Our prediction for this League 1 match:
Keepmoat Stadium will host Tuesday’s football game between Doncaster United and Ipswich Town. The Donny did well to shock Sunderland at Stadium of Light at the weekend, but despite the triumph they remained in the relegation zone. The rock-bottom side aim to give fans yet another reason for celebration, but they will have a big fish to fry in the midweek clash. All Okenabirhie, Close, John, Bostock, and Anderson are sidelined with injuries, while Ro-Shaun Williams is a major doubt.
The Tractor Boys, on the other hand, aim to keep their League One playoffs hopes alive. Ipswich Town are eight points behind top six, meaning that this has to go down as yet another must-win game for them. Sam Morsy is banned for the match, while all Hayden Coulson, Baliley Clements, and Jon Nolan remain in the recovery room. Anyhow, away win should be considered as Ipswich are desperate to stay in the playoffs race.
Highlighted Player (Tom Anderson):
Known for his heading and no-nonsense defending, the 1.92 m tall center back, is an English footballer who plays for Doncaster Rovers in the third tier of English Football. Anderson was born in Burnley, on the 2nd of September, 1993. He joined Burnley's youth academy at the age of seven and went on to sign his first professional contract with the club in May 2012. The club then sent him out on loan to Conference Premier Club Barrow, where he made his first professional appearance on the 11th of August,2011, in a 0-0 draw against Telford United.
A further string of loans to Conference clubs Hyde, Halifax, and Lincoln City, League Two club Carlisle and League One club Chesterfield, succeeded his time at Harrow. On the 31st of January, 2018, Anderson joined his current club Doncaster Rovers initially on a year's loan before signing a two-year contract with the club in May.
This permanent switch ended his 18 years-long relationship with parent club Burnley during which, he never once made an appearance for the senior team. On the International front, the 26-year-old has never represented his country at any level.
Highlighted Team (Ipswich):
Ipswich Town are an English football club that was formed in 1878. Portman Road has been the home ground of Ipswich Town since 1894 and the capacity of the venue, which was expanded in 2002, is 30,311. The Tractor Boys compete in the Championship, but they used to play in the English Premier League in the past as well. Ipswich Town last appeared in the elite division in the 2001/2002 season.
Ipswich won the FA Cup in 1978, with the team beating Arsenal (1-0) in the title game. However, the club’s biggest success came in 1981 when they outplayed AZ Alkmaar in the UEFA Cup final. It has to be noted that the Tractor Boys have yet to suffer a loss at home ground in the European competitions.
Norwich City are regarded as Ipswich Town’s bitterest rivals and it is well known that the two sides take on each other in the East Anglian derby.