IPSWICH. Ipswich Town destroys Forest Green Rovers 4-0 with goals of Conor Chaplin (3′), Nathan Broadhead (41′), Conor Chaplin (60′) and Freddie Ladapo (79′). Ipswich Town was much better in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Portman Road Stadium stadium in Ipswich on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Carl Brook who had the assistance of Robert Atkin and Garry Maskell. The 4th official was Daniel Bonneywell. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.7 degrees Celsius or 54.82 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Ipswich Town was in firm control of the ball 61% while Forest Green Rovers was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Ipswich Town was more aggressive with 66 dangerous attacks and 25 shots of which 12 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Ipswich Town won the match​.

Ipswich Town shot 25 times, 12 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Forest Green Rovers shot 3 times, 0 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Ipswich Town didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Forest Green Rovers received 2 yellow cards (Ben Stevenson and Brandon Cooper).

Standings

After playing this match, Ipswich Town will have 60 points to sit in the 3rd place. Regarding the opposition, Forest Green Rovers will stay with 22 points to remain in the 24th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League One, Ipswich Town will play away with Fleetwood Town on the 6th of May with a 4-2 head to head record in favor of Ipswich Town (1 draw).

Forest Green Rovers will play away agasint Cambridge United on the 6th of May with a 11-5 head to head statistic in favor of Forest Green Rovers (10 draws).

Ipswich Town – Formation

Ipswich Town adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Kieran McKenna decided to play with the following team: Christian Walton, Cameron Burgess, Harrison Clarke, Luke Woolfenden, Leif Davis, Sam Morsy, C. Humphreys, Wes Burns, Nathan Broadhead, Conor Chaplin and George Hirst.

The home team had on the bench: Václav Hladký, Freddie Ladapo, Marcus Harness, Janoi Donacien, Kyle Edwards, Massimo Luongo and Kayden Jackson.

Substitutions

Ipswich Town made 5 changes: Cameron Humphreys for Massimo Luongo (59′), George Hirst for Freddie Ladapo (67′), Nathan Broadhead for Kyle Edwards (68′), Wes Burns for Kayden Jackson (68′) and Conor Chaplin for Marcus Harness (76′).

Forest Green Rovers – Formation

Also Forest Green Rovers adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Duncan Ferguson played with: Ross Doohan, Corey O’Keeffe, Jamie Robson, Brandon Cooper, Oliver Casey, Dominic Bernard, Kyle McAllister, Ben Edward Stevenson, Myles Peart-Harris, Charlie Savage and Amadou Bakayoko, Jordan Garrick.

These were the players on the bench: Reece Brown, Udoka Godwin-Malife, Jahmari Clarke, Lewis Thomas, Charlie McCann, Tyrese Omotoye and Sean O’Brien.

Substitutions

Forest Green Rovers made 5 changes: Jordon Garrick for Tyrese Omotoye (53′), Amadou Bakayoko for Udoka Godwin-Malife (63′), Myles Peart-Harris for Jahmari Clarke (73′), Corey O’Keeffe for Charlie McCann (73′) and Charlie Savage for Sean O’Brien (73′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the League One.​

• Wycombe Wanderers – Bolton Wanderers – 1-0
• Sheffield Wednesday – Milton Keynes Dons – 5-2
• Port Vale – Exeter City – 1-0
• Plymouth Argyle – Fleetwood Town – 0-0
• Morecambe – Peterborough United – 0-3
• Lincoln City – Portsmouth – 0-0
• Ipswich Town – Forest Green Rovers – 4-0
• Derby County – Charlton Athletic – 2-0
• Cheltenham Town – Barnsley – 0-4
• Cambridge United – Oxford United – 1-0
• Bristol Rovers – Burton Albion – 1-2
• Accrington Stanley – Shrewsbury Town – 1-0