In this 8th week match, on Saturday Sep 10th, Ipswich Town plays host to Cambridge United in a League One match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, which is great football weather. 1st placed Ipswich Town is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Accrington Stanley. Conor Chaplin struck first for Ipswich Town in the 76th minute on a feed from Lee Evans, then Wes Burns added another in the 87th minute In the end, Accrington Stanley couldn’t muster any offence and Ipswich Town ran away with the shutout win. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Ipswich Town should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 5th placed Cambridge United is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Lincoln City. Joe Ironside scored the first goal for Cambridge United in the 24th minute, then Joe Ironside added another in the 27th minute on a feed from Harvey Knibbs At the end of 90 a dissapointed Lincoln City couldn’t manage to score, and Cambridge United took the shutout win. Cambridge United is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Cambridge United won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Cambridge United is fortunate enough to have Sam Smith in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals. Conor Chaplin has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored 4 goals for Ipswich Town.