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Ipswich Town pack their bags to visit West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns on Saturday afternoon, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 12 of the 31 previous games, with the hosts winning just 11.
The previous match played between the two at The Hawthorns was more than three years back, in September 2003, when they eased past their opponents in a high-scoring 4 - 1 thriller, in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 14 Oct | Ipswich Town | 1 - 5 | West Brom. | CHMP |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
West Bromwich Albion have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 16 goals for the The Baggies, with 6 goals against.
In complete contrast to West Brom., Ipswich Town are having a torrid time on their travels, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. The Tractor Boys's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
West Brom.'s total of 40 points from their 25 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola Championship. Ipswich Town see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 32 points from their 25 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| West Brom. | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 11 |
| Ipswich Town | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the The Baggies, as the Tractor Boys have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| West Brom. | Won 4 successive home games. 6 games since last home draw. Unbeaten run of 5 matches. |
| Ipswich Town | Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |