In a weekend match on Fri Oct 21st, in week 16, Derby County will travel to Ipswich to battle Ipswich Town in a meeting of these two mismatched League One teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, which is great football weather. Ipswich Town is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Lincoln City. Ben House struck first for Lincoln City in the 24th minute on a feed from Paudie O’Connor, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Ipswich Town couldn’t manage to score, and Lincoln City took the shutout win. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Ipswich Town should be reasonably happy with their performance, while derby County is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Accrington Stanley. Osula scored the first goal for Derby County in the 15th minute, then Osula added another in the 39th minute on a feed from Curtis Davies In the end, Accrington Stanley couldn’t muster any offence and Derby County ran away with the shutout win. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Derby County should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season.
Derby County’s most prolific scorer has been James Collins. The Irish attacker has netted three goals over the last five matches. Ipswich Town is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Freddie Ladapo and Kyle Edwards each having 2 goals in their last 5.