Another all-action game as Oxford United host Ipswich Town

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Kassam Stadium (12500 seats)

Oxford United are placed 4th, while Ipswich Town are bringing up the rear 8 points behind in the league standings. Will they reduce the gap?

Insights:
  • Oxford United have the most scored goals (73) in League One
  • Ipswich Town have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in League One

Both contenders have had plentiful rest since their last game. Let's have faith in that this will be an energetic fixture!

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Oxford United form and stats

40 points is a decent return from 19 League One games here at The Kassam Stadium for Oxford United. The data says 12 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Oxford United after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Happy days for Oxford United in their previous game, a fixture away at Shrewsbury Town (placed 18th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Defender McNally got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.35/10. McNally won 13 of 17 duels.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Burton Albion in a game that was won 4-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Oxford United handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, one draw and three defeats.

Goals decide football matches and Oxford are scoring many of them at home; 43 on target from 19 league matches. On the other hand, Oxford United have conceded 23 goals.

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Ipswich Town form and stats

The visitors are W7-D4-L8 on the road this term. That's in the League One.

301 minutes! That's how long the Ipswich Town goalkeeper Christian Walton and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Ipswich Town delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Portsmouth (placed 10th) in their previous match. Attacker Chaplin got a player rating of 8.02 in the game. "Man of the match" Chaplin hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Lincoln City.

Ipswich are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, two draws and two defeats. From a total of four matches.

Ipswich Town have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 19 league away games 26 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Ipswich Town have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Here's what happened when the participants faced each other earlier this campaign; Ipswich Town - Oxford 0-0. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: one - four - zero (Oxford United wins - draws - Ipswich Town wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Oxford UnitedM. Taylor
M. Taylor
19 goals
OxfordC. Brannagan
C. Brannagan
13 goals
Ipswich TownM. Bonne
M. Bonne
12 goals

Oxford United missing players

Ipswich Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Oxford United Ipswich Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
38 19 7 Played P 6 19 38
20 12 5 Won W 1 7 16
8 4 1 Drew D 2 4 12
10 3 1 Lost L 3 8 10
73 43 22 Scored S 6 26 57
48 23 11 Conceded C 7 20 39
92% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 95% 89%
84% 84% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 79% 76%
61% 68% 86% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 42% 47%
42% 58% 86% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 21% 24%
24% 37% 71% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 5% 8%
68% 74% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 42% 47%
21% 26% 0% Clean Sheets C S 17% 37% 39%
18% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 26% 24%
 
6.2 7.1 8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 5.5 5.5
4.4 4.3 3.9 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 5.1 4.7
1.6 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 1.7
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
14.6 15.5 18.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 11.2 11.7
5 5.3 6.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.6 3.8
38% 43% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 38% 39%
 
10.9 10.4 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 11 9.5 9.1
3.7 3.7 4.9 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 3.1 2.8
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Ipswich Town have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in League One
  • Oxford United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Oxford United have the most scored goals (43) at home in League One
  • Oxford United have the most scored goals (73) in League One
  • Oxford United have the most scored goals in the first half (40) 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 37 23 8 6 62 21 18 12 3 3 38 16 19 11 5 3 24 5 41 77
2 Wigan Athletic 35 22 7 6 60 33 18 11 3 4 26 17 17 11 4 2 34 16 27 73
3 Milton Keynes Dons 38 21 10 7 63 38 19 10 5 4 26 17 19 11 5 3 37 21 25 73
4 Oxford United 38 20 8 10 73 48 19 12 4 3 43 23 19 8 4 7 30 25 25 68
5 Sunderland 38 19 9 10 66 48 19 13 2 4 39 15 19 6 7 6 27 33 18 66
6 Plymouth Argyle 36 19 8 9 59 39 17 10 3 4 24 14 19 9 5 5 35 25 20 65
7 Sheffield Wednesday 36 18 10 8 59 40 18 12 4 2 36 14 18 6 6 6 23 26 19 64
8 Wycombe Wanderers 37 17 11 9 61 47 19 10 5 4 33 26 18 7 6 5 28 21 14 62
9 Ipswich Town 38 16 12 10 57 39 19 9 8 2 31 19 19 7 4 8 26 20 18 60
10 Portsmouth 36 16 10 10 53 38 18 10 4 4 34 20 18 6 6 6 19 18 15 58
11 Bolton Wanderers 38 16 7 15 59 49 19 10 5 4 36 21 19 6 2 11 23 28 10 55
12 Accrington Stanley 36 14 7 15 46 58 19 11 4 4 34 26 17 3 3 11 12 32 -12 49
13 Cheltenham Town 37 11 14 12 52 60 19 8 6 5 26 25 18 3 8 7 26 35 -8 47
14 Burton Albion 38 13 8 17 48 58 19 9 4 6 31 24 19 4 4 11 17 34 -10 47
15 Cambridge United 37 11 12 14 46 58 18 7 7 4 23 19 19 4 5 10 23 39 -12 45
16 Lincoln City 36 11 8 17 42 49 19 5 4 10 19 25 17 6 4 7 23 24 -7 41
17 Charlton Athletic 36 11 7 18 42 49 18 7 4 7 24 23 18 4 3 11 18 26 -7 40
18 Shrewsbury Town 37 9 12 16 32 37 18 7 5 6 20 18 19 2 7 10 12 19 -5 39
19 Fleetwood Town 36 7 12 17 50 66 17 5 5 7 26 27 19 2 7 10 24 39 -16 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 37 6 15 16 39 58 18 2 11 5 21 26 19 4 4 11 18 32 -19 33
21 Gillingham 37 7 12 18 29 58 19 4 5 10 12 33 18 3 7 8 17 25 -29 33
22 Morecambe 37 7 11 19 46 70 19 5 7 7 27 32 18 2 4 12 19 38 -24 32
23 Doncaster Rovers 38 8 5 25 28 73 19 5 3 11 15 29 19 3 2 14 13 44 -45 29
24 Crewe Alexandra 37 6 7 24 30 68 18 4 4 10 17 32 19 2 3 14 13 36 -38 25

