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Barnsley face a trip to Ipswich Town at Portman Road on Saturday afternoon, and have come away with little in previous meetings, having been beaten a depressing 12 out of 17 times.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2010, the Tractor Boys carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 20 Mar | Ipswich Town | 1 - 0 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 03 Oct | Barnsley | 2 - 1 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 2008/2009 | Tue 27 Jan | Barnsley | 1 - 2 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 2008/2009 | Tue 30 Sep | Ipswich Town | 3 - 0 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Tue 11 Mar | Barnsley | 4 - 1 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 01 Dec | Ipswich Town | 0 - 0 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 07 Apr | Ipswich Town | 5 - 1 | Barnsley | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Ipswich Town are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Tractor Boys in those games, with 6 conceded.
The away form of Barnsley is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. Tykes have conceded 12 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Ipswich Town lie just outside the playoff positions in the Npower Championship, picking up 24 points from their 16 games so far. Barnsley find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 19 points from their 16 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Ipswich Town | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| Barnsley | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Tractor Boys, as the Tykes have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Ipswich Town | 9 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 9 . |
| Barnsley | 4 games since last away draw. |