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Sheff. Utd. pack their bags to visit Ipswich Town at Portman Road on Tuesday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 29 games played, The Blades have recorded 3 wins, and Ipswich Town have come away with 14 victories.
The previous match played between the two at Portman Road was within the last three years, in January 2006, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Tue 06 Nov | Sheff. Utd. | 3 - 1 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 14 Jan | Ipswich Town | 1 - 1 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 10 Sep | Sheff. Utd. | 2 - 0 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 05 Feb | Sheff. Utd. | 0 - 2 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 02 Nov | Ipswich Town | 5 - 1 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Fri 30 Apr | Sheff. Utd. | 1 - 1 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 22 Nov | Ipswich Town | 3 - 0 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Ipswich Town are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 6 to 5.
Sheff. Utd. have an average recent record on the road, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. Only 4 goals have been registered in this time, with 6 leaked at the wrong end.
Ipswich Town's total of 52 points from their 35 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola Championship. Sheff. Utd. find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 40 points from their 34 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Ipswich Town | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 10 |
| Sheff. Utd. | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Tractor Boys, as the The Blades have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Ipswich Town | Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Sheff. Utd. | Not won in previous 5 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 8 most recent games. |