Match Report
Ipswich Town, 2nd with 98 points, sat 17 points above Bolton Wanderers (5th, 81). Scoring rates set the scale: Bolton Wanderers 1.35 scored and 0.78 conceded per game, Ipswich Town 2.2 and 0.76, with the league averaging 1.28.
Ipswich Town had won four straight. Over the last five, Bolton Wanderers had taken 7 of 15 points to Ipswich Town's 13.
The sides have met 18 times in the GioScore results database: 4 wins for Bolton Wanderers, 6 draws and 8 for Ipswich Town, at 2.5 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 39% of the wins in this fixture. 3.8 goals per game in the last five meetings marks a step up from the historical 2.5.
University of Bolton Stadium in Bolton, capacity 28,723, hosted the game. Ipswich Town led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 0-2 full-time score.