West Ham face a trip to Ipswich Town at Portman Road on Saturday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. It couldn't be much closer,Hammers having 10 wins against 11 losses.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was was two seasons ago, in October 2001, with West Ham inflicting a narrow 2 - 3 defeat upon the Super Blues in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2001/2002 | Sat 30 Mar | West Ham | 3 - 1 | Ipswich | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sun 28 Oct | Ipswich | 2 - 3 | West Ham | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 17 Mar | West Ham | 0 - 1 | Ipswich | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 14 Oct | Ipswich | 1 - 1 | West Ham | PREM |
| 1994/1995 | Mon 17 Apr | Ipswich | 1 - 1 | West Ham | PREM |
| 1994/1995 | Mon 26 Dec | West Ham | 1 - 1 | Ipswich | PREM |
| 1993/1994 | Sat 02 Apr | West Ham | 2 - 1 | Ipswich | PREM |
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 Super Blues's have scored 10 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 11.
West Ham have an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. A generous 6 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Ipswich are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 2 points from 4 matches. West Ham's 7 points from 4 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Ipswich | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 |
| West Ham | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The away form of the Hammers has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Ipswich. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Ipswich | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| West Ham | No sequences of note |
