In the last out against Ipswich, Godden scored the game-winning goal.
Matty Godden is excited to make his first trip back to Portman Road since 2020 this coming weekend.
The last meeting between City and Ipswich would turn out to be their penultimate game before the season was cut short and they were crowned League One winners.
Godden was the game’s lone goal scorer that weekend, but he is aware that since their last meeting, circumstances have altered for both teams.
Returning this weekend to Portman Road…
“I’m eager to return and be completely honest. We can now look forward to back-to-back victories, and it’s clear that we have some great memories from down there.
Things have changed during the past four years.
“My games have definitely changed since then, but that’s to be expected when you advance. This is such a tactical league, and while my games have changed, my mentality hasn’t changed; all I want is to score goals and support my teammates.”
The mood swinging following consecutive victories…
To be completely honest, the location wasn’t too depressing. We all know how we’ve been playing. If you go back to the Bristol City game, where we lost 1-0 while playing significantly against the flow of the game, to be honest, we should have been ahead 5-0 at the break. Then, it alters the entire sequence of five games.
“We had a little rough stretch, but we were able to get back on track with a draw against Stoke at home, and the back-to-back victories obviously helped a lot.”
On Saturday, against Ipswich…
We are aware that it will undoubtedly be a difficult game and that they are playing really well, but I told the boys and the gaffer yesterday that, from a psychological standpoint, I felt the same way about Millwall.
We had a meeting before we went to Millwall, and I basically said, ‘Psychologically, I know we haven’t had the best results, but we go to Millwall, where we’ve liked playing in the past, and it’s really the same with Ipswich.
“We’ve looked forward to going in there and trying to do what we need to do because we’ve enjoyed going down there in the past, and I just look at that psychologically.”
“I understand that they are a different team now, but as I previously stated, we go there, we don’t back down, and we try to take the game to them.”
The alteration in composition
We did that when I first started playing football, and all I try to do is occupy the two center halves.
“I may see the ball less frequently. I saw a lot of the ball on Saturday against Millwall, but not as much against Plymouth. Ultimately, though, it’s all about attempting to hold onto the 18-yard box, occupy the two center halves, and participate in the game when necessary.
Playing up there by myself with Haji and anyone else there on the other side is something I enjoy doing.
Tuesday night, Haji Wright scored the winning goal.
“Coming from different countries is always going to be challenging because you don’t know the division, and this is a competitive league.” Everyone is aware of that.
“I was certainly happy for him because, although it’s really demanding, he’s starting to come out of his shell a lot more now.
“I told him that after the game when he scored at Plymouth to calm down a little because I understand how it feels because, before to Millwall, I hadn’t scored in a few games as a striker.
“I’m hoping that Haji and I can continue because I’m experienced enough to know that it happens. Look at Viktor last year; he went 10 games without a goal. It happens, but it shouldn’t stop you. If you score one normally you can go on another little run.”
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