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Southampton face a trip to Ipswich Town at Portman Road on Tuesday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 30 games played, Saints have recorded 7 wins, and Ipswich Town have come away with 15 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in September 2006, the Tractor Boys carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 24 Feb | Southampton | 1 - 0 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 09 Sep | Ipswich Town | 2 - 1 | Southampton | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 21 Jan | Southampton | 0 - 2 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 13 Sep | Ipswich Town | 2 - 2 | Southampton | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 02 Mar | Ipswich Town | 1 - 3 | Southampton | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Wed 24 Oct | Southampton | 3 - 3 | Ipswich Town | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Mon 02 Apr | Southampton | 0 - 3 | Ipswich Town | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Ipswich Town could not have a more impressive recent home form, having won each of the last six games. In this time, Tractor Boys have rattled up an impressive 19 goals, and conceded 3.
Southampton have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Saints have hit 9 goals, 18 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Ipswich Town lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 25 points from their 16 games so far. Southampton's 23 points from 17 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Ipswich Town | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 10 |
| Southampton | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Tractor Boys, as the Saints have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Ipswich Town | Won 11 successive home games. 22 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Southampton | 18 games since last away draw. |