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Ipswich Town prepare to entertain Sunderland at Portman Road on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Tractor Boys are clearly on top, having won 14 and lost only 5 of the 23 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Portman Road was just last season, in April 2005, where the two teams cancelled each other out in an enthralling 2-2 draw in a Championship match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sun 17 Apr | Ipswich Town | 2-2 | Sunderland | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Sun 21 Nov | Sunderland | 2 - 0 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Mon 12 Apr | Ipswich Town | 1 - 0 | Sunderland | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 24 Jan | Ipswich Town | 1 - 2 | Sunderland | FAC |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 30 Sep | Sunderland | 3 - 2 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 29 Dec | Ipswich Town | 5 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 18 Aug | Sunderland | 1 - 0 | Ipswich Town | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Ipswich Town have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 6.
Sunderland have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. The The Black Cats's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.
Ipswich Town's 11 points from 8 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position. Sunderland see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 10 points from their 8 games played so far,
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Ipswich Town | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 12 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its a close one to call, but I think that Tractor Boys's reasonable showing at home is going to see them scrape past Sunderland. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Ipswich Town | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Unbeaten run of 6 matches. |
| Sunderland | 8 games since last away draw. 5 games since last defeat. |