Originally Posted by
Eric the Half a Bee
The win over Ipswich recently brought to an end a run of 6 successive wins for the Tractor Boys. It also represents our best win of the season over a team in good form. I thought I'd have a look at our other league wins and how in-form (or otherwise) our opponents were at the time. All of these look at the previous 5 fixtures for each opponent.
Sunderland had won 13 points from 15 when we beat them in September. They are also the only other opponent to have won their previous 3 league fixtures before facing us.
Sheffield Wednesday had won 3 out of 5 before we won at Hillsborough.
Beyond those 3, no side had won more than 2 of their previous 5 games before playing us.
Stat breakdown (no of wins from previous 5 games):
5 wins - 1 opponent
4 wins - 1 opponent
3 wins - 1 opponent
2 wins - 5 opponents
1 win - 6 opponents
0 wins - 2 opponents (Sheff Wed at the start of the season hadn't won any of their first 3 fixtures)
Half of our victories have come against teams with 1 or fewer wins in their previous 5 games. Should auger well for tomorrow, with Sunderland hopelessly out of form.
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