Match Report
42 points separated the sides: Ipswich Town 2nd on 98, Exeter City 14th on 56. Exeter City's recent output lagged their position: 19th on form over five rounds while 14th in the table. Per game in the league, Ipswich Town were scoring 2.2 and conceding 0.76, Exeter City 1.39 and 1.48, against a competition average of 1.28 goals per team per game.
Momentum sat with Ipswich Town, winners of their last four, having scored in 13 consecutive games. Exeter City entered with five losses in a row. The last-five ledger: Ipswich Town 13/15, Exeter City 0/15.
The match was played at Portman Road Stadium in Ipswich (capacity 30,311). On the scoreboard, Ipswich Town led 5-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 6-0.