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Ipswich Town are ready to welcome West Bromwich Albion to Portman Road on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Tractor Boys are clearly on top, having won 18 and lost only 6 of the 31 games.
The previous match played between the two at Portman Road was within the last three years, in April 2004, with West Brom. inflicting a narrow 2-3 defeat upon the Tractor Boys in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sun 04 Apr | Ipswich Town | 2-3 | West Brom. | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 13 Sep | West Brom. | 4 - 1 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 1999/2000 | Tue 04 Apr | West Brom. | 1 - 1 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 18 Dec | Ipswich Town | 3 - 1 | West Brom. | CHMP |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 20 Mar | West Brom. | 0 - 1 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 31 Oct | Ipswich Town | 2 - 0 | West Brom. | CHMP |
| 1997/1998 | Tue 27 Jan | West Brom. | 2 - 3 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Ipswich Town have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Tractor Boys in those games, with 5 conceded.
West Brom. have an average recent record on the road, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. A generous 6 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Ipswich Town's 14 points from 10 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position. West Brom. lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 16 from their 10 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Ipswich Town | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 13 |
| West Brom. | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Ipswich Town may be coming up against a decent side in West Brom., but I do believe that its going to result in a narrow home win for the Tractor Boys. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Ipswich Town | Won 3 successive home games. 4 games since last home draw. |
| West Brom. | Not won in previous 3 away matches. 5 games since last defeat. |