NAILSWORTH. Ipswich Town beat Forest Green Rovers to win 2-1. It was Ipswich Town to strike first with a goal of M. Harness at the 37′. Then S. Morsy scored again for Ipswich Town in the 45′ minute. Eventually, J. March reduced the distance for Forest Green Rovers (64′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Ipswich Town was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the The New Lawn stadium in Nailsworth on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Craig Hicks with the collaboration of Andrew Bennett and Oliver Bickle. The 4th official was Greg Rollason. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 23.6 degrees Celsius or 74.44 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 28%.​

Match Statistics​

Forest Green Rovers

1 - 2

Ipswich Town

  • ! 39 Ball Possession 61
Shots
  • 7 Total 20
  • 4 On Target 10
  • 3 Off Target 10
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 77 Attack 137
  • 27 Dangerous attack 77
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 3 Corners 8
  • 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 12 Total 15
  • 2 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 6 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Ipswich Town had a strong ball possession 62% while Forest Green Rovers was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Ipswich Town was more pushing with 77 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Ipswich Town won the match.​

Forest Green Rovers shot 7 times, 4 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Ipswich Town shot 20 times, 10 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Forest Green Rovers received 2 yellow cards (B. Stevenson and R. Brown). On the other side, Ipswich Town received 1 yellow card (C. Burgess).

Match Timeline

Dominic Bernard - sub ->U. Godwin-Malife
26'
37'
Marcus Harness(goal)
45'
Samy Morsy (goal)W. Burns
46'
51'
61'
Sean Robertson- sub ->K. McAllister
62'
64'
68'
70'
70'
Sone Aluko- sub ->C. Chaplin
Reece Brown- Yellow
78'
84'
84'
Kayden Jackson- sub ->F. Ladapo
87'
90'
Cameron Burgess- Yellow

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Plymouth Argyle
101
46
Ipswich Town
98
46
Sheffield Wednesday
96
46
Barnsley
86
46
Bolton Wanderers
81
46
Peterborough United
77
46
Derby County
76
46
Portsmouth
70
46
Wycombe Wanderers
69
46
Charlton Athletic
62
46
Lincoln City
62
46
Shrewsbury Town
59
46
Fleetwood Town
58
46
Exeter City
56
46
Burton Albion
56
46
Cheltenham Town
54
46
Bristol Rovers
53
46
Port Vale
49
46
Oxford United
47
46
Cambridge United
46
46
Milton Keynes Dons
45
46
Morecambe
44
46
Accrington Stanley
44
46
Forest Green Rovers
27
46

After this match, Forest Green Rovers stays with 3 points to occupy the 3rd place in the table. Talking about the opposition, Ipswich Town has 1 points (14th).

Next matches

In the next match in the League One, Forest Green Rovers will play away against Cambridge United on the 6th of May with a 10-5 head to head statistic in favor of Forest Green Rovers (10 draws).

Ipswich Town will play away agasint Fleetwood Town on the 6th of May with a 4-2 head to head statistic in favor of Ipswich Town (0 draws).

Forest Green Rovers – Formation

Forest Green Rovers
G
Luke McGee 1.England
8.0
D
Jordan Moore-Taylor 15.England
6.6
87'
D
Baily Cargill 6.England
6.7
D
Udoka Godwin-Malife 22.England
6.2
26'
M
Corey O'Keeffe 2.Republic of Ireland
6.2
M
David Davis 26.England
6.2
46'
M
Regan Hendry 8.Scotland
6.7
M
Kyle McAllister 17.Scotland
6.4
62'
M
Ben Stevenson 7.England
6.4
61' 51'
F
Reece Brown 29.England
6.4
78'
F
Jamille Matt 14.Jamaica
6.4
Substitutes
G
Lewis Thomas 24.Wales
D
Dominic Bernard 3.England
6.3
26'
D
Oliver Casey 5.England
6.4
87'
M
Armani Little 10.England
7.1
61'
M
Sean Robertson 19.England
7.2
62'
M
Harvey Bunker 27.England
F
Josh March 28.England
7.0
46' 64'

Forest Green Rovers started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Ian Burchnall decided to play with the following team: Luke McGee (8.0), Udoka Godwin-Malife (6.2), Jordan Moore-Taylor (6.6), Baily Cargill (6.7), Corey O’Keeffe (6.2), David Davis (6.2), Ben Stevenson (6.4), Regan Hendry (6.7), Kyle McAllister (6.4), Jamille Matt (6.4) and Reece Brown (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Armani Little (7.1), Sean Robertson (7.2), Dominic Bernard (6.3), Oliver Casey (6.4), Josh March (7.0), Harvey Bunker and Lewis Thomas.

Forest Green Rovers could not rely on the presence of D. Bernard (injured) and A. Little (injured).

Substitutions

Forest Green Rovers made 5 changes: U. Godwin-Malife for D. Bernard (26′), D. Davis for J. March (46′), B. Stevenson for A. Little (61′), K. McAllister for S. Robertson (62′) and J. Taylor-Moore for O. Casey (87′).

Best player: Luke McGee​

The player that probably impressed the most for Forest Green Rovers was the goalkeeper: Luke McGee. His rating is 8.04. He performed 8 saves.

Ipswich Town – Formation

Ipswich Town
G
Christian Walton 1.England
7.1
D
George Edmundson 4.England
6.5
D
Janoi Donacien 44.Saint Lucia
7.0
D
Cameron Burgess 15.Australia
7.0
90'
M
Leif Davis 3.England
6.8
68'
M
Samy Morsy 5.Egypt
8.3
45'
M
Lee Evans 8.Wales
7.4
M
Wes Burns 7.Wales
7.5
84'
F
Marcus Harness 11.England
8.0
70' 37'
F
Freddie Ladapo 9.England
7.0
84'
F
Conor Chaplin 10.England
7.4
70'
Substitutes
G
Vaclav Hladky 31.Czech Republic
D
Kane Vincent-Young 24.England
6.8
84'
D
Greg Leigh 21.Jamaica
7.0
68'
M
Kyle Edwards 29.England
F
T. John-Jules 14.England
6.6
70'
F
Kayden Jackson 19.England
6.7
84'
F
Sone Aluko 23.Nigeria
7.4
70'

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

Kieran McKenna played with: Christian Walton (7.1), Janoi Donacien (7.0), George Edmundson (6.5), Cameron Burgess (7.0), Wes Burns (7.7), Sam Morsy (8.3), Lee Evans (7.4), Leif Davis (6.8), Conor Chaplin (7.4), Marcus Harness (8.0) and Freddie Ladapo (6.9).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Tyreece John-Jules (6.6), Kane Vincent-Young (6.6), Greg Leigh (7.0), Kayden Jackson (6.8), Václav Hladký, Kyle Edwards and Sone Aluko (7.4).

Ipswich Town could not rely on the presence of G. Leigh (injured).

Substitutions

Ipswich Town made 5 changes: L. Davis for G. Leigh (68′), M. Harness for T. John-Jules (70′), C. Chaplin for S. Aluko (70′), W. Burns for K. Vincent-Young (84′) and F. Ladapo for K. Jackson (84′).

Best player: Sam Morsy​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Ipswich Town was Sam Morsy.

His rating is (8.3) with 1 goal, 54 passes (88% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7.

Results of the day

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