FM Preview: Ipswich Town v Leeds United 02 Oct 2010

Last updated : 01 October 2010 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the Ipswich Town v Leeds United fixture

Leeds Utd. pack their bags to visit Ipswich Town at Portman Road on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 31 games played, Whites have recorded 10 wins, and Ipswich Town have come away with 13 victories.

The previous match played between the two at Portman Road was more than three years back, in December 2006, the Tractor Boys carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Championship match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2006/2007Sat 28 AprLeeds Utd.1 - 1Ipswich TownCHMP
2006/2007Sat 16 DecIpswich Town1 - 0Leeds Utd.CHMP
2005/2006Tue 31 JanIpswich Town1 - 1Leeds Utd.CHMP
2005/2006Sat 24 SepLeeds Utd.0 - 2Ipswich TownCHMP
2004/2005Sat 23 AprLeeds Utd.1 - 1Ipswich TownCHMP
2004/2005Sat 13 NovIpswich Town1 - 0Leeds Utd.CHMP
2001/2002Wed 06 MarLeeds Utd.2 - 0Ipswich TownPREM

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 Tractor Boys's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.

Leeds Utd. have an average recent record on the road, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While the Whites have hit 6 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Ipswich Town lie just outside the playoff positions in the Npower Championship, picking up 15 points from their 9 games so far. Leeds Utd.'s 14 points from 9 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Ipswich Town6222568
Leeds Utd.6312101210

FootyMad's prediction ...

Not a lot has been going right generally for Leeds Utd. on their travels as of late, but I can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against Ipswich Town. Score draw

Sequence statistics:
Ipswich Town 4 games since last home draw.
Not won in the 2 most recent games.
Leeds Utd. Not won in previous 2 away matches.