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Ipswich Town play host to Scunthorpe United at Portman Road on Saturday afternoon, aiming to preserve their record of never having lost at home to the visitors. All the previous meetings between the two have been won by the Tractor Boys.
The last time the two teams met at Ipswich Town was amazingly over twenty years ago, in October 1986, with Ipswich Town running out comfortable 2-0 winners in an League Cup match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 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 |
| 1959/1960 | Sat 10 Oct | Scunthorpe U. | 2 - 2 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 1958/1959 | Sat 20 Dec | Ipswich Town | 3 - 1 | Scunthorpe U. | 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 2.
Scunthorpe U. have an average recent record on the road, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. While the Iron have hit 4 goals, 7 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Ipswich Town lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 32 points from their 21 games so far. Scunthorpe U. are currently lying in 19th place in Coca-Cola Championship having mustered a points tally of 23 from their 21 matches played.
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 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Scunthorpe U. | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its good news for Ipswich Town fans, because, with them being in such great nick at home, I just cannot see any further than an emphatic home win for the Tractor Boys. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Ipswich Town | Unbeaten in the last 14 home games. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Scunthorpe U. | Not won in previous 4 away matches. Drawn each of the last 2 games. No win in the 9 most recent games. |