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Sunderland face a trip to Ipswich Town at Portman Road on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The The Black Cats will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 14 and win only 5 of the 23 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in April 2005, where the two teams cancelled each other out in an enthralling 2 - 2 draw in a Championship match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sun 17 Apr | Ipswich Town | 2 - 2 | Sunderland | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Sun 21 Nov | Sunderland | 2 - 0 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Mon 12 Apr | Ipswich Town | 1 - 0 | Sunderland | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 24 Jan | Ipswich Town | 1 - 2 | Sunderland | FAC |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 30 Sep | Sunderland | 3 - 2 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 29 Dec | Ipswich Town | 5 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 18 Aug | Sunderland | 1 - 0 | Ipswich Town | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Ipswich Town have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 6.
Sunderland have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. The The Black Cats's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.
Ipswich Town's 11 points from 8 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position. Sunderland see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 10 points from their 8 games played so far,
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Ipswich Town | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 12 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Tractor Boys, as the The Black Cats have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Ipswich Town | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Unbeaten run of 6 matches. |
| Sunderland | 8 games since last away draw. 5 games since last defeat. |