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Preston N.E. face a trip to Ipswich Town at Portman Road on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The North End will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them with only a 20.00% success rate in the fixture.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in January 2003, with Ipswich Town running out comfortable 3 - 0 winners in a League Division One match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 25 Oct | Preston N.E. | 1 - 1 | Ipswich Town | LD1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 18 Jan | Ipswich Town | 3 - 0 | Preston N.E. | LD1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 01 Sep | Preston N.E. | 0 - 0 | Ipswich Town | LD1 |
| 1979/1980 | Sat 05 Jan | Preston N.E. | 0 - 3 | Ipswich Town | FAC |
| 1967/1968 | Sat 16 Mar | Ipswich Town | 4 - 0 | Preston N.E. | DIV2 |
| 1967/1968 | Sat 21 Oct | Preston N.E. | 1 - 1 | Ipswich Town | DIV2 |
| 1966/1967 | Sat 22 Apr | Ipswich Town | 0 - 0 | Preston N.E. | DIV2 |
Recent respective form guides
Ipswich Town have had an average home run of late, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 15 to 13.
The North End have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. A generous 7 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Ipswich Town's total of 50 points from their 32 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Nationwide League Division One. Preston N.E.'s 46 points from 31 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 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 7 |
| Preston N.E. | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Neither team is setting the world alight, and I think this game will result in a narrow home win for the Tractor Boys. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Ipswich Town | 17 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Preston N.E. | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |