About Match
3 points for Ipswich Town U21 (17th), 1 for Birmingham City U21 (20th): a 2-point gap. Ipswich Town U21 have been over-performing their table position on recent form: 11th in the league over the last five rounds against 17th overall. Per game in the league, Ipswich Town U21 score 2 and conceding 3, Birmingham City U21 3 and 3, against a competition average of 2.05 goals per team per game. A win here leaves Ipswich Town U21 on 6 points and up to 1st, other results permitting.
8 games without a win frame Birmingham City U21's arrival.
5 meetings are on record — 2 won by Ipswich Town U21, 2 by Birmingham City U21, 1 drawn, at 3.8 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 40% of those meetings. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 80% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 60%.
JobServe Community Stadium in Colchester, capacity 10,105, hosts the game.