Scunthorpe United Match Preview

History of the Scunthorpe United v Ipswich Town fixture

Ipswich Town face a trip to Scunthorpe United at Glanford Park Stadium on Saturday afternoon, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 2 of the 5 previous games, with the hosts winning just 1.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was was two seasons ago, in March 2008, with Ipswich Town inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the Iron in a Championship match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2007/2008	Sat 22 Mar	Scunthorpe U.	1 - 2	Ipswich Town	CHMP
2007/2008	Sat 15 Dec	Ipswich Town	3 - 2	Scunthorpe U.	CHMP
1986/1987	Tue 07 Oct	Ipswich Town	2 - 0	Scunthorpe U.	LGEC
1986/1987	Tue 23 Sep	Scunthorpe U.	1 - 2	Ipswich Town	LGEC
1960/1961	Tue 30 Aug	Ipswich Town	2 - 0	Scunthorpe U.	CHMP
1960/1961	Thu 25 Aug	Scunthorpe U.	4 - 0	Ipswich Town	CHMP
1959/1960	Sat 27 Feb	Ipswich Town	1 - 0	Scunthorpe U.	CHMP

Recent respective form guides

Scunthorpe United have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 9 to 7.

Ipswich Town have an average recent record on the road, losing only 1 of the last six, but drawing 4 of them. A generous 8 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

Scunthorpe U. find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 23 points from their 21 matches. Ipswich Town are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 21 points from 21 matches.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Scunthorpe U.	6	1	3	2	5	10	6
Ipswich Town	6	2	4	0	6	3	10

Sequence statistics:
Scunthorpe U.	Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 2 most recent games.
Ipswich Town	Undefeated in last 4 away games. 11 games since last defeat.