League One prediction and preview: Ipswich Town modest favorites to beat Plymouth Argyle

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 13.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Portman Road

It's advantage Ipswich Town so far with their 7th position in the League One table, welcoming Plymouth Argyle who are placed 15th.

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 and Plymouth Argyle.

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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) is 9 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Lincoln City in the League One last time out and are looking for a win here. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Gillingham.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Ipswich handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eight wins, four draws and one defeat.

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

Ipswich are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 18 games. Ipswich Town are not conceding a lot of goals here at Portman Road in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 16 from 18 matches.

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Plymouth Argyle form and stats

Plymouth Argyle have only collected 14 points from their away games in the League One, after 3-5-8 (16 played). Recent form does not give Plymouth much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Ipswich Town will be a tough nut to crack. Plymouth has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League One home defeat versus Wigan Athletic with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Doncaster Rovers's place.

Plymouth are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, four draws and five defeats. From a total of eleven matches.

The schedule is very tough for Plymouth now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League One game at Milton Keynes Dons is waiting in only three days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Plymouth have scored 17 goals in 16 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Plymouth rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 28 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Plymouth Argyle - Ipswich 1-2, played this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Ipswich Town, five draws and two wins for Plymouth Argyle. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

Plymouth ArgyleL. Jephcott
L. Jephcott
16 goals
IpswichG. Edwards
G. Edwards
5 goals
Ipswich TownJ. Norwood
J. Norwood
5 goals

Ipswich Town missing players

Plymouth Argyle missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ipswich Town Plymouth Argyle
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 18 5 Played P 7 16 34
15 9 4 Won W 1 3 12
6 3 1 Drew D 2 5 9
11 6 0 Lost L 4 8 13
37 19 6 Scored S 7 17 44
33 16 0 Conceded C 11 28 55
91% 89% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
69% 67% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 75% 76%
38% 28% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 57% 50% 53%
12% 6% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 25% 29%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 15%
44% 28% 0% BTTS BTTS 57% 50% 53%
38% 44% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 19% 24%
28% 39% 20% Failed to Score F T 43% 38% 26%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.4 1.7
5 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
9.6 11.4 11.6 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 11.4 12.4
3.5 3.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 3.4 4
33% 28% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 31% 33%

  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 35 20 5 10 59 29 17 10 2 5 19 9 18 10 3 5 40 20 30 65
2 Peterborough United 33 19 5 9 53 31 16 12 2 2 35 14 17 7 3 7 18 17 22 62
3 Lincoln City 33 18 7 8 52 32 17 8 3 6 27 21 16 10 4 2 25 11 20 61
4 Sunderland 33 16 12 5 51 26 17 8 5 4 23 16 16 8 7 1 28 10 25 60
5 Doncaster Rovers 31 17 4 10 51 39 17 11 3 3 32 19 14 6 1 7 19 20 12 55
6 Portsmouth 33 15 7 11 49 36 18 6 5 7 23 19 15 9 2 4 26 17 13 52
7 Ipswich Town 32 15 6 11 37 33 18 9 3 6 19 16 14 6 3 5 18 17 4 51
8 Charlton Athletic 34 14 9 11 48 45 16 5 4 7 26 30 18 9 5 4 22 15 3 51
9 Oxford United 32 14 8 10 46 37 15 7 4 4 19 12 17 7 4 6 27 25 9 50
10 Accrington Stanley 32 14 8 10 44 38 16 8 4 4 21 13 16 6 4 6 23 25 6 50
11 Blackpool 30 14 6 10 36 28 13 7 3 3 16 12 17 7 3 7 20 16 8 48
12 Crewe Alexandra 34 13 9 12 43 43 17 9 5 3 27 16 17 4 4 9 16 27 0 48
13 Gillingham 34 14 5 15 45 46 18 8 2 8 25 26 16 6 3 7 20 20 -1 47
14 Fleetwood Town 34 12 10 12 39 30 17 7 7 3 22 11 17 5 3 9 17 19 9 46
15 Plymouth Argyle 34 12 9 13 44 55 18 9 4 5 27 27 16 3 5 8 17 28 -11 45
16 Milton Keynes Dons 34 11 9 14 47 48 16 5 7 4 24 20 18 6 2 10 23 28 -1 42
17 Shrewsbury Town 31 10 11 10 35 36 15 4 6 5 20 20 16 6 5 5 15 16 -1 41
18 Burton Albion 32 10 7 15 40 56 16 5 2 9 21 32 16 5 5 6 19 24 -16 37
19 Bristol Rovers 33 9 6 18 34 53 16 6 1 9 21 25 17 3 5 9 13 28 -19 33
20 Wigan Athletic 34 9 6 19 37 60 17 3 4 10 18 35 17 6 2 9 19 25 -23 33
21 Northampton Town 34 8 8 18 31 52 17 5 4 8 14 21 17 3 4 10 17 31 -21 32
22 Swindon Town 34 9 4 21 40 62 18 7 1 10 20 27 16 2 3 11 20 35 -22 31
23 AFC Wimbledon 32 7 9 16 32 56 14 3 2 9 15 27 18 4 7 7 17 29 -24 30
24 Rochdale 34 6 10 18 41 63 17 1 7 9 17 35 17 5 3 9 24 28 -22 28

