Match info:
Ipswich vs Barnsley
Competition – Championship
Stadium – Portman Road Stadium
Date: 1st November 2013
Kick-off time – 19:45 GMT+1
14th place Ipswich host 23rd position Barnsley at Portman Road this Friday evening in the Championship.
Recent form:
Ipswich – D L D D W L W
Barnsley – D W L D L L L
Ipswich have lost 2 of their last 7 while Barnsley have won just 1 of their last 7.
The Championship table currently looks like this:
# | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | G | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Leeds United | 33 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 68 | 20 | +48 | 72 |
2 | Sheffield United | 33 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 47 | 23 | +24 | 70 |
3 | Burnley | 33 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 39 | 9 | +30 | 65 |
4 | Sunderland | 33 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 50 | 30 | +20 | 62 |
5 | Blackburn Rovers | 33 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 51 |
6 | West Bromwich Albion | 33 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 42 | 31 | +11 | 48 |
7 | Coventry City | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 44 | 41 | +3 | 47 |
8 | Bristol City | 33 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 46 |
9 | Sheffield Wedn… | 33 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 46 | 50 | -4 | 45 |
10 | Watford | 33 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 43 | 48 | -5 | 45 |
11 | Middlesbrough | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 50 | 43 | +7 | 44 |
12 | Norwich City | 33 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 51 | 45 | +6 | 44 |
13 | Queens Park Rangers | 33 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 39 | 41 | -2 | 44 |
14 | Millwall | 33 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 33 | 34 | -1 | 42 |
15 | Preston North End | 33 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 35 | 39 | -4 | 42 |
16 | Oxford United | 33 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 34 | 47 | -13 | 38 |
17 | Swansea City | 33 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 34 | 46 | -12 | 37 |
18 | Portsmouth | 33 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 41 | 55 | -14 | 36 |
19 | Stoke City | 32 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 40 | -9 | 35 |
20 | Cardiff City | 32 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 35 | 54 | -19 | 32 |
21 | Hull City | 32 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 43 | -11 | 30 |
22 | Derby County | 33 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 33 | 46 | -13 | 29 |
23 | Plymouth Argyle | 33 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 35 | 67 | -32 | 29 |
24 | Luton Town | 33 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 31 | 53 | -22 | 28 |
A win for Ipswich could see them go as high as 8th while a win for Barnsley could move them as high as 18th.
Head-to-head
These two sides have met 23 times in recent years and Ipswich have come out on top most often (Ipswich 11 wins, Barnsley 5 wins, 7 draws).
The last 5 meetings between these two sides finished 1:1, 1:1, 1:0, 5:3 and 1:1.
Possible line-ups
Ipswich
Barnsley
Bookmakers make Ipswich odds-on favourites to come out on top in this match.
Odds: Ipswich (4/6) Draw (3/1) Barnsley (19/4)Gamingtips Prediction – Ipswich 1:1 Barnsley
Very little separated these two sides last season.
Ipswich finished 14th in the Championship last season.
They scored 48 goals in 46 games and conceded 61.
Barnsley finished just 1 point above the relegation zone in 21st position.
They scored 56 goals in 46 games and conceded 70.
Ipswich haven’t lost in 5 at home to Barnsley.
Barnsley lost 8 of their opening 11 matches and if they are to get a result on Friday, they must improve their defensive record (conceded more than 2 goals per game on average – worst defensive record in the Championship).
Ultimately Ipswich should have enough to overcome Barnsley but odds of 4/6 don’t offer great value from a betting perspective.
