Ipswich Town vs Aston Villa, 2017-18 English League Championship, Regular Season
· English League Championship
FT
0 - 4
0 - 4
Lewis Grabban at the double as Aston Villa thrash 10-man Ipswich
Match Commentary
- 0': First Half begins.
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 1': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Mile Jedinak.
- 2': Foul by Luke Hyam (Ipswich Town).
- 2': Glenn Whelan (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 3': Foul by Bersant Celina (Ipswich Town).
- 3': Glenn Whelan (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 4': Attempt missed. Myles Kenlock (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Grant Ward with a cross.
- 7': Cole Skuse (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 7': Foul by Glenn Whelan (Aston Villa).
- 9': Attempt blocked. Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Glenn Whelan.
- 9': Foul by Mile Jedinak (Aston Villa).
- 9': Martyn Waghorn (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 12': Foul by Luke Hyam (Ipswich Town).
- 12': Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 13': Bartosz Bialkowski (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 13': Foul by Mile Jedinak (Aston Villa).
- 14': Offside, Aston Villa. Glenn Whelan tries a through ball, but Lewis Grabban is caught offside.
- 17': Foul by Lewis Grabban (Aston Villa).
- 17': Jonas Knudsen (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 18': Attempt missed. Jonas Knudsen (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Tristan Nydam.
- 19': Birkir Bjarnason (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 19': Foul by Luke Hyam (Ipswich Town).
- 20': Attempt blocked. Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Neil Taylor.
- 20': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Jordan Spence.
- 20': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Cole Skuse.
- 21': Attempt blocked. Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Grealish.
- 21': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Cole Skuse.
- 23': Cameron Carter-Vickers (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 23': Foul by Lewis Grabban (Aston Villa).
- 25': Attempt blocked. Lewis Grabban (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Neil Taylor.
- 25': Goal! Ipswich Town 0, Aston Villa 1. Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
- 29': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Glenn Whelan.
- 29': Offside, Ipswich Town. Cole Skuse tries a through ball, but Martyn Waghorn is caught offside.
- 31': Hand ball by Grant Ward (Ipswich Town).
- 32': Foul by Cole Skuse (Ipswich Town).
- 32': Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 32': Cameron Carter-Vickers (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 32': Foul by Lewis Grabban (Aston Villa).
- 39': Foul by Jordan Spence (Ipswich Town).
- 39': Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 40': Attempt missed. Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
- 41': Foul by Grant Ward (Ipswich Town).
- 41': Neil Taylor (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 42': Grant Ward (Ipswich Town) is shown the red card.
- 42': Delay in match Neil Taylor (Aston Villa) because of an injury.
- 43': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 44': Foul by Mile Jedinak (Aston Villa).
- 44': Martyn Waghorn (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 45'+2': Offside, Aston Villa. Sam Johnstone tries a through ball, but Josh Onomah is caught offside.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Ipswich Town 0, Aston Villa 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Ipswich Town 0, Aston Villa 1.
- 48': Attempt missed. Birkir Bjarnason (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Josh Onomah.
- 50': Offside, Ipswich Town. Bersant Celina tries a through ball, but Tristan Nydam is caught offside.
- 53': Attempt saved. Josh Onomah (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lewis Grabban.
- 53': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Bartosz Bialkowski.
- 53': Foul by Birkir Bjarnason (Aston Villa).
- 53': Luke Hyam (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 54': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Luke Hyam.
- 56': Substitution, Ipswich Town. Freddie Sears replaces Bersant Celina.
- 57': Goal! Ipswich Town 0, Aston Villa 2. Lewis Grabban (Aston Villa) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Josh Onomah.
- 60': Attempt saved. Martyn Waghorn (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luke Hyam.
- 62': Attempt blocked. Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Conor Hourihane.
- 62': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Jonas Knudsen.
- 62': Attempt missed. Glenn Whelan (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Josh Onomah.
- 63': Cole Skuse (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 63': Foul by Lewis Grabban (Aston Villa).
- 64': Offside, Ipswich Town. Jonas Knudsen tries a through ball, but Jordan Spence is caught offside.
- 65': Substitution, Aston Villa. Scott Hogan replaces Neil Taylor.
- 67': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Jonas Knudsen.
