League One match preview and statistics: Northampton Town fight Ipswich Town

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 20.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: PTS Academy Stadium

Season ticket holders at PTS Academy Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Northampton Town languishing in the 21st position so far. The guesting Ipswich Town will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Northampton Town have the fewest scored goals (35) in League One
  • Ipswich Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Northampton nor Ipswich Town 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.

Relegation threatens Northampton who should definitely be looking for some points here. Ipswich are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Northampton Town form and stats

When playing at home in the League One, Northampton Town, who have the fewest scored goals (35) in League One, have managed 7 wins, 5 draws and suffered 9 defeats from 21 games.

In their previous game, the manager J. Brady led his Northampton to a defeat in the League One match away at Peterborough United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at PTS Academy Stadium. In the match before that, Northampton Town hosted Bristol Rovers and drew the game 1-1.

Northampton Town are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Gillingham awaits in four days.

Northampton Town aren't scoring a lot here at PTS Academy Stadium in the league, with only 17 goals from 21 games. Northampton's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 23 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Ipswich Town form and stats

The visitors are W6-D6-L8 on the road this term. That's in the League One.

A. Judge was the last player to score for the away team. Ipswich Town haven't scored a league goal in the last 439 minutes.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Charlton Athletic (placed 8th) in their previous outing. The League One match ended in a draw 0-0. Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting AFC Wimbledon's place.

After this away game Ipswich Town return home for a League One game against AFC Wimbledon. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Ipswich as they have only managed to score 19 times from 20 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 24 goals have been conceded by Ipswich in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Ipswich Town - Northampton 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Northampton one win, one draw and Ipswich Town one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

NorthamptonR. Watson
R. Watson
8 goals
Northampton TownS. Hoskins
S. Hoskins
7 goals
Ipswich TownJ. Norwood
J. Norwood
6 goals

Northampton Town missing players

Ipswich Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Northampton Town Ipswich Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
42 21 7 Played P 5 20 41
10 7 3 Won W 2 6 17
10 5 1 Drew D 2 6 10
22 9 3 Lost L 1 8 14
35 17 6 Scored S 3 19 41
61 23 5 Conceded C 3 24 41
83% 86% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 80% 83%
67% 57% 43% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 65% 63%
43% 24% 14% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 45% 37%
24% 19% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 10%
7% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 7%
38% 24% 14% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 39%
26% 33% 43% Clean Sheets C S 80% 35% 41%
52% 57% 57% Failed to Score F T 60% 35% 37%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2 1.9 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 1.8
3 1 1 Red cards R C 1 4 6
 
9.1 8.8 7 Shots (avg) S ( 7.6 7.1 9.2
3.1 2.5 1.9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.9 3.3
27% 32% 46% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 33% 30%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Ipswich Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Northampton Town have the fewest points from losing position (2) in League One
  • Northampton Town have the fewest scored goals (17) at home in League One
  • Northampton Town have the fewest scored goals (35) in League One
  • Northampton Town have the fewest scored goals in the second half (14) in League One
  • Northampton Town have the most conceded goals in the second half (41) 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 Hull City 42 25 7 10 73 33 21 13 3 5 27 11 21 12 4 5 46 22 40 82
2 Peterborough United 41 24 7 10 73 39 20 15 3 2 47 16 21 9 4 8 26 23 34 79
3 Sunderland 41 19 14 8 61 34 20 9 6 5 28 20 21 10 8 3 33 14 27 71
4 Lincoln City 40 20 9 11 62 42 21 9 4 8 34 28 19 11 5 3 28 14 20 69
5 Blackpool 40 19 11 10 53 35 20 10 7 3 27 17 20 9 4 7 26 18 18 68
6 Oxford United 42 19 8 15 66 51 21 11 4 6 32 20 21 8 4 9 34 31 15 65
7 Portsmouth 41 19 8 14 57 43 21 8 5 8 28 23 20 11 3 6 29 20 14 65
8 Charlton Athletic 40 17 12 11 57 51 19 6 6 7 30 33 21 11 6 4 27 18 6 63
9 Ipswich Town 41 17 10 14 41 41 21 11 4 6 22 17 20 6 6 8 19 24 0 61
10 Doncaster Rovers 40 18 6 16 57 55 21 11 4 6 33 27 19 7 2 10 24 28 2 60
11 Gillingham 42 17 8 17 58 57 21 9 4 8 28 28 21 8 4 9 30 29 1 59
12 Milton Keynes Dons 42 16 10 16 56 58 21 9 7 5 31 25 21 7 3 11 25 33 -2 58
13 Accrington Stanley 41 16 10 15 53 60 20 9 5 6 25 21 21 7 5 9 28 39 -7 58
14 Fleetwood Town 41 15 11 15 44 35 21 9 7 5 25 14 20 6 4 10 19 21 9 56
15 Crewe Alexandra 41 15 10 16 47 56 21 9 6 6 28 27 20 6 4 10 19 29 -9 55
16 Plymouth Argyle 42 14 11 17 51 67 21 11 4 6 30 30 21 3 7 11 21 37 -16 53
17 Burton Albion 41 14 10 17 54 64 20 6 3 11 26 38 21 8 7 6 28 26 -10 52
18 Shrewsbury Town 40 12 14 14 44 48 19 5 7 7 25 25 21 7 7 7 19 23 -4 50
19 AFC Wimbledon 41 11 12 18 48 63 20 6 4 10 26 32 21 5 8 8 22 31 -15 45
20 Wigan Athletic 42 12 8 22 47 68 21 5 5 11 22 37 21 7 3 11 25 31 -21 44
21 Northampton Town 42 10 10 22 35 61 21 7 5 9 17 23 21 3 5 13 18 38 -26 40
22 Rochdale 41 9 12 20 52 72 21 3 9 9 25 40 20 6 3 11 27 32 -20 39
23 Bristol Rovers 42 10 8 24 40 65 21 7 2 12 23 29 21 3 6 12 17 36 -25 38
24 Swindon Town 42 11 4 27 47 78 21 7 1 13 21 35 21 4 3 14 26 43 -31 37

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 42 25 7 10 73 33 21 13 3 5 27 11 21 12 4 5 46 22 40 82
2 Peterborough United 41 24 7 10 73 39 20 15 3 2 47 16 21 9 4 8 26 23 34 79
3 Sunderland 41 19 14 8 61 34 20 9 6 5 28 20 21 10 8 3 33 14 27 71
4 Lincoln City 40 20 9 11 62 42 21 9 4 8 34 28 19 11 5 3 28 14 20 69
5 Blackpool 40 19 11 10 53 35 20 10 7 3 27 17 20 9 4 7 26 18 18 68
6 Oxford United 42 19 8 15 66 51 21 11 4 6 32 20 21 8 4 9 34 31 15 65
7 Portsmouth 41 19 8 14 57 43 21 8 5 8 28 23 20 11 3 6 29 20 14 65
8 Charlton Athletic 40 17 12 11 57 51 19 6 6 7 30 33 21 11 6 4 27 18 6 63
9 Ipswich Town 41 17 10 14 41 41 21 11 4 6 22 17 20 6 6 8 19 24 0 61
10 Doncaster Rovers 40 18 6 16 57 55 21 11 4 6 33 27 19 7 2 10 24 28 2 60
11 Gillingham 42 17 8 17 58 57 21 9 4 8 28 28 21 8 4 9 30 29 1 59
12 Milton Keynes Dons 42 16 10 16 56 58 21 9 7 5 31 25 21 7 3 11 25 33 -2 58
13 Accrington Stanley 41 16 10 15 53 60 20 9 5 6 25 21 21 7 5 9 28 39 -7 58
14 Fleetwood Town 41 15 11 15 44 35 21 9 7 5 25 14 20 6 4 10 19 21 9 56
15 Crewe Alexandra 41 15 10 16 47 56 21 9 6 6 28 27 20 6 4 10 19 29 -9 55
16 Plymouth Argyle 42 14 11 17 51 67 21 11 4 6 30 30 21 3 7 11 21 37 -16 53
17 Burton Albion 41 14 10 17 54 64 20 6 3 11 26 38 21 8 7 6 28 26 -10 52
18 Shrewsbury Town 40 12 14 14 44 48 19 5 7 7 25 25 21 7 7 7 19 23 -4 50
19 AFC Wimbledon 41 11 12 18 48 63 20 6 4 10 26 32 21 5 8 8 22 31 -15 45
20 Wigan Athletic 42 12 8 22 47 68 21 5 5 11 22 37 21 7 3 11 25 31 -21 44
21 Northampton Town 42 10 10 22 35 61 21 7 5 9 17 23 21 3 5 13 18 38 -26 40
22 Rochdale 41 9 12 20 52 72 21 3 9 9 25 40 20 6 3 11 27 32 -20 39
23 Bristol Rovers 42 10 8 24 40 65 21 7 2 12 23 29 21 3 6 12 17 36 -25 38
24 Swindon Town 42 11 4 27 47 78 21 7 1 13 21 35 21 4 3 14 26 43 -31 37

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