Portman Road: Ipswich Town vs Milton Keynes Dons League One preview

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Portman Road

This has the looks of quite the absorbing clash at Portman Road in the League One. Ipswich Town is in 19th position and host Milton Keynes Dons in 12th position. Learn more about the game here!

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Ipswich Town and Milton Keynes Dons.

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Ipswich Town form and stats

The first League One game here at Portman Road resulted in a draw. Last season Ipswich Town's home game statistics were 12 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats from 23 games.

Ipswich lost their last game at Cheltenham Town (placed 15th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Midfielder Kyle Edwards was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.44 (out of ten) in that game. Edwards hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 17 successful passes (of 21 total).

Prior to that, an away loss at Burton Albion.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Ipswich Town have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won eight times, drawn four and lost one.

Ipswich Town has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Milton Keynes Dons form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first League One away game of the season. During their previous season 23 away games resulted in 8 wins, 4 draws and 11 defeats.

Milton had fun at their own home (Portman Road) last time out, beating Charlton Athletic 2-1. Troy Parrott and Mohamed Eisa scored. The attacker Troy Parrott got a match rating of 7.45 in that game. Parrott scored one goal and hit two key passes.

A 1-2 loss hosting Sunderland before that.

We have checked recent matches where Milton Keynes Dons have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were one victory, zero draws and two defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Milton Keynes Dons has managed 3 goals and let in 3 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Head to head numbers (for the former seven meetings): Ipswich won four games, three matches ended with a tie and Milton Keynes Dons have zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / five

Top Goalscorers

Milton Keynes DonsM. Eisa
M. Eisa
2 goals
Milton Keynes DonsT. Parrott
T. Parrott
2 goals
Ipswich TownM. Penney
M. Penney
1 goals

Ipswich Town missing players

Milton Keynes Dons missing players

Ipswich Town Milton Keynes Dons
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 1 Played P 0 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 1 1 Drew D 0 1 1
2 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
4 2 2 Scored S 0 3 6
6 2 2 Conceded C 0 3 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
33% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 100% 33%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
7.3 10 10 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2 4
2.7 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 4.3
1.3 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.3 12 12 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10 12
3.7 3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 4.7
36% 67% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 100% 43%
Ipswich Town Last season Milton Keynes Dons
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
19 12   Won W   8 18
12 5   Drew D   4 11
15 6   Lost L   11 17
46 25   Scored S   28 64
46 18   Conceded C   34 62
80% 83%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 96%
63% 61%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 78%
39% 30%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   52% 48%
11% 9%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 28%
7% 4%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   22% 17%
39% 30%   BTTS BTTS   48% 52%
41% 48%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 26%
39% 39%   Failed to Score F T   35% 26%
 
4.8 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   5.5 5.4
4.6 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 3.9
1.7 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.8
6 2   Red cards R C   0 0
 
9.5 11.1   Shots (avg) S (   10 11.1
3.3 3.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.4 3.8
30% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 36%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Portsmouth 3 3 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 9
2 Burton Albion 3 3 0 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 9
3 Wycombe Wanderers 3 2 1 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 4 2 3 7
4 Sheffield Wednesday 3 2 1 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 7
5 Oxford United 3 2 1 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 7
6 Rotherham United 3 2 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 6
7 Accrington Stanley 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 6
8 Sunderland 3 2 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 6
9 Bolton Wanderers 3 1 2 0 7 6 1 0 1 0 3 3 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 5
10 AFC Wimbledon 3 1 2 0 6 5 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 5
11 Morecambe 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
12 Milton Keynes Dons 3 1 1 1 6 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 4
13 Lincoln City 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
14 Wigan Athletic 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 4
15 Cheltenham Town 3 1 1 1 4 5 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 4
16 Plymouth Argyle 3 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 4
17 Cambridge United 3 0 2 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 2
18 Gillingham 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 2
19 Ipswich Town 3 0 1 2 4 6 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2 1
20 Charlton Athletic 3 0 1 2 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2 1
21 Crewe Alexandra 3 0 1 2 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 -3 1
22 Fleetwood Town 3 0 0 3 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 -3 0
23 Doncaster Rovers 3 0 0 3 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 -4 0
24 Shrewsbury Town 3 0 0 3 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 -4 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 Hull City 46 27 8 11 80 38 23 14 4 5 32 14 23 13 4 6 48 24 42 89
2 Peterborough United 46 26 9 11 83 46 23 15 5 3 52 22 23 11 4 8 31 24 37 87
3 Blackpool 46 23 11 12 60 37 23 12 7 4 30 18 23 11 4 8 30 19 23 80
4 Sunderland 46 20 17 9 70 42 23 9 8 6 32 25 23 11 9 3 38 17 28 77
5 Lincoln City 46 22 11 13 69 50 23 9 5 9 35 30 23 13 6 4 34 20 19 77
6 Oxford United 46 22 8 16 77 56 23 13 4 6 39 21 23 9 4 10 38 35 21 74
7 Charlton Athletic 46 20 14 12 70 56 23 8 7 8 36 37 23 12 7 4 34 19 14 74
8 Portsmouth 46 21 9 16 65 51 23 9 5 9 29 24 23 12 4 7 36 27 14 72
9 Ipswich Town 46 19 12 15 46 46 23 12 5 6 25 18 23 7 7 9 21 28 0 69
10 Gillingham 46 19 10 17 63 60 23 10 5 8 31 30 23 9 5 9 32 30 3 67
11 Accrington Stanley 46 18 13 15 63 68 23 10 7 6 31 26 23 8 6 9 32 42 -5 67
12 Crewe Alexandra 46 18 12 16 56 61 23 10 7 6 32 30 23 8 5 10 24 31 -5 66
13 Milton Keynes Dons 46 18 11 17 64 62 23 10 7 6 36 28 23 8 4 11 28 34 2 65
14 Doncaster Rovers 46 19 7 20 63 67 23 11 4 8 34 32 23 8 3 12 29 35 -4 64
15 Fleetwood Town 46 16 12 18 49 46 23 9 8 6 26 17 23 7 4 12 23 29 3 60
16 Burton Albion 46 15 12 19 61 73 23 7 4 12 32 42 23 8 8 7 29 31 -12 57
17 Shrewsbury Town 46 13 15 18 50 57 23 5 8 10 28 31 23 8 7 8 22 26 -7 54
18 Plymouth Argyle 46 14 11 21 53 80 23 11 4 8 31 39 23 3 7 13 22 41 -27 53
19 AFC Wimbledon 46 12 15 19 54 70 23 7 5 11 32 39 23 5 10 8 22 31 -16 51
20 Wigan Athletic 46 13 9 24 54 77 23 5 6 12 26 42 23 8 3 12 28 35 -23 48
21 Rochdale 46 11 14 21 61 78 23 4 9 10 27 42 23 7 5 11 34 36 -17 47
22 Northampton Town 46 11 12 23 41 67 23 8 5 10 20 26 23 3 7 13 21 41 -26 45
23 Swindon Town 46 13 4 29 55 89 23 8 1 14 25 38 23 5 3 15 30 51 -34 43
24 Bristol Rovers 46 10 8 28 40 70 23 7 2 14 23 32 23 3 6 14 17 38 -30 38

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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.