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 Hull City 35 20 5 10 59 29 17 10 2 5 19 9 18 10 3 5 40 20 30 65
2 Peterborough United 33 19 5 9 53 31 16 12 2 2 35 14 17 7 3 7 18 17 22 62
3 Lincoln City 33 18 7 8 52 32 17 8 3 6 27 21 16 10 4 2 25 11 20 61
4 Sunderland 33 16 12 5 51 26 17 8 5 4 23 16 16 8 7 1 28 10 25 60
5 Doncaster Rovers 31 17 4 10 51 39 17 11 3 3 32 19 14 6 1 7 19 20 12 55
6 Portsmouth 33 15 7 11 49 36 18 6 5 7 23 19 15 9 2 4 26 17 13 52
7 Ipswich Town 32 15 6 11 37 33 18 9 3 6 19 16 14 6 3 5 18 17 4 51
8 Charlton Athletic 34 14 9 11 48 45 16 5 4 7 26 30 18 9 5 4 22 15 3 51
9 Oxford United 32 14 8 10 46 37 15 7 4 4 19 12 17 7 4 6 27 25 9 50
10 Accrington Stanley 32 14 8 10 44 38 16 8 4 4 21 13 16 6 4 6 23 25 6 50
11 Blackpool 30 14 6 10 36 28 13 7 3 3 16 12 17 7 3 7 20 16 8 48
12 Crewe Alexandra 34 13 9 12 43 43 17 9 5 3 27 16 17 4 4 9 16 27 0 48
13 Gillingham 34 14 5 15 45 46 18 8 2 8 25 26 16 6 3 7 20 20 -1 47
14 Fleetwood Town 34 12 10 12 39 30 17 7 7 3 22 11 17 5 3 9 17 19 9 46
15 Plymouth Argyle 34 12 9 13 44 55 18 9 4 5 27 27 16 3 5 8 17 28 -11 45
16 Milton Keynes Dons 34 11 9 14 47 48 16 5 7 4 24 20 18 6 2 10 23 28 -1 42
17 Shrewsbury Town 31 10 11 10 35 36 15 4 6 5 20 20 16 6 5 5 15 16 -1 41
18 Burton Albion 32 10 7 15 40 56 16 5 2 9 21 32 16 5 5 6 19 24 -16 37
19 Bristol Rovers 33 9 6 18 34 53 16 6 1 9 21 25 17 3 5 9 13 28 -19 33
20 Wigan Athletic 34 9 6 19 37 60 17 3 4 10 18 35 17 6 2 9 19 25 -23 33
21 Northampton Town 34 8 8 18 31 52 17 5 4 8 14 21 17 3 4 10 17 31 -21 32
22 Swindon Town 34 9 4 21 40 62 18 7 1 10 20 27 16 2 3 11 20 35 -22 31
23 AFC Wimbledon 32 7 9 16 32 56 14 3 2 9 15 27 18 4 7 7 17 29 -24 30
24 Rochdale 34 6 10 18 41 63 17 1 7 9 17 35 17 5 3 9 24 28 -22 28

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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.