- 68': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Cole Skuse.
- 69': Attempt missed. Birkir Bjarnason (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jack Grealish.
- 72': Attempt blocked. Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Grealish.
- 72': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Mile Jedinak.
- 73': Substitution, Ipswich Town. Callum Connolly replaces Tristan Nydam.
- 74': Substitution, Aston Villa. Henri Lansbury replaces Conor Hourihane.
- 75': Attempt missed. Ahmed El Mohamady (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Scott Hogan.
- 76': Foul by Cameron Carter-Vickers (Ipswich Town).
- 76': Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 76': Attempt missed. Josh Onomah (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Henri Lansbury.
- 76': Substitution, Ipswich Town. Ben Folami replaces Luke Hyam.
- 77': Attempt saved. Lewis Grabban (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Henri Lansbury.
- 78': Goal! Ipswich Town 0, Aston Villa 3. Lewis Grabban (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Josh Onomah.
- 79': Foul by Jack Grealish (Aston Villa).
- 79': Jordan Spence (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 81': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Ahmed El Mohamady.
- 82': Goal! Ipswich Town 0, Aston Villa 4. Henri Lansbury (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Birkir Bjarnason with a cross.
- 83': Substitution, Aston Villa. Albert Adomah replaces Lewis Grabban.
- 85': Albert Adomah (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 85': Foul by Callum Connolly (Ipswich Town).
- 86': Attempt missed. Ahmed El Mohamady (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Albert Adomah with a cross.
- 87': Birkir Bjarnason (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 87': Foul by Freddie Sears (Ipswich Town).
- 90': Attempt missed. Scott Hogan (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Henri Lansbury.
- 90'+1': Foul by Martyn Waghorn (Ipswich Town).
- 90'+1': Glenn Whelan (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+2': Attempt missed. Scott Hogan (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, Ipswich Town 0, Aston Villa 4.
- 90'+4': Match ends, Ipswich Town 0, Aston Villa 4.
Statistics
 AVL |
IPS |
|
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fouls | 12 |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 1 |
| 2 | Offsides | 3 |
| 8 | Corner Kicks | 4 |
| 1 | Saves | 2 |
| 65.8 | Possession | 34.2 |
| 21 | SHOTS | 3 |
| 6 | ON GOAL | 1 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 597 | Accurate Passes | 256 |
| 703 | Passes | 354 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.7 |
| 5 | Accurate Crosses | 4 |
| 17 | Crosses | 14 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 81 | Long Balls | 74 |
| 43 | Accurate Long Balls | 23 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.3 |
| 6 | Blocked Shots | 0 |
| 11 | Effective Tackles | 8 |
| 12 | Tackles | 10 |
| 0.9 | Tackle % | 0.8 |
| 0 | Interceptions | 0 |
| 10 | Effective Clearances | 23 |
| 10 | Clearances | 23 |
Game Information
Competition: English League Championship
Venue: Portman Road
Location: Ipswich, England
Attendance: 20,034
Venue: Portman Road
Location: Ipswich, England
Attendance: 20,034
EFL Championship Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunderland | 14 | +14 | 30 |
| 2 | Sheffield United | 14 | +11 | 28 |
| 3 | Leeds United | 14 | +13 | 26 |
| 4 | Burnley | 13 | +11 | 23 |
Line-Ups
Ipswich Town (3-5-1-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 33 | Bartosz Bialkowski (GK) |
| 27 | Cameron Carter-Vickers |
| 3 | Jonas Knudsen |
| 12 | Jordan Spence |
| 22 | Tristan Nydam |
| 19 | Luke Hyam |
| 8 | Cole Skuse |
| 30 | Myles Kenlock |
| 18 | Grant Ward  |
| 9 | Martyn Waghorn |
| 11 | Bersant Celina |
Aston Villa (4-1-4-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Johnstone (GK) |
| 15 | Mile Jedinak |
| 5 | James Chester |
| 6 | Glenn Whelan |
| 3 | Neil Taylor |
| 27 | Ahmed Elmohamady |
| 14 | Conor Hourihane |
| 20 | Birkir Bjarnason |
| 10 | Jack Grealish |
| 18 | Josh Onomah |
| 45 | Lewis Grabban |
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