Ipswich v Bristol City

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Ipswich Town stretched their winning streak to five games overall in the Championship on the weekend after recording a 2-0 win on the road at Plymouth Argyle which has helped lift the Tractor Boys up into second place and now just three points within touch of the league leaders, Leicester City, while Bristol City slumped to a third defeat in four games in the second tier following a disappointing 1-0 loss at home to Cardiff City in the Severn derby.

Previous wins against Millwall, Swansea City, Rotherham United and Birmingham City have set Ipswich Town back on course for possible automatic promotion up to the Premier League and this upcoming visit of mid-table outfit Bristol City looks like being another ideal opportunity for Kieran McKenna's side to grab another important three points in their quest for returning to the top flight.

The bigger picture also seems to favour Ipswich Town as the hosts have been handed just two defeats from their previous 18 matches in the Championship overall which includes picking up 10 wins along the way and their previous decline in form which brought just one win within a previous sequence of nine games now seems to have been forgotten.

Bristol City occupy 13th place in the Championship table but The Robins have lost their last three matches in the English second tier following losses at the hands of QPR, Sheffield Wednesday and Cardiff City which have prevented the west country outfit from lifting themselves up into the top half of the division.

Indeed, only two wins against the likes of Middlesbrough and Southampton have been Bristol City's highlights in what has been an otherwise forgettable sequence of results for The Robins in their past 11 games in the Championship overall.

Within these last 11 games, Bristol City have slipped to six defeats and this does not bode well for this upcoming trip to east Anglia where they'll be facing an in-form and confident Ipswich Town outfit who have some impressive momentum behind them.

Results away from home have also been fairly ordinary looking as The Robins have managed to capture just two wins from their last 12 outings on the road while also slipping to six defeats in the process, so the prospects of Liam Manning's side getting the upper hand over a fully focused Ipswich Town side on Tuesday night looks fairly remote.

Ipswich Town v Bristol City Verdict

Ipswich Town grabbed a 1-0 win away from home at Ashton Gate in the earlier corresponding fixture this season and although this upcoming clash looks like being a low-scoring affair at Portman Road, Ipswich Town look set to extend their winning streak to six games here on Tuesday night.

Therefore, our main bet will be Ipswich Town win @ 1.57

Other side bets worth considering:

Ipswich Town win & Under 2.5 goals @ 3.75

Correct Score: Ipswich Town 2-0 @ 7.50