England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Birmingham City and Ipswich Town, taking place on Saturday, 04 November 2023, at St. Andrew's Stadium in Birmingham.
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Birmingham City, Recent FormFailing to acquire any points in their 3-1 away defeat by Southampton will have left the Birmingham City squad feeling a little deflated. During that encounter they had 29% possession and had 10 attempts on goal with 2 on target, while their opponents hit 5 of their 11 shots on goal.
It seems pretty certain that Wayne Rooney will be quite pleased with his squad's ability to score goals in recent matches, having managed 8 goals in their past 6 outings. In contrast, however, he will be concerned that their defensive qualities look a little more fragile, with 10 goals conceded in those matches and some crucial points dropped. They have only kept 1 clean sheet in their last 6 home games.
Losing 4 of their last 6 matches will concern them, but they have picked up some important points by winning the other 2 of these games.
Ipswich Town, Recent FormIpswich Town head into this match with some confidence in the knowledge that they recorded a solid 3-2 home win against Plymouth Argyle in their last league encounter. Their share of possession in that meeting was 55%, while racking up 15 shots along the way, 4 of which were on target. Plymouth Argyle had 10 shots on goal with 6 on target.
It's been a rewarding period in front of goal, with 16 goals scored in their last 6 matches; that said, boss Kieran McKenna will be less happy with his defence, who have conceded 8 goals in the same period. Their goal scoring streak now stands at 28 games in a row, and they've kept a clean sheet in 4 of their last 6 games away from home.
They've had a good run of form recently, with 4 straight wins in a row, and are on an unbeaten run of 9 games.
Nathan Broadhead will be aiming to add his name to the scoresheet again to extend his goal tally of 3 goals in the last 6 league outings for Ipswich Town.
In the most recent meeting between these teams, they both managed to find the net, but the game finished in a 1-1 draw.
The Tractor Boys defence has struggled at St. Andrew's Stadium, having conceded 1 or more goals in each of their last 6 visits.
The last 2 league meetings between these sides ended in a share of the points, but Birmingham might consider themselves in a better position, having a run of form in this fixture that has seen them unbeaten in their last 3 encounters.
Lukas Jutkiewicz has scored in each of Birmingham's last 2 league games against Ipswich.
Birmingham manager Wayne Rooney has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Keshi Anderson (Hamstring), Lee Buchanan (Ankle), George Hall (Hamstring), Ethan Laird (Hamstring) and Tyler Roberts (Calf) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Kieran McKenna has a number of injury concerns in his Ipswich squad to contend with: Wes Burns (Shoulder), Lee Evans (Medial Collateral Ligament), Freddie Ladapo (Achilles tendon), Axel Tuanzebe (Lack of fitness) and Brandon Williams (Unknown)
Birmingham City Playing at home | Ipswich Town Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.6 | Goals scored | 1.2 |
| 0.9 | Goals conceded | 0.3 |
| 36' | Time first goal scored | 50' |
| 35' | Time first goal conceded | 74' |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 2.8 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 3.9 | Subs used | 4.7 |
| 4-1 | Biggest victory | 2-1 |
| 2-0 | Biggest defeat | - |
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