Pick of the stats: Stoke City v Ipswich Town

The Stoke City and Ipswich Town club badges side by side. Stoke's has red and white stripes with the words Stoke City at the top and 1863 at the bottom. Ipswich have a horse with a hoof on a ball drawn in white on a blue background

Ipswich have slipped five points behind the automatic promotion places in the Championship but have taken 10 points from a possible 12 in their past four matches.

Stoke have managed only five points from their past six outings with their solitary win coming against Oxford which means they are now 10 points short of the top six going into this game on Tuesday (20:00 GMT).

  • Stoke have failed to score in their past three league games against Ipswich (D1 L2), with their two defeats in that run as many as they had suffered in their previous 16 against the Tractor Boys.

  • Following their 1-0 win in December, Ipswich are looking to complete the league double over Stoke for the first time since 1987-88.

  • Stoke won 2-1 against Oxford in their last home league game, but have not won consecutively at the bet365 Stadium since November.

  • Ipswich have alternated between victory (3) and defeat (2) in their past five away league games, beating Watford 2-0 last time out.

  • Stoke boss Mark Robins has lost each of his past five Championship games against Ipswich Town – twice with Huddersfield (2013-14), twice with Coventry (2023-24) and earlier this season with the Potters.

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