Match Preview: Ipswich Town v Birmingham City (Saturday, 3pm)

Ipswich Town host Birmingham City at Portman Road on Saturday on the back of three consecutive wins in the Championship.

Ipswich have picked up 11 points from their last six games, and they face a Birmingham City side who have also won their last two matches, and collected 10 points from the last possible 18.

With 65 goals in 33 games so far this season, Ipswich are the league’s second-highest scorers with 2.0 goals per game. And they are conceding fewer than average, letting in 44 goals at a rate of 1.3 per game.

Birmingham, meanwhile, are below average scorers, with 1.2 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.4. They have conceded 1.5 goals per game.

Town are third in the table after 33 games, of which they have won 20 and drawn nine, earning 69 points.

City are 12 places behind Ipswich Town in 15th, with 10 wins and eight draws putting them on 38 points.

In the last 10 years, Ipswich and Birmingham have played each other on 12 occasions. They won three each, and they drew six times.

On average, Ipswich Town scored 1.3 goals and Birmingham City 1.4 in those matches.

Their last meeting was on November 4, when they played out a 2-2 draw.

The hosts’ Leif Davis is the league’s most creative player, racking up 12 assists in 30 appearances so far this season.

For Birmingham City, Juninho Bacuna has set up the most goals, having laid on five assists in 31 games.

Ipswich’s last match was on Tuesday, a 4-3 win against Rotherham United, with Wes Burns (two), Kieffer Moore and Omari Giraud-Hutchinson getting the goals for Ipswich Town.

Birmingham beat Sunderland 2-1 last time out, on February 17, with Jordan James and Koji Miyoshi on the scoresheet.

Ipswich Town v Birmingham City
Championship | Portman Road
Saturday, 24 February 2024 @ 3.00pm

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