League One match preview: Ipswich Town versus Wigan Athletic

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sun 13.September
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Portman Road Stadium (30311 seats)

This is the League One season opener for these teams, who are finally competing for points again. Will Ipswich Town or Wigan Athletic get that important first win?

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Ipswich Town form and stats

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Ipswich Town friendly games in pre-season: Ipswich Town played two friendlies, won 0, drew 0 and lost 2. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Ipswich Town scored 1 goal and conceded 7 in these two games.

Last season, Ipswich Town's league statistics were 14 wins, 10 draws and 12 losses, resulting in a 10th position in the League One. Over these 36 matches they scored 46 goals and conceded 36. Playing at home last season Ipswich Town managed 6-5-6 (win-draw-lost) with 23 goals and 18 conceded.

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Wigan Athletic form and stats

The last season was not a pleasant experience for Wigan as they could not accumulate enough points to survive. After only 15 victories from 46 games, relegation was a fact. Wigan Athletic's manager P. Cook are hoping to lead the team right back to Championship at the first attempt.

Head 2 Head

As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's four Ipswich victories, two draws and three Wigan Athletic wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

IpswichK. Jackson
K. Jackson
11 goals
Ipswich TownJ. Norwood
J. Norwood
11 goals

Ipswich Town missing players

Wigan Athletic missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ipswich Town Wigan Athletic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 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%
0% 0% 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% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Ipswich Town Last season Wigan Athletic
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 17   Played P   23 46
14 6   Won W   5 15
10 5   Drew D   7 14
12 6   Lost L   11 17
46 23   Scored S   24 57
36 18   Conceded C   33 56
86% 82%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 91%
53% 59%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   65% 70%
39% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   57% 48%
25% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   30% 24%
17% 24%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   4% 7%
42% 47%   BTTS BTTS   43% 43%
36% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 35%
36% 41%   Failed to Score F T   39% 30%
 
5.6 6.6   Corners for (avg) C F   5.6 5.7
4.8 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   6 5.2
2.1 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2
4 1   Red cards R C   3 6
 
