Ipswich Town vs Stoke City: form, goals and key statistics

Key match information

Ipswich Town played Stoke City in Championship (England). The match was played on 10 December 2025. Final score: 1:0.

Current form

Ipswich Town: 2-2-1, 1.60 points/match. Stoke City: 1-0-4, 0.60 points/match.

Goal statistics

Ipswich Town scores 1.74 and concedes 1.00 goals per match. Stoke City scores 1.37 and concedes 0.95. League average: 2.65 goals.

BTTS / Over / Under

BTTS: Ipswich Town 63%, Stoke City 37%. Over 2.5: Ipswich Town 53%, Stoke City 47%. League level: BTTS 59%, Over 2.5 52%.

xG, shots and style

Ipswich Town has higher xG: 1.70 vs 1.38. Ipswich Town: 15.7 shots per match, Stoke City: 12.2.

Match halves

Ipswich Town: half-time lead 32%, second-half goals 1.16. Stoke City: half-time lead 37%, second-half goals 0.74.

Goals by minute

Ipswich Town: 76-90+ (10 goals). Stoke City: 46-60 (7 goals). This is historical distribution, not a predicted goal minute.

League context

Championship: 2.65 goals per match, BTTS 59%, Over 2.5 52%.

Head-to-head

No aligned head-to-head sample is available in the database.

Half-by-half

1 : 0
1st half
0 : 0
2nd half

Match statistics

43Possession (%)57
Ipswich TownStoke City
16Shots6
Ipswich TownStoke City
6Shots on target1
Ipswich TownStoke City
1.64xG0.7
Ipswich TownStoke City
3Corners4
Ipswich TownStoke City
29Dangerous attacks33
Ipswich TownStoke City
11Fouls11
Ipswich TownStoke City
1Cards1
Ipswich TownStoke City

Pre-match profilewhat do the season numbers say?

This is a team profile based on season data and form. Match-flow statistics are shown only after the fixture is played.

Ipswich TownStoke City
1.74Goals scored / match1.37
Ipswich TownStoke City
1Goals conceded / match0.95
Ipswich TownStoke City
57%Average possession54%
Ipswich TownStoke City
5Shots on target / match4.32
Ipswich TownStoke City

Team statswho is more efficient?

Attack and defence comparison for both teams in the current season.

15.68Shots per match12.16
Ipswich TownStoke City
5Shots on target4.32
Ipswich TownStoke City
11.1%Shot conversion11.3%
Ipswich TownStoke City
57%Possession54%
Ipswich TownStoke City
1.7xG for1.38
Ipswich TownStoke City
1.14xG against1.31
Ipswich TownStoke City

Shooting quality

Ipswich Town: DominantStoke City: Balanced
Ipswich TownStoke City
Accuracy (shots on target)32%36%
Chance quality (xG per shot)0.110.11
Finishing (goals per shot on target)0.350.32

xG per shot around 0.08 usually means long-range attempts; 0.15+ usually means box chances. The style label comes from possession, shot volume and conversion.

* xG (expected goals) says how many goals a team should score from its chances. If actual goals are above xG, finishing is above average; if below xG, chances are being missed.

Team formwho is in better shape?

Last five matches and season record, overall and split by home and away matches.

Ipswich Town is 167% better for: last-5 form.

1.6 pts / match - Ipswich Town · 0.6 pts / match - Stoke City

Ipswich Town
DWLDW
Season result split
42% W37% D21% L
Season (W-D-L)
8-7-4
1.63 pts / match · goal difference +14
Last 5 (W-D-L)
2-2-1
1.60 pts / match
Record at home (W-D-L)
5-4-1
Last 5 at home
2-2-1
LWDDW
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 1.4Goals conceded: 0.6xG: 1.77Opponent xG: 1.27BTTS: 40%Over 2.5: 40%
Stoke City
LLWLL
Season result split
47% W16% D37% L
Season (W-D-L)
9-3-7
1.58 pts / match · goal difference +8
Last 5 (W-D-L)
1-0-4
0.60 pts / match
Record away (W-D-L)
4-2-4
Last 5 away
2-0-3
LWWLL
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 1.0Goals conceded: 1.8xG: 1.28Opponent xG: 1.29BTTS: 40%Over 2.5: 80%

Goalshow do both teams score and concede?

How many goals both teams score and concede, plus how often they keep a clean sheet or fail to score.

Ipswich Town is 27% better for: goals scored per match.

1.74 goals / match - Ipswich Town · 1.37 goals / match - Stoke City

Stoke City is 5% better for: goals conceded per match.

1 goals / match - Ipswich Town · 0.95 goals / match - Stoke City

Ipswich Town scoring profile: very strong

Ipswich Town scores in 84% of matches (16 of 19 matches), while Stoke City keeps a clean sheet in 37% (7 of 19 matches).

