England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Ipswich Town and Birmingham City, taking place on Saturday, 24 February 2024, at Portman Road in Ipswich.
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Ipswich Town, Recent FormIpswich Town head into this match with some confidence in the knowledge that they recorded a solid 4-3 home win against Rotherham United in their last league encounter. They came away from that fixture with 47% of the possession and clocked up 11 attempts on goal with 7 on target. By comparison, Rotherham United managed 13 attempts on goal, with 5 on target.
While they have been strong in attack with 15 goals scored in their last 6 games, their defence has let them down slightly, by conceeding 10 at the other end which has led to points being dropped. They have only kept 1 clean sheet in their last 6 home games; however, they have scored in 15 of their 16 played at Portman Road this season.
Their strong run of form at home now gives them an unbeaten streak of 14 games in a row.
Having scored 4 goals in his last 6 league games for Ipswich Town, Kieffer Moore will be looking to keep his tally up with a goal in their next outing.
Birmingham City, Recent FormBirmingham City will be happy to have grabbed 3 points in their last match, where they clocked up a 2-1 win in their home outing against Sunderland. In that game they had 49% possession and managed 16 attempts on goal, with 5 on target, compared to Sunderland who had 10 attempts and 4 on target.
It seems pretty certain that Tony Mowbray will be quite pleased with his squad's ability to score goals in recent matches, having managed 7 goals in their past 6 outings. In contrast, however, he will be concerned that their defensive qualities look a little more fragile, with 7 goals conceded in those matches and some crucial points dropped. They've failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 away games.
They have been enduring a less than rewarding period of form away from home at the moment, during which they have lost 3 and only picked up 2 wins from their last 6 matches.
The Birmingham City travelling support have had something to shout about on the road via the goals from Juninho Bacuna, who's scored 3 goals in their last 6 league matches away from home.
In the previous encounter between these sides, both teams grabbed goals, with the match finishing in a 2-2 draw.
Ipswich have scored in each of their last 8 games at home in the league against The Blues.
The last 3 league meetings between these sides ended in a share of the points, but Ipswich 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.
Birmingham player Lukas Jutkiewicz will be looking to get on the scoresheet again against Ipswich, having scored 3 goals in the last 5 league meetings between the teams.
Ipswich manager Kieran McKenna has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Janoi Donacien (Groin), George Hirst (Hamstring), Jack Taylor (Leg) and Brandon Williams (Leg) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Tony Mowbray has a number of injury concerns in his Birmingham squad to contend with: Alfie Chang (Cruciate ligament), George Hall (Hamstring) and Alex Pritchard (Calf)
Ipswich Town Playing at home | Birmingham City Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.6 | Goals scored | 0.9 |
| 1.6 | Goals conceded | 1.9 |
| 27' | Time first goal scored | 40' |
| 29' | Time first goal conceded | 51' |
| 2.3 | Yellow cards | 2.8 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 5 | Subs used | 4.2 |
| 3-0 | Biggest victory | 2-0 |
| 4-3 | Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
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