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Ipswich Town play host to Birmingham City at Portman Road on Monday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 21 wins out of 31 previous matches.
The last time the two teams met at Ipswich Town was back in January 2001, over five years ago, the Tractor Boys carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a League Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 16 Sep | Birmingham C. | 2 - 2 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Wed 31 Jan | Birmingham C. | 4 - 1 | Ipswich Town | LGEC |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 09 Jan | Ipswich Town | 1-0 | Birmingham C. | LGEC |
| 1999/2000 | Sun 27 Feb | Birmingham C. | 1 - 1 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 18 Sep | Ipswich Town | 0 - 1 | Birmingham C. | CHMP |
| 1998/1999 | Sun 02 May | Birmingham C. | 1 - 0 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 05 Dec | Ipswich Town | 1 - 0 | Birmingham C. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Ipswich Town have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Tractor Boys in those games, with 5 conceded.
The Blues have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with a marvellous return of five wins and one defeat from the last six. Those games have seen the Blues pummel 14 goals, and let in 5.
Ipswich Town find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 32 points from their 26 matches. Birmingham C. are leading the way in the Coca-Cola Championship, with their 26 games giving them a return of 53 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Ipswich Town | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Birmingham C. | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 16 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Ipswich Town are not in a rich vein of form at the moment, and your Madmen see things getting no better with Birmingham C. running out comfortable winners. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Ipswich Town | Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Birmingham C. | 13 games since last away draw. 7 games since last defeat. |