437 201   Total Shots T S   252 529
151 66   Shots on Target S O   85 178
30% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 32%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Accrington Stanley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 AFC Wimbledon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Blackpool 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Bristol Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Burton Albion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Charlton Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Crewe Alexandra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Doncaster Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Fleetwood Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Gillingham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Hull City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Ipswich Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Lincoln City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Milton Keynes Dons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Northampton Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Oxford United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Peterborough United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Plymouth Argyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Portsmouth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Rochdale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Shrewsbury Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Sunderland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Swindon Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Wigan Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Coventry City 34 18 13 3 48 30 17 11 5 1 22 11 17 7 8 2 26 19 18 67
2 Rotherham United 35 18 8 9 61 38 17 8 5 4 31 16 18 10 3 5 30 22 23 62
3 Oxford United 35 17 9 9 61 37 17 11 3 3 33 13 18 6 6 6 28 24 24 60
4 Portsmouth 35 17 9 9 53 36 18 12 6 0 36 15 17 5 3 9 17 21 17 60
5 Fleetwood Town 35 16 12 7 51 38 18 10 7 1 25 13 17 6 5 6 26 25 13 60
6 Peterborough United 35 17 8 10 68 40 17 12 3 2 41 13 18 5 5 8 27 27 28 59
7 Sunderland 36 16 11 9 48 32 19 10 8 1 35 13 17 6 3 8 13 19 16 59
8 Wycombe Wanderers 34 17 8 9 45 40 18 13 3 2 34 20 16 4 5 7 11 20 5 59
9 Doncaster Rovers 34 15 9 10 51 33 19 10 5 4 30 19 15 5 4 6 21 14 18 54
10 Ipswich Town 36 14 10 12 46 36 17 6 5 6 23 18 19 8 5 6 23 18 10 52
11 Gillingham 35 12 15 8 42 34 17 9 3 5 27 17 18 3 12 3 15 17 8 51
12 Burton Albion 35 12 12 11 50 50 17 6 8 3 19 14 18 6 4 8 31 36 0 48
13 Blackpool 35 11 12 12 44 43 17 9 2 6 27 23 18 2 10 6 17 20 1 45
14 Bristol Rovers 35 12 9 14 38 49 18 7 6 5 23 19 17 5 3 9 15 30 -11 45
15 Lincoln City 35 12 6 17 44 46 17 10 3 4 28 18 18 2 3 13 16 28 -2 42
16 Shrewsbury Town 34 10 11 13 31 42 17 6 5 6 21 24 17 4 6 7 10 18 -11 41
17 Accrington Stanley 35 10 10 15 47 53 17 7 2 8 33 27 18 3 8 7 14 26 -6 40
18 Milton Keynes Dons 35 10 7 18 36 47 18 9 1 8 20 21 17 1 6 10 16 26 -11 37
19 Rochdale 34 10 6 18 39 57 16 5 4 7 19 22 18 5 2 11 20 35 -18 36
20 AFC Wimbledon 35 8 11 16 39 52 18 5 9 4 18 18 17 3 2 12 21 34 -13 35
21 Tranmere Rovers 34 8 8 18 36 60 17 3 6 8 19 26 17 5 2 10 17 34 -24 32
22 Southend United 35 4 7 24 39 85 17 2 4 11 18 42 18 2 3 13 21 43 -46 19
23 Bolton Wanderers 34 5 11 18 27 66 17 4 8 5 17 23 17 1 3 13 10 43 -39 14
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 Leeds United 46 28 9 9 77 35 23 15 5 3 40 14 23 13 4 6 37 21 42 93
2 West Bromwich Albion 46 22 17 7 77 45 23 10 10 3 44 27 23 12 7 4 33 18 32 83
3 Brentford 46 24 9 13 80 38 23 14 5 4 44 18 23 10 4 9 36 20 42 81
4 Fulham 46 23 12 11 64 48 23 15 2 6 40 26 23 8 10 5 24 22 16 81
5 Cardiff City 46 19 16 11 68 58 23 11 9 3 35 21 23 8 7 8 33 37 10 73
6 Swansea City 46 18 16 12 62 53 23 10 5 8 27 23 23 8 11 4 35 30 9 70
7 Nottingham Forest 46 18 16 12 58 50 23 10 5 8 27 27 23 8 11 4 31 23 8 70
8 Millwall 46 17 17 12 57 51 23 10 8 5 33 25 23 7 9 7 24 26 6 68
9 Preston North End 46 18 12 16 59 54 23 12 4 7 39 29 23 6 8 9 20 25 5 66
10 Derby County 46 17 13 16 62 64 23 11 8 4 33 21 23 6 5 12 29 43 -2 64
11 Blackburn Rovers 46 17 12 17 66 63 23 10 9 4 33 24 23 7 3 13 33 39 3 63
12 Bristol City 46 17 12 17 60 65 23 8 7 8 30 33 23 9 5 9 30 32 -5 63
13 Queens Park Rangers 46 16 10 20 67 76 23 9 5 9 42 42 23 7 5 11 25 34 -9 58
14 Reading 46 15 11 20 59 58 23 7 4 12 26 34 23 8 7 8 33 24 1 56
15 Stoke City 46 16 8 22 62 68 23 11 3 9 36 26 23 5 5 13 26 42 -6 56
16 Sheffield Wednesday 46 15 11 20 58 66 23 7 7 9 19 30 23 8 4 11 39 36 -8 56
17 Middlesbrough 46 13 14 19 48 61 23 6 8 9 20 29 23 7 6 10 28 32 -13 53
18 Huddersfield Town 46 13 12 21 52 70 23 8 6 9 26 30 23 5 6 12 26 40 -18 51
19 Luton Town 46 14 9 23 54 82 23 8 7 8 33 37 23 6 2 15 21 45 -28 51
20 Birmingham City 46 12 14 20 54 75 23 6 7 10 33 42 23 6 7 10 21 33 -21 50
21 Barnsley 46 12 13 21 49 69 23 7 9 7 29 33 23 5 4 14 20 36 -20 49
22 Charlton Athletic 46 12 12 22 50 65 23 8 6 9 28 27 23 4 6 13 22 38 -15 48
23 Wigan Athletic 46 15 14 17 57 56 23 10 7 6 33 23 23 5 7 11 24 33 1 47
24 Hull City 46 12 9 25 57 87 23 7 3 13 29 37 23 5 6 12 28 50 -30 45

Wigan Athletic:
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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 Accrington Stanley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 AFC Wimbledon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Blackpool 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Bristol Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Burton Albion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Charlton Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Crewe Alexandra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Doncaster Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Fleetwood Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Gillingham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Hull City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Ipswich Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Lincoln City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Milton Keynes Dons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Northampton Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Oxford United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Peterborough United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Plymouth Argyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Portsmouth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Rochdale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Shrewsbury Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Sunderland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Swindon Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Wigan Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.