IPSWICH. Ipswich Town beats Preston North End 4-2. Ipswich Town took advantage of its better ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Portman Road Stadium stadium in Ipswich on Sunday and it started at 12:00 am local time. The referee was David Webb with the support of Rob Smith and Andrew Dallison. The 4th official was Will Finnie. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 20.67 degrees Celsius or 69.21 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 58%.
Match Statistics
- 56 Ball Possession 44
Shots
- 16 Total 8
- 10 On Target 2
- 3 Off Target 5
- 4 Shots blocked 2
- 85 Attack 86
- 53 Dangerous attack 29
- 68 Ball safe 78
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 0
- 3 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 9 Total 10
- 0 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Ipswich Town had a strong ball possession 56% while Preston North End was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Ipswich Town was more pushing with 53 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Ipswich Town won the match.
Ipswich Town shot 16 times, 10 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Preston North End shot 8 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Ipswich Town didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Preston North End received 3 yellow cards (Liam Lindsay, Alan Browne and Ryan Ledson).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Ipswich Town will have 28 points to sit in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Preston North End will stay with 20 points to remain in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Ipswich Town will host Watford on the 10th of April with a 13-3 head to head in favor of Watford (3 draws).
Preston North End will host Huddersfield Town on the 9th of April with a 10-5 head to head stats in favor of Preston North End (2 draws).
Ipswich Town – Formation
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Ipswich Town started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Kieran McKenna decided to play with the following team: George Edmundson, Václav Hladký
, Brandon Williams , Luke Woolfenden , Cameron Burgess , Leif Davis , Sam Morsy , Massimo Luongo , Wes Burns , Conor Chaplin , Nathan Broadhead and George Hirst .The home team had on the bench: Harry Clarke, Christian Walton, Freddie Ladapo
, Marcus Harness , Dominic Ball, Jack Taylor , Kayden Jackson , Omari Giraud-Hutchinson and Dane Scarlett.Ipswich Town could not rely on the presence of Jack Taylor (injured) and Kayden Jackson (injured).
Substitutions
Ipswich Town made 5 changes: Conor Chaplin for Omari Giraud-Hutchinson (64′), Nathan Broadhead for Marcus Harness (65′), Massimo Luongo for Jack Taylor (75′), George Hirst for Freddie Ladapo (75′) and Wes Burns for Kayden Jackson (64′).
Best player: Nathan Broadhead
The player that probably impressed the most for Ipswich Town was Nathan Broadhead.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 26 passes (73% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 9.Preston North End – Formation
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Preston North End started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).
Ryan Lowe played with: Juan Arce, Ali McCann, Freddie Woodman
, Brad Potts , Jack Whatmough , Liam Lindsay , Greg Cunningham , Alan Browne , Ryan Ledson , Robbie Brady , Will Keane and Mads Frökjaer-Jensen , Milutin Osmajić .They had on the bench: Ben Whiteman
, Duane Holmes , Patrick Bauer , Layton Stewart, Ben Woodburn , David Cornell, Liam Millar , Kian Best and Noah Mawene.Preston North End could not rely on the presence of Patrick Bauer (injured) and Ben Woodburn (injured).
Substitutions
Preston North End made 5 changes: Jack Whatmough for Patrick Bauer (26′), Alan Browne for Ben Whiteman (46′), Mads Frökjaer-Jensen for Ben Woodburn (70′), Robbie Brady for Duane Holmes (46′) and Milutin Osmajić for Liam Millar (46′).
Best player: Ben Whiteman
The most impressive player for Preston North End was Ben Whiteman.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 30 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 3. He performed 1 cross.His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Sunderland – Middlesbrough – 0-4
- Southampton – Rotherham United – 1-1
- Sheffield Wednesday – Huddersfield Town – 0-0
- Queens Park Rangers – Blackburn Rovers – 0-4
- Plymouth Argyle – Swansea City – 1-3
- Millwall – Hull City – 2-2
- Leicester City – Stoke City – 2-0
- Leeds United – Bristol City – 2-1
- Ipswich Town – Preston North End – 4-2
- Coventry City – Norwich City – 1-1
- Cardiff City – Watford – 1-1