Stoke City scoring profile: strong

Stoke City scores in 68% of matches (13 of 19 matches), while Ipswich Town keeps a clean sheet in 26% (5 of 19 matches).

33Goals scored (season)26
Ipswich TownStoke City
19Goals conceded (season)18
Ipswich TownStoke City
2.74Average goals in match2.32
Ipswich TownStoke City
7Goals scored (last 5)5
Ipswich TownStoke City
3Goals conceded (last 5)9
Ipswich TownStoke City

How often they score at least...

84%1 goal68%
Ipswich TownStoke City
42%2 goals32%
Ipswich TownStoke City
26%3 goals26%
Ipswich TownStoke City
16%4 goals5%
Ipswich TownStoke City

How often they concede at least...

74%1 goal63%
Ipswich TownStoke City
21%2 goals21%
Ipswich TownStoke City
5%3 goals5%
Ipswich TownStoke City
0%4 goals5%
Ipswich TownStoke City

* Statistics include both teams' home and away matches in the current season.

Both teams scored (BTTS)how often do both teams score?

How often both teams' matches have goals on both sides, compared with the league average.

59%
League average

Goal patterns

21%BTTS at half-time0%
Ipswich TownStoke City
0%BTTS in both halves0%
Ipswich TownStoke City
32%Scored in both halves16%
Ipswich TownStoke City

BTTS and goal count

37%Min. 3 goals and BTTS26%
Ipswich TownStoke City
16%Min. 3 goals without BTTS21%
Ipswich TownStoke City
40%BTTS - last 540%
Ipswich TownStoke City

Goal count (Over/Under)how often do these matches cross the goal lines?

How often matches involving these teams clear goal thresholds, in the full match and in each half.

1st half

68%Min. 1 goal before half-time63%
Ipswich TownStoke City
26%Min. 2 goals before half-time32%
Ipswich TownStoke City
5%Min. 3 goals before half-time16%
Ipswich TownStoke City

2nd half

79%Min. 1 goal after half-time68%
Ipswich TownStoke City
58%Min. 2 goals after half-time32%
Ipswich TownStoke City
26%Min. 3 goals after half-time16%
Ipswich TownStoke City

Match halveswhen do the teams score more often?

How teams split performance between first and second half: goals, points, clean sheets and half-time state.

Ipswich Town - half-time state
32% leading47% draw21% trailing
Stoke City - half-time state
37% leading37% draw26% trailing

Before half-time (1st half)

1.42Points per match (1st half)1.47
Ipswich TownStoke City
0.58Goals scored (1st half)0.63
Ipswich TownStoke City
0.42Goals conceded (1st half)0.47
Ipswich TownStoke City
1Average goals (1st half)1.11
Ipswich TownStoke City
58%Clean sheet before half-time74%
Ipswich TownStoke City
53%No goal before half-time63%
Ipswich TownStoke City

After half-time (2nd half)

1.68Points per match (2nd half)1.63
Ipswich TownStoke City
1.16Goals scored (2nd half)0.74
Ipswich TownStoke City
0.58Goals conceded (2nd half)0.47
Ipswich TownStoke City
1.74Average goals (2nd half)1.21
Ipswich TownStoke City
58%Clean sheet after half-time58%
Ipswich TownStoke City
32%No goal after half-time53%
Ipswich TownStoke City

Ipswich Town - second-half results

42% W42% D16% L
27
Half-time points
11
Half-time goals
+3
Goal difference (1st half)
32
Second-half points
+11
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.42
PPG before half-time
Lead holding131%

Leads at half-time in 32% of matches and wins 42%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time+0.2

Concedes 0.2 more goals per match after half-time - defensive level drops in the second half.

Stoke City - second-half results

42% W37% D21% L
28
Half-time points
12
Half-time goals
+3
Goal difference (1st half)
31
Second-half points
+5
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.47
PPG before half-time
Lead holding127%

Leads at half-time in 37% of matches and wins 47%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time0.0

Defence stays stable across the full match.

Ipswich Town - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match1.201.80
Goals scored / match0.21.2
Goals conceded / match0.20.4
Average goals in match0.41.6
1 goal40%80%
2 goals0%80%
3 goals0%0%
Clean sheet80%60%
No goal80%20%
Goal difference0+4
Half-time: 20% leading - 60% draw - 20% trailing
2nd half: 40% won - 60% draw - 0% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 0% - Half-time goals total: 1
Stoke City - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match1.400.80
Goals scored / match0.80.2
Goals conceded / match1.00.8
Average goals in match1.81.0
1 goal80%80%
2 goals60%20%
3 goals40%0%
Clean sheet60%40%
No goal60%80%
Goal difference-1-3
Half-time: 40% leading - 20% draw - 40% trailing
2nd half: 20% won - 20% draw - 60% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 0% - Half-time goals total: 4

* Colours in tables show event frequency: green is common, yellow is moderate, red is rare. It is frequency, not a team rating.

