FootyMAD's Stoke City match preview

History of the Stoke City v Ipswich Town fixture

Ipswich Town face a trip to Stoke City at Britannia Stadium on Monday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 35 games played, Tractor Boys have recorded 9 wins, and Stoke City have come away with 16 victories.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in September 2004, as the Potters edged out their past their rivals by a score of 3 - 2 in a Championship match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2004/2005	Tue 28 Dec	Ipswich Town	1 - 0	Stoke City	CHMP
2004/2005	Tue 14 Sep	Stoke City	3 - 2	Ipswich Town	CHMP
2003/2004	Tue 02 Mar	Stoke City	2 - 0	Ipswich Town	CHMP
2003/2004	Sat 18 Oct	Ipswich Town	1 - 0	Stoke City	CHMP
2002/2003	Sat 08 Mar	Ipswich Town	0 - 0	Stoke City	CHMP
2002/2003	Sun 22 Sep	Stoke City	2 - 1	Ipswich Town	CHMP
1997/1998	Sat 07 Feb	Stoke City	1 - 1	Ipswich Town	CHMP

Recent respective form guides

Stoke City's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. A generous 8 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

Ipswich Town's away form is none too clever either, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. The Tractor Boys's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.

Stoke City's 37 points from 27 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position. Ipswich Town see themselves just below half way in the Coca Cola Championship, showing a record of 32 points from their 27 games played so far,

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Stoke City	6	2	0	4	8	10	6
Ipswich Town	6	2	2	2	5	7	8

FootyMad's prediction ...

Not a lot has been going right generally for Ipswich Town on their travels as of late, but I can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against Stoke City. Score draw

Sequence statistics:
Stoke City	13 games since last home draw. Latest 3 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 3 most recent games.
Ipswich Town	4 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 5 outings ago.