Stadium regulars at Ipswich Town Training Centre haven’t watched many wins this season, with Ipswich Town U21 struggling in the 7th place. The guesting Charlton Athletic U21 will attempt to defend their higher league place in this match.
- Ipswich Town U21 have the most scored goals in the first half (20) in Professional Development League
- Charlton Athletic U21 have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Professional Development League
It's no vacation for neither Ipswich Town U21 nor Charlton Athletic U21 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.
Ipswich Town U21 form and stats
Ipswich Town U21 are steadily winning Professional Development League games and points here at Ipswich Town Training Centre. 6 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 9 games. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Ipswich Town U21 to get some points in this home game.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 270 minutes without scoring a league goal. Chirewa was the last player to find the net.
Ipswich Town U21's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-3 versus Queens Park Rangers U21 (placed 9th). The game against Queens Park Rangers U21 was basically lost in the first half (0-3) and the second half was more of a formality.
Preceding that match was the home game against Millwall U21 that was lost 0-1.Observe: 12 of the most recent 16 league games from this football club have had at least one goal from each side.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (19 in 9 games), Ipswich's attacking play is working. Ipswich Town U21 are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (19 from 9 played).
Charlton Athletic U21 form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Professional Development League travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
Two away games in a row for Charlton Athletic U21, whose coach Serrar could celebrate last time after the win against Cardiff City U21.
That result followed a home victory 6-1 versus Watford U21.Take note that 15 of this side's 20 most recent league rounds have ended with three or more goals.
The travelling fans enjoy Charlton's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 10 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Charlton Athletic U21 have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Charlton Athletic U21 - Ipswich 1-3 was the story when this pair of contenders previously played each other, earlier this season.
Ipswich Town U21 missing players
Charlton Athletic U21 missing players
| Ipswich Town U21 | Charlton Athletic U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 7 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 35 | 19 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 17 | 43 |
| 36 | 19 | 7 | Conceded | C | 2 | 17 | 37 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 81% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 81% | 78% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 75% |
| 62% | 56% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 55% |
| 44% | 44% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 30% | 35% |
| 75% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 70% |
| 6% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 30% | 15% |
| 19% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 15% |
| 5.3 | 4.6 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.8 | 5.9 |
| 4.8 | 4.1 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.6 | 5.4 |
| 1.3 | 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11.8 | 12.3 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 21 | 10.6 | 11 |
| 5.9 | 6.1 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 9 | 5 | 4.9 |
| 37% | 35% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 31% | 40% |
| 8.9 | 8.4 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 10.7 | 11.5 |
| 4.1 | 3.9 | 9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 5 | 4.7 |
- All of Charlton Athletic U21's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Charlton Athletic U21 have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Professional Development League
- Charlton Athletic U21 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Charlton Athletic U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Ipswich Town U21 have the most scored goals in the first half (20) in Professional Development League
- Ipswich Town U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Millwall U21 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 52 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 25 | 41 |
| 2 | Bristol City U21 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 41 |
| 3 | Swansea City U21 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 31 |
| 4 | Reading U21 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 31 |
| 5 | Cardiff City U21 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 33 | 41 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 21 | -8 | 31 |
| 6 | Charlton Athletic U21 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 29 |
| 7 | Ipswich Town U21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 36 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | -1 | 24 |
| 8 | Colchester United U21 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 27 | -6 | 21 |
| 9 | Queens Park Rangers U21 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | Watford U21 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 52 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 32 | -38 | 7 |