Goals by minutewhen do goals arrive?

Match phases in which both teams most often score and concede.

Ipswich Town
ScoredConceded
3
1
0-15
2
5
16-30
6
2
31-45
7
6
46-60
5
2
61-75
10
3
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 76-90 (10 goals). Concedes most in 46-60 (6). Late-goal balance (76-90): +7 - wins late phases.

Stoke City
ScoredConceded
5
3
0-15
4
3
16-30
3
3
31-45
7
2
46-60
5
1
61-75
2
6
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 46-60 (7 goals). Concedes most in 76-90 (6). Late-goal balance (76-90): -4 - late phases are a weakness.

* Buckets 31-45 and 76-90 include added-time goals.

Additional team indicatorswhat do xG, efficiency and form show?

A comparison of chance quality, results and trends based on completed matches from the current season.

Match profile

2.53
Estimated goals
attack vs opponent defence
1.3 : 1.2
Estimated goal split
home : away
95%
Pace vs league
100% = league average
50%
Both teams scored (BTTS)
average from both teams' seasons
-100%
Derby effect
H2H goals vs typical matches
57%
BTTS estimate
from both teams' scoring frequency
5%
0:0 risk
about 1 in 20 matches
0-1
Most common goal range
attack vs defence on both sides

Ipswich Town

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
+0.56
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
+0.18
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-11.8 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
+0.04
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
+0.14
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
124%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
80%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
-0.03
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.6
Late goals
30% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 9% come in the first quarter-hour.
30%

Stoke City

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
+0.07
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
+0.35
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-8.5 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.01
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
+0.36
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
110%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
68%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
-0.98
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.1
Late goals
8% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 19% come in the first quarter-hour.
8%

* The estimated goal total and split, BTTS estimate, 0:0 risk and goal range are calculated from public season averages and frequencies for both teams. This is a statistical match profile, not a private model prediction or betting pick. The remaining indicators describe completed matches from the season.

League contextis this a high-scoring league?

How both teams compare with league-wide averages (Championship).

Teams vs league

Ipswich TownLigaStoke City
Average goals in match 2.742.65 2.32
Both teams scored 63%59% 37%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5) 53%52% 47%
Clean sheets 26%23% 37%
Goal before half-time 68%74% 63%
Goal after half-time 79%77% 68%

^ green = above league average, ˇ red = below league average. This shows direction of the gap, not a team rating.

2.65
Average goals per match
59%
Both teams scored
52%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5)
23%
Clean sheets
1.40
Home goals / match
1.25
Away goals / match
+12%
Home attack advantage
+11%
Home defence advantage
+9%
Total home advantage
Goals in 1st half (whole league)
74%
1 goal
32%
2 goals
15%
3 goals
4%
4 goals
Goals in 2nd half (whole league)
77%
1 goal
42%
2 goals
16%
3 goals
3%
4 goals

Lineups and player events

Verified starters, substitutes and recorded player events for this match.

Match timeline

Goals, cards and substitutions arranged in chronological order.

  1. Stoke CitySubstitutionOn: Tomáš RigoOff: Mohammed Bosun Lawal
  2. Ipswich TownYellow cardAzor Matusiwa
  3. Ipswich TownSubstitutionOn: Samuel SzmodicsOff: Marcelino Ignacio Nuñez Espinoza
  4. Stoke CityYellow cardMaksym Talovierov

Referee and managers

Open their season profiles to compare match records, goals and disciplinary trends.

Referee context

See how often this referee shows cards, awards penalties and how their matches tend to finish.

Adam HerczegMatches officiated: 22
3.86Cards per match
0Penalties per match
1 / X / 241%Home wins18%Draws41%Away wins

FAQ

What was the result of Ipswich Town vs Stoke City?

The Championship match finished Ipswich Town 1:0 Stoke City. Full match statistics, the half-by-half breakdown and head-to-head are on this page.

What do the goal statistics show before Ipswich Town vs Stoke City?

Ipswich Town score 1.74 goals per game on average and Stoke City 1.37. The Championship average is 2.65 goals, with Over 2.5 landing in 52% of games. Both teams score in 63% of Ipswich Town's matches and 37% of Stoke City's.

What form are Ipswich Town and Stoke City in?

Over the last 5 games Ipswich Town have a 2-2-1 record (1.60 points per game) and Stoke City 1-0-4 (0.60 points per game).

Where can I find a betting tip and analysis for Ipswich Town vs Stoke City?

The statistical background for Ipswich Town vs Stoke City — form, head-to-head, goals, BTTS and Over/Under — is on this page. The tip with full reasoning and a value assessment is in the NoFluffPicks app.