High-flying Plymouth Argyle will look to extend their winning ways when they travel to Portman Road to take on playoff hopefuls Ipswich Town in their League One Matchday 40 tie on Saturday evening with kickoff at 18:00.
Despite going a unbeaten in their last 10 League One matches, Ipswich Town have been involved in five draws in the run including in their last two matches have seen them miss the opportunity to edge closer towards the playoff spots.
They currently sit ninth in the division’s standings, six points behind Sunderland in sixth with seven games remaining. They will therefore be looking to end their back-to-back draws with a victory in the Saturday’s clash.
The Tractor Boys will draw confidence from their fine home form against Plymouth as they have lost only one of their last 11 meetings with the Pilgrims at Portman Road. They will want to extend the run.
Plymouth, meanwhile, are enjoying an brilliant run of form, winning each of their last six League One matches without conceding a goal, while they scored 12 for themselves in run. No other side in the division and the entire EFL has accumulated more points (18) than Steven Schumacher’s Ipswich during this period.
The run has seen the Green Amy seal their place in the playoffs as they currently sit fourth on 74 points from 39 matches, eight points above the seventh-placed Sheffield Wednesday.
They need to keep on winning considering the final seven challenging fixtures they are soon to face. The Saturday’s clash will be followed by games against Oxford, Burton, Wycombe, Sunderland, Wigan and MK Dons.
A win on Saturday will be a massive confidence booster considering they have only won twice against their hosts in the last 11 league matches.
Ipswich vs Plymouth head to head
Both sides have met in 15 encounters since 2004 with Ipswich claiming seven victories, while Plymouth have claimed three victories and there have been five draws.
- Plymouth 2-1 Ipswich 30/10/21
- Ipswich 1-0 Plymouth 13/03/21
- Plymouth 1-2 Ipswich 05/12/20
- Ipswich 0-2 Plymouth 23/03/10
- Plymouth 1-1 Ipswich 24/10/09
Home
- Oxford 1-1 Ipswich
- Ipswich 0-0 Portsmouth
- Ipswich 2-0 Lincoln
- Fleetwood 0-2 Ipswich
- Morecambe 1-1 Ipswich
Away
- Plymouth2-0 Cheltenham
- Plymouth 4-0 Accrington
- Plymouth 1-0 Portsmouth
- Bolton 0-1 Plymouth
- Plymouth 2-0 Wimbledon
Ipswich team news
Ipswich will be without George Edmundson and Kayden Jackson due to injuries, while Lee Evans is a doubt.
Plymouth team news
Plymouth will be without Luke Jephcott and Panutche Camara, who have been called for their respective international Under-21s duties.
Prediction and odds
- Draw
- Both sides to score
- Goals under 2.5
