Ipswich Town
IPS

Premier League

16 Jan 2025
0 – 2
Full-time
Portman Road
Brighton & Hove Albion
BHA
Mitoma 59' football
Rutter 82' football

Timeline

90'+4'
on
off
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J. Moder
Y. Ayari
90'+1
YELLOW CARD
J. Veltman
84'
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J. Clarke
K. Phillips
84'
on
off
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G. Hirst
L. Delap
82'
0-2
Goal
G. Rutter
78'
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D. Welbeck
J. Pedro
71'
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J. Taylor
W. Burns
71'
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off
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S. Morsy
J. Cajuste
63'
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Y. Minteh
S. Adingra
63'
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L. Dunk
A. Webster
63'
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G. Rutter
M. O'Riley
62'
YELLOW CARD
L. Woolfenden
59'
0-1
Goal
K. Mitoma
54'
YELLOW CARD
J. Pedro
49'
YELLOW CARD
L. Delap

Blog

90'+6'
A brilliant win on the road!!!! Goals from Kaoru Mitoma and Georginio seal a terrific 2-0 victory at Portman Road. Next stop, Old Trafford.
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0-0
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Goal!

GGGEEEEEOOOOOORRRRGGGGIIIIIIII!!!!! Yasin Ayari's free-kick from the left of the box deflects into the path of Georginio who fires in from close range!
76'

ANOTHER ALBION CHANGE

Joao Pedro is replaced by Danny Welbeck.
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The breakthrough.
67'

BRILLIANT WALTON SAVE

Joao Pedro swivels in the box and fires a shot towards the top left corner, but Walton gets fingertips on it to put it over for a corner!
63'

TRIPLE ALBION CHANGE

Lewis Dunk, Georginio and Yankuba Minteh replace Matt O'Riley, Adam Webster and Simon Adingra.
62'
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Yellow Card

Woolfenden goes into the book for dragging down Joao Pedro as he runs down the centre of the Ipswich half.
59'
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Goal!

KKKKAAAAOOOOOORRRRUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!! Veltman chips a lovely ball down the right for Ayari, he finds O'Riley in the middle who tees up Mitoma for the finish, and the Japanese winger curls it into the bottom right corner!
55'
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Yellow Card

Joao goes into the book as he charges down a back pass, but runs into Christian Walton, sending the keeper flying.
51'

ADINGRA COULD DO BETTER

That's a great chance for Albion as Estupinan plays a one-two with Joao Pedro down the flank before crossing into the middle of the box. Simon brings it down really well, but he doesn't get a good contact on his shot and it's cleared.
50'
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Yellow Card

Totally needless from Delap there as he intentionally runs through the back of Veltman off the ball as Ipswich look to build an attack. The striker is booked.
46'

BACK UNDERWAY

No changes for either team. Let's see if there have been any tactical tweaks instead.
45'

HALF-TIME

That's it for the opening 45 minutes. Interesting to see if either manager makes any changes to try and find the breakthrough.
42'

VERBRUGGEN WITH ANOTHER STOP

Hutchinson is the latest to let fly from 20 yards and it's a good effort towards the bottom left corner. Bart is there though with two strong palms before diving on the loose ball.
40'

ESTUPINAN'S HEADER DEFLECTS BEHIND

That's a good spell of possession for Albion on the right as they bide their time before Jan Paul van Hecke swings a cross into the middle, Estupinan meets it, but a defender gets his head in the way and it deflects behind for a corner.
35'

TEN MINUTES OF THE FIRST HALF TO GO

Not a huge amount to get the pulse racing so far for either team. A couple of efforts from the edge of the Albion box for Ipswich is about as good as it's got for the hosts. van Hecke has had a good battle so far with Delap.
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Joel looks to get the ball forward.
28'

DELAP FIRES STRAIGHT AT BART

Another half chance for the hosts as Delap curls an effort at goal from 20-yards, but it's a comfortable one for Verbruggen who dives to his left and gathers. A bit of pressure building in Ipswich's favour.
23'

BROADHEAD'S EFFORT TIPPED AWAY

Broadhead gets a shot away from the edge of the box and forces Verbruggen into a decent save as he dives down to his left and tips it behind for a corner. A save you'd expect the Dutchman to make.
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A tester from Kaoru. An easy one for former Albion man Christian Walton in the Ipswich goal.
10'

AYARI NEARLY AWAY IN THE BOX...

That's a good turn from Ayari in the box as Adingra finds him, but the ball slides under the Swede's foot and Cajuste is able to protect the ball as it goes behind for a goal-kick.
6'

VELTMAN'S CROSS FLICKED AWAY

That's a lovely cross from the right from the Dutchman - a similar position to where he crossed for Georginio's header against Norwich - with Mitoma waiting in the middle, but O'Shea is first to the ball in the box, flicking it away from danger and out for a throw in.
1'

UNDERWAY AT PORTMAN ROAD

Yasin Ayari gets the game started.
The Ipswich team.

THE TEAMS ARE OUT

Just under 3000 Albion fans welcome the visitors out onto the pitch. Terrific away support for a Thursday night.
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Adam Webster captains Albion tonight.
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Matt O'Riley checks out the pitch at Portman Road.
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The Albion team to face Ipswich.

IGOR JULIO OUT FOR SEASON

Igor Julio has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a hamstring injury. The centre-back suffered the injury during our 1-1 draw with Arsenal earlier this month and has undergone surgery. "Igor will be out for the rest of the season," head coach Fabian Hurzeler confirmed on Tuesday. "It was a hamstring injury. He needed surgery, so it was a big thing." The Brazilian has made 12 Premier League appearances so far this campaign.
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We have arrived in Ipswich ahead of tonight's game. Team news to come at 6.15pm.

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