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Leicester City 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 26 games played, Foxes have recorded 6 wins, and Ipswich Town have come away with 13 victories.
The previous match played between the two at Portman Road was within the last three years, in August 2002, with Ipswich Town annihilating their visitors 6 - 1 in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Tue 19 Oct | Leicester City | 2 - 2 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Thu 26 Dec | Leicester City | 1 - 2 | Ipswich Town | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 18 Aug | Ipswich Town | 6 - 1 | Leicester City | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Wed 26 Dec | Ipswich Town | 2 - 0 | Leicester City | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 08 Sep | Leicester City | 1 - 1 | Ipswich Town | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sun 14 Jan | Ipswich Town | 2 - 0 | Leicester City | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Wed 06 Sep | Leicester City | 2 - 1 | Ipswich Town | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Ipswich Town are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. A generous 8 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
The Foxes have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The Foxes's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 7 goals for and 5 against.
Ipswich Town are leading the way in the Coca-Cola Championship, with their 31 games giving them a return of 62 points. Leicester City see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 40 points from their 30 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Ipswich Town | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
| Leicester City | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against Ipswich Town is likely to be a very close encounter, but one that the Madmen sees going the way of the home team. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Ipswich Town | 10 games since last home draw. Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Leicester City | Undefeated in last 3 away games. 8 games since last defeat. |