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Ipswich Town prepare to entertain Burnley at Portman Road on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Tractor Boys are clearly on top, winning 9 and drawing 4 of the 14 games played.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Portman Road was just last season, in December 2006, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1-1 final scoreline in a Championship match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Tue 02 Oct | Burnley | 2 - 2 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 02 Dec | Ipswich Town | 1-1 | Burnley | CHMP |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Ipswich Town are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. In this time, Tractor Boys have rattled up an impressive 17 goals, and conceded 3.
Burnley's away form is equally impressive, with an unbeaten run in the last six, four of them victories. The games have constituted a decent return of 10 goals for the Clarets, and 10 goals against.
Ipswich Town's total of 35 points from their 22 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola Championship. Burnley's 32 points from 22 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Ipswich Town | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 10 |
| Burnley | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Tractor Boys are in a rich vein of form at home as of late, but the one that FootyMad has marked this down as one of their banker draws, taking into account the quality of the opposition. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Ipswich Town | Unbeaten in the last 15 home games. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Burnley | 4 successive away victories. 5 games since last away draw. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |