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Ipswich Town prepare to entertain Burnley at Portman Road on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having taken all the points from 9 of the 13 contests.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Portman Road was less than a year ago, in February 2006, the Tractor Boys carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 04 Nov | Burnley | 1 - 0 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 11 Feb | Ipswich Town | 2-1 | Burnley | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 27 Sep | Burnley | 3 - 0 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 06 Nov | Burnley | 0 - 2 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 16 Oct | Ipswich Town | 1 - 1 | Burnley | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 21 Feb | Burnley | 4 - 2 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 14 Oct | Ipswich Town | 6 - 1 | Burnley | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Ipswich Town have had an average home run of late, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 14 to 12.
The Clarets have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Clarets's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 7 goals for and 5 against.
Ipswich Town find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 24 points from their 20 matches. Burnley's total of 34 points from their 20 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola Championship.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Ipswich Town | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
| Burnley | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
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 Burnley running out comfortable winners. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Ipswich Town | 9 games since last home draw. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Burnley | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. Last drawn game 8 outings ago. |