[christianu]

Here are the recent meetins between Ipswich and West Ham

Ipswich 0-2 West Ham (league)
West Ham 1-1 Ipswich (league)
West Ham 2-0 Ipswich (Play-off)
Ipswich 1-0 West Ham (Play-off)
West Ham 1-2 Ipswich (league)
Ipswich 1-2 West Ham (league)

Looking good in West Hams favour, although this is a major blow:

Hammers set to miss Sheri


West Ham manager Alan Pardew expects Teddy Sheringham to be his only absentee for the play-off semi-final first leg against Ipswich.

The Hammers take on Joe Royle's men at Upton Park on Saturday, and Pardew is pleased with the condition of his squad.

He said: "Sometimes it's decided by an injury, a suspension, but at the moment we've come through this game injury-free and we go with a full squad to Ipswich so that's good news for us as well."

20 goals in 26 games for Sherringham, no doubting his influence. Zamora and Harewood isnt such a bad pairing though. Its worth noting that Sherringham was absent in West Hams 2-0 win at Ipswich earlier in the season.

Ipswich are without Scowcroft and Unsworth who have returned from load but i doubt scowcroft will be missed. Theres a lot of negative vibes coming from Ipswich and the opposite from West Ham. Im not sure Ipswich will have the charachter to come through these play offs afterall. They bottled it in the run up to promotion and by all accounts did not play well at Birghton. They also failed to shine against Leeds where they could of overtaken Wigan.

Im gonna stick with West Ham at evens to qualify.