League One game information: Ipswich Town against Portsmouth

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 12.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Portman Road Stadium (30311 seats)

Ipswich Town and Portsmouth have both delivered a "par" performance so far this season, to use a golf expression. The teams both hold mid-table places in the League One.

Insights:
  • Ipswich Town have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in League One

It's no vacation for neither Ipswich Town nor Portsmouth as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Ipswich Town form and stats

Ipswich Town have played 18 League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 9-7-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Christian Walton not having conceded a league goal in 211 minutes.

Ipswich's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Lincoln City (placed 18th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Burns (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.63/10. Burns scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 26 successful passes (of 32 total).

In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Fleetwood Town.

The Ipswich Town fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 31 goals in 18 league matches. 19 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Portsmouth form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 6 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats. Momentum is building for Portsmouth in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Two travels in a row for Portsmouth, whose coach Cowley could celebrate last time after the win against Crewe Alexandra. Hirst, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.13. Hirst scored two goals and hit two key passes.

A home win before that, celebrating 4-0 vs Accrington Stanley.

Portsmouth have another fixture away from home in just three nights, a League One fixture against Plymouth Argyle. A back-breaking fixture list for them!

The visiting Portsmouth have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 17 games. As opposed to that, Portsmouth have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Portsmouth - Ipswich Town 0-4 was the outcome when these two squads previously met, earlier this season. Stats for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two squads are: three wins for Ipswich Town, one draw and six wins for Portsmouth. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

IpswichM. Bonne
M. Bonne
12 goals
Ipswich TownW. Burns
W. Burns
10 goals
PortsmouthM. Harness
M. Harness
10 goals

Ipswich Town missing players

Portsmouth missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ipswich Town Portsmouth
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
37 18 4 Played P 4 17 35
16 9 2 Won W 0 6 16
11 7 1 Drew D 3 5 9
10 2 1 Lost L 1 6 10
57 31 7 Scored S 5 19 53
39 19 6 Conceded C 6 18 38
92% 89% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 82% 89%
78% 78% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 47% 66%
49% 56% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 47% 57%
24% 28% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 29% 34%
8% 11% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 11%
49% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 41% 46%
38% 39% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 41% 43%
22% 17% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 35% 23%
 
5.3 5.2 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 4.7 5.2
4.8 4.4 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.7 5.2
1.7 1.7 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.2 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.6 11.9 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 14.5 12.2 13.2
3.8 4 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.2 3.7
40% 43% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 35% 40%
 
9.2 8.9 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 12.4 11.6
2.9 2.7 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 4.3 3.8
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Ipswich Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ipswich Town have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in League One

  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 36 23 7 6 62 21 18 12 3 3 38 16 18 11 4 3 24 5 41 76
2 Wigan Athletic 34 22 6 6 59 32 18 11 3 4 26 17 16 11 3 2 33 15 27 72
3 Milton Keynes Dons 37 21 9 7 62 37 18 10 4 4 25 16 19 11 5 3 37 21 25 72
4 Oxford United 37 19 8 10 71 47 19 12 4 3 43 23 18 7 4 7 28 24 24 65
5 Sunderland 37 18 9 10 64 48 18 12 2 4 37 15 19 6 7 6 27 33 16 63
6 Plymouth Argyle 35 18 8 9 58 39 17 10 3 4 24 14 18 8 5 5 34 25 19 62
7 Wycombe Wanderers 36 17 10 9 61 47 18 10 4 4 33 26 18 7 6 5 28 21 14 61
8 Sheffield Wednesday 35 17 10 8 53 40 17 11 4 2 30 14 18 6 6 6 23 26 13 61
9 Ipswich Town 37 16 11 10 57 39 18 9 7 2 31 19 19 7 4 8 26 20 18 59
10 Portsmouth 35 16 9 10 53 38 18 10 4 4 34 20 17 6 5 6 19 18 15 57
11 Bolton Wanderers 37 16 7 14 59 48 18 10 5 3 36 20 19 6 2 11 23 28 11 55
12 Accrington Stanley 35 13 7 15 44 57 18 10 4 4 32 25 17 3 3 11 12 32 -13 46
13 Cambridge United 36 11 12 13 46 52 18 7 7 4 23 19 18 4 5 9 23 33 -6 45
14 Cheltenham Town 36 10 14 12 49 59 19 8 6 5 26 25 17 2 8 7 23 34 -10 44
15 Burton Albion 37 12 8 17 45 56 18 8 4 6 28 22 19 4 4 11 17 34 -11 44
16 Charlton Athletic 35 11 7 17 41 47 18 7 4 7 24 23 17 4 3 10 17 24 -6 40
17 Shrewsbury Town 36 9 12 15 31 35 17 7 5 5 19 16 19 2 7 10 12 19 -4 39
18 Lincoln City 35 10 8 17 40 49 19 5 4 10 19 25 16 5 4 7 21 24 -9 38
19 Fleetwood Town 35 7 12 16 48 63 17 5 5 7 26 27 18 2 7 9 22 36 -15 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 36 6 15 15 39 56 17 2 11 4 21 24 19 4 4 11 18 32 -17 33
21 Morecambe 36 7 11 18 45 67 18 5 7 6 26 29 18 2 4 12 19 38 -22 32
22 Gillingham 36 6 12 18 28 58 19 4 5 10 12 33 17 2 7 8 16 25 -30 30
23 Doncaster Rovers 37 8 5 24 28 72 18 5 3 10 15 28 19 3 2 14 13 44 -44 29
24 Crewe Alexandra 36 6 7 23 30 66 18 4 4 10 17 32 18 2 3 13 13 34 -36 25

