Ipswich Town vs Brentford, 2017-18 English League Championship, Regular Season
· English League ChampionshipIpswich's perfect start to the league season continues
Ipswich's perfect start to the league season continues
Match Commentary
- 0': First Half begins.
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 1': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Myles Kenlock.
- 2': Attempt missed. Kamohelo Mokotjo (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
- 3': Foul by David McGoldrick (Ipswich Town).
- 3': Maxime Colin (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 4': Attempt missed. Neal Maupay (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Harlee Dean following a set piece situation.
- 7': Foul by Harlee Dean (Brentford).
- 7': Joe Garner (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 11': Attempt blocked. Nico Yennaris (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Romaine Sawyers.
- 11': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Jonas Knudsen.
- 11': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by David McGoldrick.
- 14': Attempt blocked. Ollie Watkins (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nico Yennaris.
- 15': Attempt saved. Neal Maupay (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nico Yennaris with a cross.
- 15': Florian Jozefzoon (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 15': Foul by Myles Kenlock (Ipswich Town).
- 16': Foul by Jordan Spence (Ipswich Town).
- 16': Neal Maupay (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 17': Attempt missed. Yoann Barbet (Brentford) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ollie Watkins following a set piece situation.
- 18': Florian Jozefzoon (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 18': Foul by Myles Kenlock (Ipswich Town).
- 20': Attempt saved. Ollie Watkins (Brentford) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nico Yennaris.
- 20': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Bartosz Bialkowski.
- 22': Foul by Dominic Iorfa (Ipswich Town).
- 22': Ollie Watkins (Brentford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 23': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Yoann Barbet.
- 24': Offside, Ipswich Town. Cole Skuse tries a through ball, but Dominic Iorfa is caught offside.
- 26': Foul by David McGoldrick (Ipswich Town).
- 26': Romaine Sawyers (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Foul by Neal Maupay (Brentford).
- 28': Jordan Spence (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 29': Foul by Florian Jozefzoon (Brentford).
- 29': Myles Kenlock (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 30': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Daniel Bentley.
- 31': Offside, Ipswich Town. Martyn Waghorn tries a through ball, but Joe Garner is caught offside.
- 35': Goal! Ipswich Town 1, Brentford 0. Martyn Waghorn (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
- 37': Attempt blocked. Florian Jozefzoon (Brentford) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Harlee Dean.
- 37': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Myles Kenlock.
- 39': Attempt blocked. Ollie Watkins (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Neal Maupay.
- 40': Foul by Romaine Sawyers (Brentford).
- 40': Martyn Waghorn (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 40': Romaine Sawyers (Brentford) is shown the yellow card.
- 42': Foul by Dominic Iorfa (Ipswich Town).
- 42': Ollie Watkins (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 42': Attempt saved. Romaine Sawyers (Brentford) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Neal Maupay.
- 43': Nico Yennaris (Brentford) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Kamohelo Mokotjo.
- 43': Attempt blocked. Yoann Barbet (Brentford) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nico Yennaris.
- 44': Attempt saved. Florian Jozefzoon (Brentford) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ollie Watkins with a cross.
- 44': Attempt saved. David McGoldrick (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Freddie Sears.
- 45': Foul by Grant Ward (Ipswich Town).
- 45': Romaine Sawyers (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Delay in match Freddie Sears (Ipswich Town) because of an injury.
- 45': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 45'+2': Attempt blocked. Henrik Dalsgaard (Brentford) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kamohelo Mokotjo.
- 45'+2': Foul by Neal Maupay (Brentford).
- 45'+2': Joe Garner (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+3': Neal Maupay (Brentford) is shown the yellow card.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Ipswich Town 1, Brentford 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Ipswich Town 1, Brentford 0.
- 48': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Jordan Spence.
- 49': Attempt missed. Nico Yennaris (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ollie Watkins following a corner.
- 51': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Yoann Barbet.
- 51': Goal! Ipswich Town 2, Brentford 0. Joe Garner (Ipswich Town) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Grant Ward with a cross following a corner.
- 53': Attempt saved. Florian Jozefzoon (Brentford) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Neal Maupay.
- 54': Foul by Henrik Dalsgaard (Brentford).
- 54': Freddie Sears (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 57': Attempt blocked. Cole Skuse (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Joe Garner.
- 57': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Yoann Barbet.
- 57': Attempt missed. Joe Garner (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Martyn Waghorn with a cross following a corner.
- 59': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Myles Kenlock.
- 59': Foul by Nico Yennaris (Brentford).
- 59': Grant Ward (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 60': Foul by Joe Garner (Ipswich Town).
