Cardiff v Ipswich. BBC preview

Last updated : 04 March 2011 By BBC Sport

Ipswich Town manager Paul Jewell could recall striker Tamas Priskin to the starting line-up.

Colin Healy has been ruled out with the stomach injury he sustained at QPR last month, but David Norris made a surprise return last week and will start.

MATCH PREVIEW

Cardiff have suffered four consecutive defeats at the hands of Ipswich, but the Welsh club's recent form means they can approach Saturday's game with plenty of confidence.

City have won their last two matches and lost only one of their last eight. Not since October, when they won five in a row and topped the Championship, have Dave Jones' side notched three successive wins.

They are one place and one point outside of the automatic promotion spots, and will be hoping to extend Ipswich's first real wobble since the appointment of Paul Jewell, whose honeymoon period as Town boss is perhaps coming to an end.

Ipswich have shown since Jewell's arrival that they are a team to be reckoned with. A return to winning ways would be a boost for them after back-to-back 2-0 defeats. It would also be their first away win of the season against a team currently above them in the table.

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

• Ipswich have won 18 and Cardiff 10 of the 38 previous matches between these clubs.

• Cardiff have managed only two wins in their last nine home league matches against Town. The last victory was in November 2007 at Ninian Park.

Cardiff

• City are unbeaten in eight home league matches.

• They have scored in 10 consecutive Championship games.

• Their next point would be the club's 400th under manager Dave Jones.

Ipswich

• Ipswich have lost seven and drawn one of their eight away matches against teams currently above them.

• A win would complete Ipswich's third league 'double' of the campaign. They have already beaten Doncaster and Sheffield United both home and away.

• Town have won all 12 league games this season in which they have opened the scoring.

• Mark Kennedy could face his former club.

Source: BBC Sport

Source: BBC Sport