Open game expected at Portman Road Stadium: Ipswich Town vs Sheffield Wednesday preview

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 25.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Portman Road Stadium (30311 seats)

Here's every single thing you should know, and some more, ahead of the Ipswich Town - Sheffield Wednesday fixture!

Insights:
  • Ipswich Town have the most conceded goals (15) in League One
  • Ipswich Town have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sheffield Wednesday have scored away.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Ipswich Town form and stats

Ipswich Town, who have the most conceded goals (15) in League One, have collected 3 points from their League One home games so far after 0-3-1.

Happy days for Ipswich in their previous game, a League One match away at Lincoln City (placed 17th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. George Edmundson was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.42 out of 10. The defender Edmundson won 2 of 3 duels.

Preceding that match was a EFL Trophy defeat to West Ham United U21 (1-2).

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League One game versus Doncaster Rovers in only three days. This game is also played here at Portman Road Stadium.

The Ipswich manager P. Cook has got the team scoring with 8 from 4 home games in the league. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Ipswich have allowed the opposition to score 11 goals here at Portman Road Stadium.

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Sheffield Wednesday form and stats

1-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sheffield Wednesday in their League One matches away. Sheffield seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Sheffield delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Shrewsbury Town (placed 22nd) in their previous match; a League One game. Sam Hutchinson got a match rating of 7.35 in that game, top player of the team. Hutchinson dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 66 successful passes (of 73 total).

Prior to that match, the Sheffield Wednesday manager D. Moore faced defeat when travelling to Plymouth Argyle and losing 0-3.

Sheffield have another match that requires travelling in just three nights, a League One game versus Wigan Athletic. A grim calendar for the guests!

Goals are few and far between in Sheffield's away league games. Only 2 goals from 4 travels. 4 goals have been conceded by Sheffield in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Ipswich wins - draws - Sheffield Wednesday wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

IpswichM. Bonne
M. Bonne
5 goals
Sheffield WednesdayL. Gregory
L. Gregory
2 goals
Ipswich TownW. Burns
W. Burns
1 goals

Ipswich Town missing players

Sheffield Wednesday missing players

Ipswich Town Sheffield Wednesday
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
7 4 0 Played P 2 4 7
1 0 0 Won W 0 1 3
3 3 0 Drew D 1 1 2
3 1 0 Lost L 1 2 2
11 8 0 Scored S 0 2 6
15 11 0 Conceded C 1 4 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 75% 86%
86% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 57%
86% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 14%
57% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
14% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
86% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 14%
14% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 57%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 75% 43%
 
5.4 5.8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 4.2 4.7
5.1 5.8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7 5.7
1.4 1.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.4 10.8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9 9.7
3.9 4.2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 1.8 2.6
41% 47% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 33%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • All of Ipswich Town's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • Ipswich Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Ipswich Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ipswich Town have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sheffield Wednesday have scored away.
  • Ipswich Town have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Ipswich Town have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in League One
  • Ipswich Town have the fewest points (3) at home in League One
  • Ipswich Town have the most conceded goals (11) at home in League One
  • Ipswich Town have the most conceded goals (15) in League One
  • Ipswich Town have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in League One
  • Ipswich Town have the most matches over the total-line (6) in League One
  • Ipswich Town have yet to win a game at home.
  • Ipswich Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 7 5 1 1 12 5 4 3 1 0 5 2 3 2 0 1 7 3 7 16
2 Sunderland 7 5 1 1 12 7 4 4 0 0 8 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 5 16
3 Milton Keynes Dons 8 4 3 1 16 10 4 3 0 1 6 3 4 1 3 0 10 7 6 15
4 Plymouth Argyle 7 4 2 1 10 4 4 2 2 0 6 2 3 2 0 1 4 2 6 14
5 Wycombe Wanderers 7 4 2 1 10 7 3 3 0 0 5 2 4 1 2 1 5 5 3 14
6 Rotherham United 8 4 1 3 10 8 4 2 0 2 6 6 4 2 1 1 4 2 2 13
7 AFC Wimbledon 8 3 3 2 15 13 4 1 2 1 7 6 4 2 1 1 8 7 2 12
8 Bolton Wanderers 8 3 3 2 14 12 4 1 2 1 5 6 4 2 1 1 9 6 2 12
9 Cheltenham Town 8 3 3 2 11 11 4 2 1 1 5 5 4 1 2 1 6 6 0 12
10 Burton Albion 8 3 3 2 6 8 4 2 2 0 5 3 4 1 1 2 1 5 -2 12
11 Accrington Stanley 8 4 0 4 8 11 4 3 0 1 5 5 4 1 0 3 3 6 -3 12
12 Sheffield Wednesday 7 3 2 2 6 5 3 2 1 0 4 1 4 1 1 2 2 4 1 11
13 Cambridge United 7 3 2 2 10 10 4 2 1 1 6 6 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 11
14 Oxford United 8 3 2 3 9 9 4 3 1 0 6 2 4 0 1 3 3 7 0 11
15 Portsmouth 7 3 1 3 5 4 3 2 0 1 4 2 4 1 1 2 1 2 1 10
16 Fleetwood Town 7 2 2 3 11 11 3 1 1 1 5 5 4 1 1 2 6 6 0 8
17 Lincoln City 8 2 2 4 10 10 4 1 1 2 3 4 4 1 1 2 7 6 0 8
18 Morecambe 7 2 1 4 9 10 4 2 0 2 6 5 3 0 1 2 3 5 -1 7
19 Ipswich Town 7 1 3 3 11 15 4 0 3 1 8 11 3 1 0 2 3 4 -4 6
20 Gillingham 7 1 3 3 7 11 3 1 1 1 4 6 4 0 2 2 3 5 -4 6
21 Crewe Alexandra 7 1 2 4 4 8 3 1 1 1 3 2 4 0 1 3 1 6 -4 5
22 Shrewsbury Town 8 1 2 5 4 11 4 1 1 2 3 6 4 0 1 3 1 5 -7 5
23 Charlton Athletic 7 1 1 5 6 10 4 1 1 2 3 4 3 0 0 3 3 6 -4 4
24 Doncaster Rovers 7 1 1 5 3 9 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 0 0 4 1 7 -6 4

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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.