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Ipswich Town prepare to entertain Burnley at Portman Road on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having taken all the points from 8 of the 11 contests.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Portman Road was just last season, in October 2003, with Ipswich Town annihilating their visitors 6-1 in a League Division One match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 21 Feb | Burnley | 4 - 2 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 14 Oct | Ipswich Town | 6-1 | Burnley | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 11 Jan | Burnley | 1 - 1 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 22 Oct | Ipswich Town | 2 - 2 | Burnley | CHMP |
| 1977/1978 | Tue 25 Oct | Burnley | 1 - 2 | Ipswich Town | LC |
| 1975/1976 | Sat 07 Feb | Burnley | 0 - 1 | Ipswich Town | PREM |
| 1975/1976 | Tue 26 Aug | Ipswich Town | 0 - 0 | Burnley | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Ipswich Town are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 13 goals for the Tractor Boys, with 5 goals against.
Burnley have an average recent record on the road, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Clarets's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 4 goals for and 3 against.
Ipswich Town are holding the final promotion place in the Coca-Cola Championship, and have accumulated 24 points from the 12 games they have played so far. Burnley's 16 points from 12 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Ipswich Town | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 8 |
| Burnley | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Ipswich Town may be coming up against a decent side in Burnley, but I do believe that its going to result in a narrow home win for the Tractor Boys. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Ipswich Town | Unbeaten in the last 9 home games. Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Burnley | Previous 3 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 4 away matches. 8 games since last defeat. |