Manchester City will be looking to return to winning ways in the Premier League when they travel to Portman Road to face Ipswich Town on Sunday afternoon.
After putting together a three-game winning run in all competitions, the Citizens were forced to settle for a 2-2 draw with Brentford on Tuesday night after letting a two-goal lead slip in the final eight minutes.
While Pep Guardiola's side currently sit sixth in the Premier League table, Ipswich are down in 18th place, inside the relegation zone only by goal difference, after losing 2-0 at home to Brighton & Hove Albion on Thursday night.
Here, Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at the head-to-head record and previous meetings between the two sides.
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Head-to-head record
Previous meetings: 67
Man City wins: 24
Draws: 15
Ipswich wins: 28
Man City and Ipswich have butted heads a total of 67 times across all competitions over the years, and it is the Tractor Boys who marginally lead the overall head-to-head record as they have won 28 games compared to the Citizens' 24, while 15 draws have been played out between the two teams.
Sixty-four years have passed since these two clubs faced off for the very first time back in August 1961, when a six-goal thriller was played out at Portman Road as Man City secured a 4-2 top-flight win courtesy of two late goals from Peter Dobing.
Man City won six of their first 11 meetings with Ipswich, including a 4-0 victory at Maine Road in November 1964 when both teams were competing in the second tier, before they faced each other in 15 consecutive top-flight seasons between 1968 and 1983.
While Man City won just eight times, including once in the FA Cup and once in the EFL Cup triumph, Ipswich came out on top in 15 games against the Citizens in the top division, and there were also five draws.
In the Premier League era (since 1992-93), Man City and Ipswich have only locked horns on nine occasions; the first six were in each of the first three seasons of the newly-branded top tier, with the Citizens winning five and drawing one.
Ipswich were relegated in 1994-95, but they were joined in the second tier by Man City just a year later and the Tractor Boys enjoyed a brief spell of dominance over their North West counterparts, winning four successive league games by an aggregate score of 6-2 between April 1997 and October 1999.
In the 2000-01 Premier League campaign, Man City suffered a 3-2 home defeat to Ipswich, six months before the Tractor Boys completed the double by winning 2-1 at Portman Road. The Citizens got their revenge in January 2002, though, as a brace from Shaun Goater and goals from both Eyal Berkovic and Darren Huckerby helped secure a 4-1 away victory in the FA Cup fourth round.
Twenty-two years later, Man City welcomed Ipswich to the Etihad Stadium and celebrated another 4-1 win, this time in the Premier League thanks to a hat-trick from Erling Haaland and a strike from Kevin De Bruyne.
Last 20 meetings
Aug 24, 2024: Man City 4-1 Ipswich (Premier League)
Jan 27, 2002: Ipswich 1-4 Man City (FA Cup Fourth Round)
May 07, 2001: Ipswich 2-1 Man City (Premier League)
Dec 19, 2000: Man City 1-2 Ipswich (EFL Cup Quarter-Final)
Nov 25, 2000: Man City 2-3 Ipswich (Premier League)
Oct 27, 1999: Man City 1-0 Ipswich (Division One)
Sep 26, 1999: Ipswich 2-1 Man City (Division One)
Feb 18, 1998: Man City 1-2 Ipswich (Division One)
Oct 4, 1997: Ipswich 1-0 Man City (Division One)
Apr 22, 1997: Ipswich 1-0 Man City (Division One)
Aug 16, 1997: Man City 1-0 Ipswich (Division One)
Feb 22, 1995: Man City 2-0 Ipswich (Premier League)
Dec 03, 1994: Ipswich 1-2 Man City (Premier League)
Mar 29, 1994: Ipswich 2-2 Man City (Premier League)
Feb 05, 1994: Man City 2-1 Ipswich (Premier League)
Apr 03, 1993: Man City 3-1 Ipswich (Premier League)
Dec 12, 1992: Ipswich 3-1 Man City (Premier League)
Feb 11, 1989: Man City 4-0 Ipswich (Davison Two)
Oct 8, 1988: Ipswich 1-0 Man City (Division Two)
Mar 5, 1988: Man City 2-0 Ipswich (Division Two)
Last nine Premier League meetings
Aug 24, 2024: Man City 4-1 Ipswich (Premier League)
May 07, 2001: Ipswich 2-1 Man City (Premier League)
Nov 25, 2000: Man City 2-3 Ipswich (Premier League)
Feb 22, 1995: Man City 2-0 Ipswich (Premier League)
Dec 03, 1994: Ipswich 1-2 Man City (Premier League)
Mar 29, 1994: Ipswich 2-2 Man City (Premier League)
Feb 05, 1994: Man City 2-1 Ipswich (Premier League)
Apr 03, 1993: Man City 3-1 Ipswich (Premier League)
Dec 12, 1992: Ipswich 3-1 Man City (Premier League)
Oliver Thomas
