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Ipswich Town face a trip to Gillingham at Priestfield Stadium on Saturday afternoon, and will hope to continue their unbeaten record at the ground. Most of the previous games have been drawn, but the remainder have resulted in a win for Tractor Boys.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2004, with Ipswich Town inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the The Gills in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 07 Aug | Ipswich Town | 2 - 1 | Gillingham | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 17 Apr | Gillingham | 1 - 2 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 01 Nov | Ipswich Town | 3 - 4 | Gillingham | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 29 Mar | Gillingham | 1 - 3 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 26 Oct | Ipswich Town | 0 - 1 | Gillingham | CHMP |
| 1996/1997 | Tue 26 Nov | Ipswich Town | 1 - 0 | Gillingham | LC |
| 1984/1985 | Sat 26 Jan | Ipswich Town | 3 - 2 | Gillingham | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Gillingham 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, 5 to 3.
The Tractor Boys have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. Just 7 goals have scored in these games, though to be fair only a measly 4 have been let in at the wrong end.
Gillingham are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola Championship with a return of just 41 points from their 38 games thus far. Ipswich Town are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 72 points from 38 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Gillingham | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 11 |
| Ipswich Town | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Tractor Boys's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Gillingham, believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Gillingham | 4 games since last home draw. Unbeaten run of 4 matches. |
| Ipswich Town | Last drawn game 6 outings ago. |