League One preview: Can Ipswich Town edge out victory against Milton Keynes Dons?

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 13.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Portman Road Stadium (30311 seats)

Ipswich Town battle Milton Keynes Dons for praise and sporting success.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Ipswich Town form and stats

A League One draw at home so far for Ipswich Town. Last season their home statistics were 11 wins, 9 draws and 3 defeats from 23 matches.

The Ipswich Town fans got no joy from their last match, a Carabao Cup duel also played here at Portman Road Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Colchester United. Woolfenden, defender, was given a rating of 7.22/10 in that game, top of the team. Woolfenden hit two key passes and won 6 of 10 duels.

Before that match, a League One win away at Forest Green Rovers.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Ipswich handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 7 draws and 1 defeat.

There will be little rest for Ipswich Town after this match as they are travelling to Burton Albion for a League One game in only three days.

Ipswich Town has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Milton Keynes Dons form and stats

Milton Keynes Dons have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the League One were 13 victories, 6 draws and 4 defeats from 23 fixtures.

The attacking players of Keynes have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 244 minutes.

The regulars enjoyed Milton Keynes Dons's previous match versus Sutton United, a Carabao Cup win (1-0) played at home. Midfielder Devoy was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.02. Devoy served one assist, hit four key passes and had 41 successful passes (of 49 total).

A 0-1 loss hosting Sheffield Wednesday before that.

Keynes are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Port Vale in just three days.

Milton Keynes Dons have the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Ipswich Town have put together a sequence of 8 consecutive matches without defeat (3-5-0) when facing Milton Keynes Dons.

Top Goalscorers

Ipswich TownL. Evans
L. Evans
1 goals
Ipswich TownS. Morsy
S. Morsy
1 goals
Ipswich TownM. Harness
M. Harness
1 goals

Ipswich Town missing players

Milton Keynes Dons missing players

Ipswich Town Milton Keynes Dons
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
3 1 0 Scored S 0 0 0
2 1 0 Conceded C 0 1 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 100%
 
8 8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 5
4.5 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 3
1.5 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
18.5 17 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8 9
8 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 2.5
19% 17% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
5.5 4 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 13 14
2.5 1 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5 4.5
Ipswich Town Last season Milton Keynes Dons
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   24 48
18 11   Won W   13 27
16 9   Drew D   6 11
12 3   Lost L   5 10
67 38   Scored S   44 79
46 22   Conceded C   25 46
91% 87%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
74% 70%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 73%
43% 52%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   54% 48%
24% 30%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 23%
7% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 17%
48% 48%   BTTS BTTS   62% 54%
37% 43%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 35%
24% 22%   Failed to Score F T   12% 15%
 
5.4 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.9 4.9
4.7 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 4.7
2 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.4
2 0   Red cards R C   2 2
 
11.9 12.7   Shots (avg) S (   12.5 12.9
3.8 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.7 4.8
38% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 34%
 
9.2 8.5   Shots against (avg) S A   10.6 9.2
2.7 2.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.6 3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Peterborough United 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 4 6
2 Exeter City 2 1 1 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 4
3 Bolton Wanderers 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
4 Sheffield Wednesday 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
5 Accrington Stanley 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
6 Charlton Athletic 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
7 Ipswich Town 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
8 Bristol Rovers 2 1 0 1 5 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 3
9 Fleetwood Town 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
10 Forest Green Rovers 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 3
11 Wycombe Wanderers 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 3
12 Plymouth Argyle 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
13 Barnsley 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
14 Cambridge United 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
15 Derby County 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
16 Oxford United 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
17 Port Vale 2 1 0 1 2 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 -3 3
18 Portsmouth 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 2
19 Lincoln City 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
20 Shrewsbury Town 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
21 Morecambe 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
22 Cheltenham Town 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
23 Milton Keynes Dons 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
24 Burton Albion 2 0 0 2 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 -7 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wigan Athletic 46 27 11 8 82 44 23 13 5 5 36 22 23 14 6 3 46 22 38 92
2 Rotherham United 46 27 9 10 70 33 23 15 3 5 43 22 23 12 6 5 27 11 37 90
3 Milton Keynes Dons 46 26 11 9 78 44 23 13 5 5 34 21 23 13 6 4 44 23 34 89
4 Sheffield Wednesday 46 24 13 9 78 50 23 16 5 2 48 18 23 8 8 7 30 32 28 85
5 Sunderland 46 24 12 10 79 53 23 16 3 4 49 19 23 8 9 6 30 34 26 84
6 Wycombe Wanderers 46 23 14 9 75 51 23 14 5 4 39 26 23 9 9 5 36 25 24 83
7 Plymouth Argyle 46 23 11 12 68 48 23 14 4 5 32 19 23 9 7 7 36 29 20 80
8 Oxford United 46 22 10 14 82 59 23 13 6 4 47 27 23 9 4 10 35 32 23 76
9 Bolton Wanderers 46 21 10 15 74 57 23 12 7 4 45 26 23 9 3 11 29 31 17 73
10 Portsmouth 46 20 13 13 68 51 23 14 5 4 46 25 23 6 8 9 22 26 17 73
11 Ipswich Town 46 18 16 12 67 46 23 11 9 3 38 22 23 7 7 9 29 24 21 70
12 Accrington Stanley 46 17 10 19 61 80 23 12 6 5 41 33 23 5 4 14 20 47 -19 61
13 Charlton Athletic 46 17 8 21 55 59 23 10 4 9 32 28 23 7 4 12 23 31 -4 59
14 Cambridge United 46 15 13 18 56 74 23 8 8 7 28 29 23 7 5 11 28 45 -18 58
15 Cheltenham Town 46 13 17 16 66 80 23 10 7 6 33 30 23 3 10 10 33 50 -14 56
16 Burton Albion 46 14 11 21 51 67 23 10 6 7 34 26 23 4 5 14 17 41 -16 53
17 Lincoln City 46 14 10 22 55 63 23 7 5 11 25 29 23 7 5 11 30 34 -8 52
18 Shrewsbury Town 46 12 14 20 47 51 23 9 7 7 30 25 23 3 7 13 17 26 -4 50
19 Morecambe 46 10 12 24 57 88 23 7 8 8 33 35 23 3 4 16 24 53 -31 42
20 Fleetwood Town 46 8 16 22 62 82 23 5 8 10 33 37 23 3 8 12 29 45 -20 40
21 Gillingham 46 8 16 22 35 69 23 4 8 11 13 36 23 4 8 11 22 33 -34 40
22 Doncaster Rovers 46 10 8 28 37 82 23 7 3 13 20 32 23 3 5 15 17 50 -45 38
23 AFC Wimbledon 46 6 19 21 49 75 23 2 14 7 27 34 23 4 5 14 22 41 -26 37
24 Crewe Alexandra 46 7 8 31 37 83 23 5 5 13 22 40 23 2 3 18 15 43 -46 29

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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.