Ipswich are in 7th place, level on 59 points with 6th placed Plymouth who have played a game more.
The one sour note from the game at Glanford Park was the sending off of goalscorer Counago. He walked along with Jack Cork of Scunthorpe after an off the ball incident.
Scunthorpe's venture into Championship football looks like being a short one as they are 6 points adrift of safety with just 6 games to go.