- 60': Kamohelo Mokotjo (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 61': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Maxime Colin.
- 62': Substitution, Brentford. Lasse Vibe replaces Neal Maupay.
- 63': Attempt blocked. Ollie Watkins (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Yoann Barbet.
- 63': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Bartosz Bialkowski.
- 67': Foul by Harlee Dean (Brentford).
- 67': Joe Garner (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 67': Delay in match Joe Garner (Ipswich Town) because of an injury.
- 68': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 68': Foul by Nico Yennaris (Brentford).
- 68': Joe Garner (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 69': Substitution, Ipswich Town. Flynn Downes replaces Martyn Waghorn.
- 69': Foul by Flynn Downes (Ipswich Town).
- 69': Maxime Colin (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 70': Attempt saved. Kamohelo Mokotjo (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Romaine Sawyers.
- 73': Attempt missed. Lasse Vibe (Brentford) right footed shot from long range on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Henrik Dalsgaard.
- 73': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Bartosz Bialkowski.
- 74': Substitution, Brentford. Theo Archibald replaces Lasse Vibe because of an injury.
- 75': Foul by David McGoldrick (Ipswich Town).
- 75': Kamohelo Mokotjo (Brentford) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 77': Attempt blocked. Florian Jozefzoon (Brentford) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
- 78': Substitution, Brentford. Josh Clarke replaces Florian Jozefzoon.
- 79': Foul by Myles Kenlock (Ipswich Town).
- 79': Theo Archibald (Brentford) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 80': Myles Kenlock (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 82': Foul by Theo Archibald (Brentford).
- 82': Grant Ward (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 82': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Maxime Colin.
- 84': Substitution, Ipswich Town. Tristan Nydam replaces David McGoldrick.
- 86': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Dominic Iorfa.
- 87': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Freddie Sears.
- 87': Attempt missed. Nico Yennaris (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
- 87': Attempt blocked. Romaine Sawyers (Brentford) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Josh Clarke.
- 89': Substitution, Ipswich Town. Danny M. Rowe replaces Freddie Sears.
- 89': Foul by Jonas Knudsen (Ipswich Town).
- 89': Theo Archibald (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+1': Foul by Flynn Downes (Ipswich Town).
- 90'+1': Nico Yennaris (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+5': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Grant Ward.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Ipswich Town 2, Brentford 0.
- 90'+5': Match ends, Ipswich Town 2, Brentford 0.
Statistics
 BRE |
IPS |
|
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fouls | 14 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 2 |
| 12 | Corner Kicks | 6 |
| 1 | Saves | 6 |
| 65.1 | Possession | 34.9 |
| 22 | SHOTS | 5 |
| 6 | ON GOAL | 3 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.6 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 492 | Accurate Passes | 220 |
| 592 | Passes | 314 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.7 |
| 4 | Accurate Crosses | 4 |
| 20 | Crosses | 11 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.4 |
| 73 | Long Balls | 87 |
| 39 | Accurate Long Balls | 29 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.3 |
| 9 | Blocked Shots | 1 |
| 12 | Effective Tackles | 9 |
| 20 | Tackles | 23 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Interceptions | 0 |
| 18 | Effective Clearances | 50 |
| 18 | Clearances | 50 |
Game Information
Competition: English League Championship
Venue: Portman Road
Location: Ipswich, England
Attendance: 15,348
Venue: Portman Road
Location: Ipswich, England
Attendance: 15,348
EFL Championship Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leeds United | 31 | +43 | 66 |
| 2 | Burnley | 31 | +28 | 61 |
| 3 | Sheffield United | 30 | +20 | 61 |
| 4 | Sunderland | 30 | +19 | 58 |
Line-Ups
Ipswich Town (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 33 | Bartosz Bialkowski (GK) |
| 3 | Jonas Knudsen |
| 12 | Jordan Spence |
| 30 | Myles Kenlock  |
| 2 | Dominic Iorfa |
| 8 | Cole Skuse |
| 18 | Grant Ward |
| 20 | Freddie Sears |
| 9 | Martyn Waghorn |
| 14 | Joe Garner |
| 10 | David McGoldrick |
Brentford (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Bentley (GK) |
| 29 | Yoann Barbet |
| 6 | Harlee Dean |
| 2 | Maxime Colin |
| 22 | Henrik Dalsgaard |
| 19 | Romaine Sawyers |
| 8 | Li Ke |
| 12 | Kamohelo Mokotjo |
| 9 | Neal Maupay |
| 11 | Ollie Watkins |
| 7 | Florian Jozefzoon |
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