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 36 23 7 6 62 21 18 12 3 3 38 16 18 11 4 3 24 5 41 76
2 Wigan Athletic 34 22 6 6 59 32 18 11 3 4 26 17 16 11 3 2 33 15 27 72
3 Milton Keynes Dons 37 21 9 7 62 37 18 10 4 4 25 16 19 11 5 3 37 21 25 72
4 Oxford United 37 19 8 10 71 47 19 12 4 3 43 23 18 7 4 7 28 24 24 65
5 Sunderland 37 18 9 10 64 48 18 12 2 4 37 15 19 6 7 6 27 33 16 63
6 Plymouth Argyle 35 18 8 9 58 39 17 10 3 4 24 14 18 8 5 5 34 25 19 62
7 Wycombe Wanderers 36 17 10 9 61 47 18 10 4 4 33 26 18 7 6 5 28 21 14 61
8 Sheffield Wednesday 35 17 10 8 53 40 17 11 4 2 30 14 18 6 6 6 23 26 13 61
9 Ipswich Town 37 16 11 10 57 39 18 9 7 2 31 19 19 7 4 8 26 20 18 59
10 Portsmouth 35 16 9 10 53 38 18 10 4 4 34 20 17 6 5 6 19 18 15 57
11 Bolton Wanderers 37 16 7 14 59 48 18 10 5 3 36 20 19 6 2 11 23 28 11 55
12 Accrington Stanley 35 13 7 15 44 57 18 10 4 4 32 25 17 3 3 11 12 32 -13 46
13 Cambridge United 36 11 12 13 46 52 18 7 7 4 23 19 18 4 5 9 23 33 -6 45
14 Cheltenham Town 36 10 14 12 49 59 19 8 6 5 26 25 17 2 8 7 23 34 -10 44
15 Burton Albion 37 12 8 17 45 56 18 8 4 6 28 22 19 4 4 11 17 34 -11 44
16 Charlton Athletic 35 11 7 17 41 47 18 7 4 7 24 23 17 4 3 10 17 24 -6 40
17 Shrewsbury Town 36 9 12 15 31 35 17 7 5 5 19 16 19 2 7 10 12 19 -4 39
18 Lincoln City 35 10 8 17 40 49 19 5 4 10 19 25 16 5 4 7 21 24 -9 38
19 Fleetwood Town 35 7 12 16 48 63 17 5 5 7 26 27 18 2 7 9 22 36 -15 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 36 6 15 15 39 56 17 2 11 4 21 24 19 4 4 11 18 32 -17 33
21 Morecambe 36 7 11 18 45 67 18 5 7 6 26 29 18 2 4 12 19 38 -22 32
22 Gillingham 36 6 12 18 28 58 19 4 5 10 12 33 17 2 7 8 16 25 -30 30
23 Doncaster Rovers 37 8 5 24 28 72 18 5 3 10 15 28 19 3 2 14 13 44 -44 29
24 Crewe Alexandra 36 6 7 23 30 66 18 4 4 10 17 32 18 2 3 13 13 34 -36 25

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