West Brom v Ipswich: The last five meetings

The Baggies could see their chances of automatic promotion made much slimmer should they not win at the weekend. Whilst the visitors sit rock having not picked up three points on the road since October 2018.

But how have recent meetings gone between the two sides? Sam Ward takes a look at the previous five meetings between the two sides.

Ipswich Town 1 West Brom 2 - November 23, 2018

This result helped move West Brom up into second place and at the time the Baggies were the top scorers in the league.

Jay Rodriguez struck his 100th career goal in this fixture as he put the visitors in front in the first half.

Harvey Barnes went on to seal the three points 13 minutes from time with a left-footed strike just inside the box.

A late scare from Ipswich's Kayden Jackson didn't seemed to bother West Brom as they cruised into the automatic promotion places following the win.

Ipswich Town 1 West Brom 0 - December 1, 2010

This clash in the Carling Cup helped an Ipswich Town side, managed by Roy Keane, overcome West Brom to reach the semi-final of the competition.

Top flight West Brom made nine changes for this quarter-final at Portman Road, with Graham Dorrans and Marek Cech being the only one's to start following a 4-1 Premier League win at Everton in the previous week.

Grant Leadbitter netted an penalty for the home side after Dorrans tripped Carlos Edwards.

Albion failed to find a leveller in the final 20 minutes, leading to victory for the East Anglians.

Ipswich Town 1 West Brom 1 - January 26, 2010

The Tractor Boys looked to be heading into February with a priceless three points over West Brom, who were flying and battling for automatic promotion in 2010.

Grant Leadbitter haunted the Baggies from the spot once again as he converted a penalty in the second half.

West Brom played out a 2-2 draw with table-toppers Newcastle United the week before and they had to settle for just a point in this fixture too as Chris Brunt bundled the ball over the line in the dying moments at Portman Road.

West Brom 2 Ipswich Town 0 - August 22, 2009

This result ensured Roberto di Matteo's side were still undefeated in the league after five games and were sitting comfortable at the summit of the table

West Brom were in front within the first 10 minutes thanks to a left-footed strike from Youssouf Mulumbu which flew through a congested penalty area.

A stylish finish from Robert Koren doubled the Baggies' lead five minutes before the break.

The home side went top of the league and put themselves in contention for promotion to Premier League following this comfortable victory over Ipswich.

Ipswich Town 2 West Brom 0 - January 1 2008

In the previous three meetings before this game, West Brom had netted 11 goals against the Tractor Boys and were top of the Championship at the time.

However, Ipswich maintained their healthy record at Portman Road in the league and swept aside the Baggies with two late goals in the final 15 minutes. Jason De Vos and David Wright were the scorers for the home side.

This proved to be one of West Brom's toughest tests in the season where they topped the Championship.

Ipswich meanwhile, missed out on the play-off places by a single point.