IPSWICH. Ipswich Town conquered Crewe Alexandra to win 2-1. It was Ipswich Town to strike first with an early goal of L. Offord at the 3′. Then B. Celina scored again for Ipswich Town in the 45′ minute with a goal. Eventually, C. Long reduced the distance for Crewe Alexandra with a goal. Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.​

The match was played at the Portman Road Stadium stadium in Ipswich on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was James Oldham assisted by Kevin Howick and Christopher Kidd. The 4th official was Geoff Russell. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 1.5 degrees Celsius or 34.7 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.​

Match Statistics​

The overall ball possession was identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Ipswich Town was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Crewe Alexandra that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Ipswich Town was has a more offensive attitude with 56 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Ipswich Town won the match​.

Ipswich Town shot 15 times, 6 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Crewe Alexandra shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Ipswich Town received 2 yellow cards (B. Clements and G. Edmundson). On the other side, Crewe Alexandra received 1 yellow card (M. Williams).

Standings

After playing this match, Ipswich Town will have 27 points like Cheltenham Town to hold in the 11th place. On the other side, Crewe Alexandra will stay with 12 points to remain in the 24th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League One, Ipswich Town will play away with Charlton Athletic on the 7th of December with a 6-5 head to head in favor of Ipswich Town (4 draws).

Crewe Alexandra will host Lincoln City on the 7th of December with a 5-2 head to head record in favor of Lincoln City (4 draws).

Ipswich Town – Formation

Ipswich Town started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Paul Cook decided to play with the following team: Christian Walton (6.8), Janoi Donacien (6.8), Aristote Nsiala (6.8), George Edmundson (7.3), Bailey Clements (6.9), Sam Morsy (7.1), Scott Fraser (6.9), Sone Aluko (7.0), Conor Chaplin (6.2), Bersant Celina (7.6) and Macauley Bonne (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: K. Vincent-Young, J. Pigott, Kyle Edwards (6.8), C. Burgess, R. Harper, V. Hladký and Lee Evans (6.3).

Substitutions

Ipswich Town made 2 changes: S. Aluko for L. Evans (65′) and C. Chaplin for K. Edwards (66′).

Best player: Bersant Celina​

The most impressive player for Ipswich Town was Bersant Celina.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 35 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 7. He performed 5 crosses.

Crewe Alexandra – Formation

Crewe Alexandra started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

David Artell played with: Dave Richards (6.7), Scott Kashket (6.5), Luke Offord (6.4), Billy Sass-Davies (6.9), Zac Williams (6.8), Zac Williams (6.9), Rio Adebisi (6.1), Oliver Finney (6.4), Tom Lowery (7.0), Regan Griffiths (6.6) and Christopher Long (7.2), Chris Porter (6.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: T. Thomas, Mikael Mandron (6.8), J. Lundstram, Madger Antonio, W. Jääskeläinen, N. Woodthorpe and Ben Knight (6.4).

Substitutions

Crewe Alexandra made 2 changes: S. Kashket for M. Mandron (56′) and R. Griffiths for B. Knight (84′).

Best player: Christopher Long​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Crewe Alexandra was Christopher Long.

His rating is (7.2) with 1 goal, 16 passes (56% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 6.

Results of the day

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

• Ipswich Town – Crewe Alexandra – 2-1