Ipswich U23 vs Millwall U23 betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: England Professional Development League
Competition: Fri 13.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)

Struggling Ipswich U23 will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Millwall U23 in the upcoming league round. It’s 8th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Ipswich U23 form and stats

Ipswich U23 have collected 14 points from their Professional Development League home games so far after 4-2-4. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Ipswich U23.

An away draw last time out for Ipswich U23, facing Cardiff U23 in a game that ended 1-1. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Watford U23 that ended 2-2.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Ipswich U23 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won one, drawn zero and lost two.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Ipswich U23 as they are travelling to their away game against Crystal Palace U23 in the Professional Development League. That match is three days after this one.

The Ipswich U23 fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 10 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Ipswich U23 defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Millwall U23 form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most clean sheets (10) in Professional Development League, on their Professional Development League travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. Millwall U23 has drawn their two previous away games.

289 minutes! That's how long the Millwall U23 goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Millwall U23 has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Coventry U23 for a Professional Development League game that ended a draw (0-0). Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Crystal Palace U23.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Millwall U23 playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were one Millwall U23 wins, one draw and two defeats.

After this away game Millwall U23 return home for a Professional Development League game against Watford U23. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The visiting Millwall U23 have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 10 games. Millwall U23 have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Millwall U23 - Ipswich U23 4-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Ipswich U23 two wins, two draws and Millwall U23 two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

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Ipswich U23 Millwall U23
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 2 10 21
6 4 1 Won W 0 3 11
5 2 1 Drew D 0 3 5
9 4 0 Lost L 2 4 5
31 18 4 Scored S 3 13 35
36 17 3 Conceded C 7 14 22
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
90% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 76%
70% 70% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 40% 48%
45% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 30% 29%
10% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 20% 19%
75% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 48%
5% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 48%
20% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 10%
 
5.8 5.9 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.8 5.3
5.6 6.2 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 4.2 4
1.2 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 0.8 1.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
248 141 26 Total Shots T S 18 112 190
91 55 9 Shots on Target S O 7 53 87
34% 33% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 25% 36%
Key stats in Professional Development League this season:
  • Ipswich U23 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Ipswich U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Millwall U23 has the fewest conceded goals (14) away
  • Millwall U23 has the fewest conceded goals (22)
  • Millwall U23 has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9)
  • Millwall U23 has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12)
  • Millwall U23 has the fewest dropped points from leading position (5)
  • Millwall U23 has the most clean sheets (10)
  • Millwall U23 is in the best form (4-2-0)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Watford U23 23 12 5 6 52 37 12 6 3 3 28 17 11 6 2 3 24 20 15 41
2 Coventry U23 22 11 6 5 33 28 11 6 3 2 17 13 11 5 3 3 16 15 5 39
3 Millwall U23 21 11 5 5 35 22 11 8 2 1 22 8 10 3 3 4 13 14 13 38
4 Cardiff U23 22 9 5 8 32 36 11 6 2 3 16 11 11 3 3 5 16 25 -4 32
5 Charlton U23 20 8 6 6 39 32 8 4 1 3 13 10 12 4 5 3 26 22 7 30
6 Queens Park Rangers U23 21 7 8 6 40 35 12 4 5 3 24 20 9 3 3 3 16 15 5 29
7 Bristol City U23 21 7 4 10 29 39 9 3 2 4 14 21 12 4 2 6 15 18 -10 25
8 Ipswich U23 20 6 5 9 31 36 10 4 2 4 18 17 10 2 3 5 13 19 -5 23
9 Crystal Palace U23 21 4 4 13 27 38 11 2 4 5 18 19 10 2 0 8 9 19 -11 16
10 Colchester U23 21 4 4 13 29 51 11 3 3 5 19 25 10 1 1 8 10 26 -22 16