Latics make the long trek down to Suffolk to take on Ipswich Town at Portman Road, in an important fixture in the race for the League One table.
Our first encounter came in the League Cup 2nd round back in the 1992/93 season, the first leg at Springfield Park saw third tier Latics hold their Premier League visitors to a 2:2 draw, goals from Alan Johnson and Gary Worthington sent the home supporters, in the crowd of 2,684, home happy.
The second leg at Portman Road saw us go down 4:0, Ipswich went on to the ¼ finals that season and finish 16th in the Premier League, Chris Kiwomya scoring a hat-trick as Ipswich eased passed the Latics.
Scoring goals in both legs of the tie for Ipswich was left back Gavin Johnson who joined the Latics three seasons later and went on to star in our title winning side of the 1996/97 campaign.
With no wins in our last nine meetings we have to go back to March 2014 when two goals from James McClean and a Leon Barnett effort gave us all the points in a 1-3 win at Portman Road.
Latics Team – Al Habsi; Barnett, Ramis, Boyce, Perch; Gomez, McArthur, Tunnicliffe, McClean, Fortune; Waghorn
Subs – Carson, Kiernan, Crainey, McEchran, McManaman, Powell, Maynard
More recently we have managed just 4 points from a possible 27 against the Tractor Boys.
Latics Team - Filan; Green, De Vos, De Zeeuw, Jackson, McMillan; Dinning, Mitchell, Teale, McColluch; Liddell
Last Meeting
Latics drew 1:1 with Ipswich Town at the DW Stadium on Saturday 11th December 2021, just a week following the sacking of former Latics boss Paul Cook by Ipswich.
Callum Lang gave the Latics the lead on 22 minutes, that lead would have been increased but for some excellent goalkeeping by Christian Walton and the lino’s flag when it signalled Will Keane offside as he popped home Langs excellent free kick.
Conor Chaplin completely lost it and should have seen red , having been yellow carded for a foul on Tom Pearce he then stamped on the Latics left back, in front of both referee and assistant, but unbelievably no action was taken apart from a strong telling off.
James Norwood poked home for Ipswich after coming on as a second half substitute, Keane could have won it for the Latics, but he headed wide when it looked easier to score.
Latics – Amos; Darikwa, Whatmough, Tilt, Pearce; Power, Naylor; Edwards, McClean, Lang; Keane
Subs – Jones, Watts, Kerr, Aasgaard, Massey, Humphrys, Jordan Jones
Attendance – 10,296
Highlights Latics 1:1 Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town Current Form
Ipswich currently sit 10th in League One with 65 points from 43 games, their recent form is, DWLDL.
Ipswich’s last game was a 1:0 away defeat to Rotherham on Saturday 16th April.
A Michael Smith second half goal inflicting defeat on Kieran McKenna’s side.
Home Form
Ipswich’s 21 away games so far this season have brought 38 points, with 10 wins, 3 defeats & 8 draws, scoring 32 goals and conceding 21.
Player To Watch – Wes Burn
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| Wes Burn |
The 27 year old wing back is enjoying a great first season at Portman Road, having signed from Fleetwood Town in the summer, he is currently the second top scorer at Ipswich with 11 goals in League One.
Cardiff born Burn started his career off at Bristol City making 44 appearances across five years before signing for Fleetwood Town in 2017.
Wes Burn was former boss Paul Cook’s first summer signing and he has hit the headlines on numerous occasions for the Tractor Boys. Burn has scored 11 goals from 54 attempts, with 21 efforts on target, lightning quick and very creative, Burn tops the assist chart with 6 so far this campaign and has made 100 crosses.
Picking up 7 yellow cards, Burn has committed 40 fouls and drawn 31, he has completed 27 interceptions and won 23 tackles.
On this week’s podcast, Ipswich fan and commentator, Richard Moss says “stop Wes Burn and you stop Town”
Full Record v Ipswich Town
Played – 18
Won – 6
Drawn – 5
Lost – 7
The Last Six Meetings
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Date |
Competition |
Result |
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11 Dec 2021 |
League One |
Latics 1:1 Ipswich |
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27 Mar 2021 |
League One |
Latics 0:0 Ipswich |
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13 Sep 2020 |
League One |
Ipswich 2:0 Latics |
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23 Feb 2019 |
Championship |
Latics 1:1 Ipswich |
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15 Dec 2018 |
Championship |
Ipswich 1:0 Latics |
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04 Apr 2017 |
Championship |
Ipswich 3:0 Latics |
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