Ipswich Town expected to challenge Morecambe at their own home

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 08.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Mazuma Stadium (6476 seats)

The guesting Ipswich Town team are thought to be front runners at Morecambe, as the guests hold a 20 point edge from their twelve league games this season.

Insights:
  • Morecambe have the fewest scored goals (8) in League One
  • Ipswich Town have the most scored goals (25) in League One

Ipswich Town could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a League One game only four sleeps ago.

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Morecambe form and stats

0-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Morecambe, who have the fewest scored goals (8) in League One, so far this season.

Morecambe lost their last game at Accrington Stanley (placed 9th) after a 1-3 scoreline. Weir (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 6.85/10. Weir hit four key passes.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Cambridge United (1-2).

Goals are appearing in numbers in this club's league games, with 6 in a row having three goals or more (over 2.5).

The lack of attacking qualities in Morecambe means that they have only scored 2 goals in 5 league home games, less than half a goal per match.

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Ipswich Town form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the League One.

Ipswich Town had fun at their own home (Mazuma Stadium) last time out, beating Cambridge United 3-0. Edwards (2) and John-Jules scored. Edmundson was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.43. The defender Edmundson won 5 of 8 duels.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Portsmouth.

The travelling fans enjoy Ipswich's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 6 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Ipswich Town as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Data for the former two meetings between these two participants are: zero wins for Morecambe, two draws and zero wins for Ipswich Town. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game. Stockton loves to face Ipswich Town and have scored 2 goals in these games.

Top Goalscorers

Ipswich TownC. Chaplin
C. Chaplin
5 goals
Ipswich TownM. Harness
M. Harness
4 goals
MorecambeJ. Weir
J. Weir
3 goals

Morecambe missing players

Ipswich Town missing players

Morecambe Ipswich Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 2 6 12
1 0 0 Won W 2 4 8
4 2 0 Drew D 0 1 3
6 3 1 Lost L 0 1 1
8 2 0 Scored S 3 11 25
21 10 3 Conceded C 1 5 10
91% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 83% 92%
64% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 67%
27% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
55% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 50%
9% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 50%
45% 60% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 3.4 3 Corners for (avg) C F 10 7.7 7.2
7.7 7 9 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4 3.4
1.5 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.8 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.5 9.8 4 Shots (avg) S ( 18 15.7 16
3.5 4 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.5 6.2 6.5
21% 10% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 30% 32%
 
18.5 19.8 29 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 9.8 8.1
6 6.2 11 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.3 2.7
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Ipswich Town have created more than twice as many corners as Morecambe.
  • Ipswich Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ipswich Town have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Ipswich Town have scored more than double the goals of Morecambe.
  • Ipswich Town have the most points (13) away in League One
  • Ipswich Town have the most scored goals (25) in League One
  • Ipswich Town have the the best goal difference (+15) in League One
  • Ipswich Town have the the best goal difference (+6) away in League One
  • Ipswich Town have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Ipswich Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Morecambe have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Morecambe have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Morecambe have the fewest points (2) at home in League One
  • Morecambe have the fewest scored goals (2) at home in League One
  • Morecambe have the fewest scored goals (8) in League One
  • Morecambe have yet to win a game at 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 Plymouth Argyle 12 9 1 2 21 13 6 6 0 0 10 2 6 3 1 2 11 11 8 28
2 Ipswich Town 12 8 3 1 25 10 6 4 2 0 14 5 6 4 1 1 11 5 15 27
3 Sheffield Wednesday 12 7 2 3 22 12 6 3 2 1 14 8 6 4 0 2 8 4 10 23
4 Portsmouth 10 6 3 1 21 11 5 3 2 0 11 5 5 3 1 1 10 6 10 21
5 Barnsley 11 6 2 3 17 10 5 3 1 1 8 5 6 3 1 2 9 5 7 20
6 Bolton Wanderers 11 6 2 3 13 7 6 5 0 1 10 3 5 1 2 2 3 4 6 20
7 Peterborough United 11 6 0 5 20 12 5 4 0 1 12 1 6 2 0 4 8 11 8 18
8 Derby County 10 5 2 3 11 9 5 4 0 1 9 6 5 1 2 2 2 3 2 17
9 Accrington Stanley 11 4 4 3 14 13 6 2 3 1 10 9 5 2 1 2 4 4 1 16
10 Cambridge United 12 5 1 6 14 21 6 4 0 2 9 9 6 1 1 4 5 12 -7 16
11 Exeter City 11 4 3 4 18 12 6 3 1 2 10 6 5 1 2 2 8 6 6 15
12 Fleetwood Town 11 3 6 2 10 9 6 1 4 1 4 4 5 2 2 1 6 5 1 15
13 Shrewsbury Town 11 4 3 4 11 13 5 2 1 2 5 7 6 2 2 2 6 6 -2 15
14 Cheltenham Town 11 4 2 5 11 12 6 3 0 3 8 8 5 1 2 2 3 4 -1 14
15 Lincoln City 10 3 4 3 14 16 4 1 3 0 6 4 6 2 1 3 8 12 -2 13
16 Charlton Athletic 11 2 6 3 15 15 5 2 3 0 9 4 6 0 3 3 6 11 0 12
17 Port Vale 11 3 3 5 10 16 6 2 2 2 6 6 5 1 1 3 4 10 -6 12
18 Oxford United 10 3 2 5 9 11 5 2 1 2 6 6 5 1 1 3 3 5 -2 11
19 Wycombe Wanderers 11 3 2 6 13 16 5 2 1 2 6 4 6 1 1 4 7 12 -3 11
20 Milton Keynes Dons 10 3 1 6 11 14 5 1 1 3 5 8 5 2 0 3 6 6 -3 10
21 Bristol Rovers 11 2 3 6 15 22 6 1 2 3 8 12 5 1 1 3 7 10 -7 9
22 Forest Green Rovers 11 2 2 7 10 25 6 1 0 5 4 14 5 1 2 2 6 11 -15 8
23 Burton Albion 12 2 1 9 14 27 6 1 0 5 3 12 6 1 1 4 11 15 -13 7
24 Morecambe 11 1 4 6 8 21 5 0 2 3 2 10 6 1 2 3 6 11 -13 7

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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.