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Arsenal have enjoyed a fantastic season so far on their domestic travels, only tasting defeat on their trips to Chelsea and Manchester United and achieving several significant feats, such as being the first teams to triumph at Ewood Park and Eastlands and only the second to take three points at St Andrew's.
With that sort of form behind them, it's difficult to imagine them coming unstuck against an Ipswich side that have already lost a staggering six times at Portman Road in 2010-11, all against significantly less lauded opponents, with four of those home defeats coming in the last two months alone.
Roy Keane was held accountable for the underperformance and sacked last Friday, however there was no instant improvement as they suffered a humiliating 7-0 reverse in the FA Cup away to Chelsea, who are performing with far less verve than Arsenal right now.
Paul Jewell, who guided Wigan past the Gunners in the 2005-06 Carling Cup semi-finals, has been named Keane's successor, but the Tractor Boys are missing a huge opportunity by having him sit this one out, and with Arsene Wenger now fielding very strong teams in the competition, it's easy to see why they are overwhelming [1.38] favourites.
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There is of course an argument that Ipswich are great value to win in front of their own fans at [10.0], an case tough to support with statistics yet backed up by surprise semi-final results in recent years such as Wycombe holding Chelsea, Derby overcoming Manchester United and Burnley beating Tottenham. If you think so, you can stake as much as £30 risk-free on the East Anglian club instead.
Ipswich v Arsenal
Kick-off: 7.45pm
Live on Sky Sports 1
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Published: 12 Jan 2011
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