Match Report
Plymouth Argyle, 21st on 51 points, faced a 45-point deficit to Ipswich Town (2nd, 96). Plymouth Argyle had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 12th in the league over the last five rounds against 21st overall. Per game in the league, Plymouth Argyle were scoring 1.28 and conceding 1.52, Ipswich Town 2 and 1.24, against a competition average of 1.34 goals per team per game.
Ipswich Town arrived on a run of four straight wins, having scored in 10 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Plymouth Argyle held 4 points of 15 and Ipswich Town 13.
The head-to-head ledger counts 9 games: 3 Plymouth Argyle wins, 4 for Ipswich Town, 2 draws, at 2.44 goals per meeting. In 67% of the meetings, both sides found the net.
The match was played at Home Park in Plymouth (capacity 17,150). It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 0-2 full-time score.