IPSWICH. Ipswich Town didn’t concede much to Watford to lock the result on a 0-0 scoreline on Wednesday. Ipswich Town was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Portman Road Stadium stadium in Ipswich on Wednesday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. In front of 28,589 spectators.​ The referee was Samuel Barrott with the support of Mark Dwyer and Robert Hyde. The 4th official was Dean Whitestone. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 12.15 degrees Celsius or 53.87 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 65%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Ipswich Town had a strong ball possession 57% while Watford was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Ipswich Town was putting more pressure with 71 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Ipswich Town to win the match​.

Ipswich Town shot 15 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Watford shot 10 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Ipswich Town received 2 yellow cards (Kieffer Moore and Harry Clarke). Talking about the opposition, Watford received 1 yellow card (R. Porteous).

Standings

After this encounter, Ipswich Town has 88 points like Leicester City to sit in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Watford will has 52 points to remain in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Ipswich Town will host Middlesbrough on the 13th of April with a 8-5 head to head in favor of Middlesbrough (6 draws).

Watford will play away against Southampton on the 13th of April with a 9-7 head to head statistic in favor of Southampton (9 draws).

Ipswich Town – Formation

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: Vaclav Hladky (7.9), Harry Clarke (7.3), George Edmundson (6.7), Cameron Burgess (8.1), Leif Davis (8.1), Samy Morsy  (7.1), Jack Taylor (6.7), Kayden Jackson (7.0), Omari Hutchinson (7.5), Nathan Broadhead (6.7) and Kieffer Moore (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Luke Woolfenden (6.7), Conor Chaplin (6.4), Ali Al-Hamadi (6.6), Massimo Luongo (7.0), Christian Walton, Marcus Harness, Jeremy Sarmiento (6.8), Lewis Travis and Axel Tuanzebe.

Ipswich Town could not rely on the presence of Luke Woolfenden (injured).

Substitutions

Ipswich Town made 5 changes: Jack Taylor for Massimo Luongo (63′), Nathan Broadhead for Jeremy Sarmiento (64′), Kieffer Moore for Ali Al-Hamadi (71′), George Edmundson for Luke Woolfenden (79′) and Kayden Jackson for Conor Chaplin (64′).

Player of the match: Leif Davis​

The player that probably impressed the most for Ipswich Town was Leif Davis.

His rating is 8.1 with 38 passes (76% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 9. He performed 8 crosses.

Watford – Formation

Watford started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Tom Cleverley played with: Daniel Bachmann  (7.9), Mattie Pollock (7.8), Wesley Hoedt (7.9), R. Porteous (7.3), R. Andrews (6.3), Edo Kayembe (7.5), T. Dele-Bashiru (7.0), Jamal Lewis (7.3), Y. Asprilla (7.7), Vakoun Bayo (7.0) and Giorgi Chakvetadze (7.3).

They had on the bench: F. Sierralta, Emmanuel Dennis (6.6), Tom Ince, Jake Livermore, Mileta Rajovic, Ismaël Koné (7.0), Ben Hamer, Matheus Martins and J. Morris.

Substitutions

Watford made 3 changes: Giorgi Chakvetadze for Ismaël Koné (71′), Vakoun Bayo for Emmanuel Dennis (86′) and Y. Asprilla for Tom Ince (90′).

Player of the match: Daniel Bachmann ​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Watford was the goalkeeper: Daniel Bachmann . His rating is 7.85. He performed 4 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Championship.​

• West Bromwich Albion – Rotherham United – 2-0
• Swansea City – Stoke City – 3-0
• Ipswich Town – Watford – 0-0
• Hull City – Middlesbrough – 2-2
• Bristol City – Blackburn Rovers – 5-0
• Birmingham City – Cardiff City – 0-1