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Ipswich Town play host to Bristol City at Portman Road on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having taken all the points from 15 of the 23 contests.
The last time the two teams met at Ipswich Town was back in September 1998, over five years ago, with Ipswich Town running out comfortable 3-1 winners in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1998/1999 | Sat 27 Feb | Bristol City | 0 - 1 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 19 Sep | Ipswich Town | 3-1 | Bristol City | CHMP |
| 1991/1992 | Sat 18 Apr | Bristol City | 2 - 1 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 1991/1992 | Sat 21 Sep | Ipswich Town | 4 - 2 | Bristol City | CHMP |
| 1990/1991 | Sat 09 Mar | Bristol City | 4 - 2 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 1990/1991 | Sat 24 Nov | Ipswich Town | 1 - 1 | Bristol City | CHMP |
| 1979/1980 | Sat 26 Jan | Bristol City | 1 - 2 | Ipswich Town | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Ipswich Town could not have a more impressive recent home form, having won each of the last six games. In this time, Tractor Boys have rattled up an impressive 17 goals, and conceded 4.
The Robins have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 8 goals for the Robins, and 5 goals against.
Ipswich Town's 22 points from 14 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position. Bristol City are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 27 points from 15 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Ipswich Town | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 11 |
| Bristol City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Ipswich Town are starting to turn Portman Road into a fortress, but the quality of opposition for this game makes your FootyMad panel believe the teams will share the spoils on this occasion. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Ipswich Town | Won 10 successive home games. 21 games since last home draw. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Bristol City | No win in the 2 most recent games. |