 Wycombe Wanderers 27 13 8 6 34 31 14 10 3 1 26 16 13 3 5 5 8 15 3 47
3 Ipswich Town 26 12 9 5 39 24 11 4 5 2 17 10 15 8 4 3 22 14 15 45
4 Coventry City 25 11 11 3 36 26 13 8 4 1 17 9 12 3 7 2 19 17 10 44
5 Sunderland 26 11 9 6 36 24 14 7 6 1 25 10 12 4 3 5 11 14 12 42
6 Oxford United 26 11 8 7 43 26 12 7 3 2 21 10 14 4 5 5 22 16 17 41
7 Portsmouth 25 11 8 6 37 29 13 8 5 0 24 12 12 3 3 6 13 17 8 41
8 Peterborough United 27 11 7 9 48 35 13 8 3 2 29 12 14 3 4 7 19 23 13 40
9 Burton Albion 25 11 6 8 34 30 12 6 3 3 13 8 13 5 3 5 21 22 4 39
10 Doncaster Rovers 25 10 8 7 36 24 15 7 4 4 21 15 10 3 4 3 15 9 12 38
11 Fleetwood Town 24 10 7 7 39 32 13 7 5 1 20 11 11 3 2 6 19 21 7 37
12 Lincoln City 27 11 4 12 36 33 12 9 1 2 24 12 15 2 3 10 12 21 3 37
13 Bristol Rovers 25 10 6 9 30 35 13 5 5 3 18 15 12 5 1 6 12 20 -5 36
14 Gillingham 26 8 11 7 29 25 14 7 3 4 22 14 12 1 8 3 7 11 4 35
15 Blackpool 25 8 10 7 32 29 12 6 2 4 18 15 13 2 8 3 14 14 3 34
16 Shrewsbury Town 25 8 10 7 24 28 12 5 4 3 15 15 13 3 6 4 9 13 -4 34
17 Accrington Stanley 26 7 8 11 36 39 12 5 2 5 25 17 14 2 6 6 11 22 -3 29
18 Rochdale 26 8 4 14 30 43 12 3 3 6 12 17 14 5 1 8 18 26 -13 28
19 AFC Wimbledon 26 7 6 13 31 38 13 5 5 3 15 14 13 2 1 10 16 24 -7 27
20 Milton Keynes Dons 27 7 4 16 27 39 14 6 1 7 15 19 13 1 3 9 12 20 -12 25
21 Tranmere Rovers 25 5 7 13 28 45 13 3 5 5 19 20 12 2 2 8 9 25 -17 22
22 Southend United 26 2 7 17 29 66 12 0 4 8 11 34 14 2 3 9 18 32 -37 13
23 Bolton Wanderers 24 4 7 13 19 54 13 3 6 4 14 20 11 1 1 9 5 34 -35 7

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rotherham United 26 14 5 7 48 26 13 6 3 4 24 11 13 8 2 3 24 15 22 47
2 Wycombe Wanderers 27 13 8 6 34 31 14 10 3 1 26 16 13 3 5 5 8 15 3 47
3 Ipswich Town 26 12 9 5 39 24 11 4 5 2 17 10 15 8 4 3 22 14 15 45
4 Coventry City 25 11 11 3 36 26 13 8 4 1 17 9 12 3 7 2 19 17 10 44
5 Sunderland 26 11 9 6 36 24 14 7 6 1 25 10 12 4 3 5 11 14 12 42
6 Oxford United 26 11 8 7 43 26 12 7 3 2 21 10 14 4 5 5 22 16 17 41
7 Portsmouth 25 11 8 6 37 29 13 8 5 0 24 12 12 3 3 6 13 17 8 41
8 Peterborough United 27 11 7 9 48 35 13 8 3 2 29 12 14 3 4 7 19 23 13 40
9 Burton Albion 25 11 6 8 34 30 12 6 3 3 13 8 13 5 3 5 21 22 4 39
10 Doncaster Rovers 25 10 8 7 36 24 15 7 4 4 21 15 10 3 4 3 15 9 12 38
11 Fleetwood Town 24 10 7 7 39 32 13 7 5 1 20 11 11 3 2 6 19 21 7 37
12 Lincoln City 27 11 4 12 36 33 12 9 1 2 24 12 15 2 3 10 12 21 3 37
13 Bristol Rovers 25 10 6 9 30 35 13 5 5 3 18 15 12 5 1 6 12 20 -5 36
14 Gillingham 26 8 11 7 29 25 14 7 3 4 22 14 12 1 8 3 7 11 4 35
15 Blackpool 25 8 10 7 32 29 12 6 2 4 18 15 13 2 8 3 14 14 3 34
16 Shrewsbury Town 25 8 10 7 24 28 12 5 4 3 15 15 13 3 6 4 9 13 -4 34
17 Accrington Stanley 26 7 8 11 36 39 12 5 2 5 25 17 14 2 6 6 11 22 -3 29
18 Rochdale 26 8 4 14 30 43 12 3 3 6 12 17 14 5 1 8 18 26 -13 28
19 AFC Wimbledon 26 7 6 13 31 38 13 5 5 3 15 14 13 2 1 10 16 24 -7 27
20 Milton Keynes Dons 27 7 4 16 27 39 14 6 1 7 15 19 13 1 3 9 12 20 -12 25
21 Tranmere Rovers 25 5 7 13 28 45 13 3 5 5 19 20 12 2 2 8 9 25 -17 22
22 Southend United 26 2 7 17 29 66 12 0 4 8 11 34 14 2 3 9 18 32 -37 13
23 Bolton Wanderers 24 4 7 13 19 54 13 3 6 4 14 20 11 1 1 9 5 34 -35 7

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.