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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 Rotherham United 37 23 8 6 62 21 18 12 3 3 38 16 19 11 5 3 24 5 41 77
2 Wigan Athletic 35 22 7 6 60 33 18 11 3 4 26 17 17 11 4 2 34 16 27 73
3 Milton Keynes Dons 38 21 10 7 63 38 19 10 5 4 26 17 19 11 5 3 37 21 25 73
4 Oxford United 38 20 8 10 73 48 19 12 4 3 43 23 19 8 4 7 30 25 25 68
5 Sunderland 38 19 9 10 66 48 19 13 2 4 39 15 19 6 7 6 27 33 18 66
6 Plymouth Argyle 36 19 8 9 59 39 17 10 3 4 24 14 19 9 5 5 35 25 20 65
7 Sheffield Wednesday 36 18 10 8 59 40 18 12 4 2 36 14 18 6 6 6 23 26 19 64
8 Wycombe Wanderers 37 17 11 9 61 47 19 10 5 4 33 26 18 7 6 5 28 21 14 62
9 Ipswich Town 38 16 12 10 57 39 19 9 8 2 31 19 19 7 4 8 26 20 18 60
10 Portsmouth 36 16 10 10 53 38 18 10 4 4 34 20 18 6 6 6 19 18 15 58
11 Bolton Wanderers 38 16 7 15 59 49 19 10 5 4 36 21 19 6 2 11 23 28 10 55
12 Accrington Stanley 36 14 7 15 46 58 19 11 4 4 34 26 17 3 3 11 12 32 -12 49
13 Cheltenham Town 37 11 14 12 52 60 19 8 6 5 26 25 18 3 8 7 26 35 -8 47
14 Burton Albion 38 13 8 17 48 58 19 9 4 6 31 24 19 4 4 11 17 34 -10 47
15 Cambridge United 37 11 12 14 46 58 18 7 7 4 23 19 19 4 5 10 23 39 -12 45
16 Lincoln City 36 11 8 17 42 49 19 5 4 10 19 25 17 6 4 7 23 24 -7 41
17 Charlton Athletic 36 11 7 18 42 49 18 7 4 7 24 23 18 4 3 11 18 26 -7 40
18 Shrewsbury Town 37 9 12 16 32 37 18 7 5 6 20 18 19 2 7 10 12 19 -5 39
19 Fleetwood Town 36 7 12 17 50 66 17 5 5 7 26 27 19 2 7 10 24 39 -16 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 37 6 15 16 39 58 18 2 11 5 21 26 19 4 4 11 18 32 -19 33
21 Gillingham 37 7 12 18 29 58 19 4 5 10 12 33 18 3 7 8 17 25 -29 33
22 Morecambe 37 7 11 19 46 70 19 5 7 7 27 32 18 2 4 12 19 38 -24 32
23 Doncaster Rovers 38 8 5 25 28 73 19 5 3 11 15 29 19 3 2 14 13 44 -45 29
24 Crewe Alexandra 37 6 7 24 30 68 18 4 4 10 17 32 19 2 3 14 13 36 -38 25

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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.