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Ipswich Town prepare to entertain Barnsley at Portman Road on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 12 wins out of 17 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Portman Road was less than a year ago, in March 2010, the Tractor Boys carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a Championship match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 20 Mar | Ipswich Town | 1-0 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 03 Oct | Barnsley | 2 - 1 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 2008/2009 | Tue 27 Jan | Barnsley | 1 - 2 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 2008/2009 | Tue 30 Sep | Ipswich Town | 3 - 0 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Tue 11 Mar | Barnsley | 4 - 1 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 01 Dec | Ipswich Town | 0 - 0 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 07 Apr | Ipswich Town | 5 - 1 | Barnsley | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Ipswich Town are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Tractor Boys in those games, with 6 conceded.
The away form of Barnsley is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. Tykes have conceded 12 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Ipswich Town lie just outside the playoff positions in the Npower Championship, picking up 24 points from their 16 games so far. Barnsley find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 19 points from their 16 matches.
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 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| Barnsley | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against Barnsley is certainly an interesting one with me deciding its going to end up with a victory for the Tractor Boys in a close run game. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Ipswich Town | 9 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 9 . |
| Barnsley | 4 games since last away draw. |