English League Championship

Ipswich Town vs Birmingham City, 2023-24 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship
Ipswich Town
  • 31': Conor Chaplin
  • 81': Jeremy Sarmiento
  • 90'+2': Omari Hutchinson
FT
3 - 1
Birmingham City
  • 45'+1': Jordan James

About

Ipswich Town are hosting Birmingham City at Portman Road, Ipswich, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 3': Attempt blocked. Nathan Broadhead (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kieffer Moore with a headed pass.
  • 4': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Marc Roberts.
  • 4': Attempt blocked. Massimo Luongo (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 4': Offside, Ipswich Town. Nathan Broadhead is caught offside.
  • 5': Hand ball by Tyler Roberts (Birmingham City).
  • 7': Attempt missed. Kieffer Moore (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Conor Chaplin with a through ball.
  • 8': Attempt blocked. Koji Miyoshi (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jay Stansfield.
  • 10': Attempt missed. Kieffer Moore (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Nathan Broadhead.
  • 10': Attempt saved. Conor Chaplin (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Leif Davis.
  • 15': Foul by Marc Roberts (Birmingham City).
  • 15': Kieffer Moore (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 18': Attempt blocked. Kieffer Moore (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Massimo Luongo with a cross.
  • 18': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Marc Roberts.
  • 18': Attempt saved. Conor Chaplin (Ipswich Town) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Leif Davis with a cross.
  • 19': Conor Chaplin (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 19': Foul by Dion Sanderson (Birmingham City).
  • 20': Attempt missed. Conor Chaplin (Ipswich Town) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Nathan Broadhead following a set piece situation.
  • 20': Delay in match because of an injury Wes Burns (Ipswich Town).
  • 20': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 21': Substitution, Ipswich Town. Omari Hutchinson replaces Wes Burns because of an injury.
  • 22': Delay in match because of an injury Marc Roberts (Birmingham City).
  • 22': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 23': Attempt blocked. Conor Chaplin (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sam Morsy.
  • 23': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Marc Roberts.
  • 26': Attempt blocked. Tyler Roberts (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 28': Offside, Birmingham City. Jordan James is caught offside.
  • 29': Foul by Massimo Luongo (Ipswich Town).
  • 29': Paik Seung-Ho (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 30': Foul by Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City).
  • 30': Massimo Luongo (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 30': Foul by Marc Roberts (Birmingham City).
  • 30': Kieffer Moore (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 31': Attempt blocked. Sam Morsy (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Omari Hutchinson.
  • 31': Goal! Ipswich Town 1, Birmingham City 0. Conor Chaplin (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sam Morsy.
  • 33': Delay in match because of an injury Kieffer Moore (Ipswich Town).
  • 34': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 35': Foul by Tyler Roberts (Birmingham City).
  • 35': Sam Morsy (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 36': Attempt blocked. Omari Hutchinson (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nathan Broadhead.
  • 37': Foul by Omari Hutchinson (Ipswich Town).
  • 37': Jordan James (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 38': Attempt saved. Kieffer Moore (Ipswich Town) header from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Omari Hutchinson with a cross.
  • 38': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Ethan Laird.
  • 41': Foul by Omari Hutchinson (Ipswich Town).
  • 41': Paik Seung-Ho (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 41': Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 41': Foul by Sam Morsy (Ipswich Town).
  • 43': Attempt saved. Tyler Roberts (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andre Dozzell.
  • 43': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Václav Hladky.
  • 43': Cameron Burgess (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card.
  • 44': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Luke Woolfenden.
  • 45': Offside, Birmingham City. Paik Seung-Ho is caught offside.
  • 45'+1': Goal! Ipswich Town 1, Birmingham City 1. Jordan James (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Koji Miyoshi.
  • 45'+2': Attempt missed. Nathan Broadhead (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Conor Chaplin with a headed pass.
  • 45'+5': Attempt missed. Tyler Roberts (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Paik Seung-Ho.
  • 45'+5': First Half ends, Ipswich Town 1, Birmingham City 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Ipswich Town 1, Birmingham City 1.
  • 46': Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 46': Foul by Axel Tuanzebe (Ipswich Town).
  • 47': Attempt missed. Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jay Stansfield following a set piece situation.
  • 48': Dion Sanderson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 48': Foul by Massimo Luongo (Ipswich Town).
  • 50': Foul by Leif Davis (Ipswich Town).
  • 50': Koji Miyoshi (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 50': Foul by Massimo Luongo (Ipswich Town).
  • 50': Paik Seung-Ho (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 50': Massimo Luongo (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 53': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Dion Sanderson.
  • 53': Attempt saved. Axel Tuanzebe (Ipswich Town) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Leif Davis with a cross.
  • 53': Hand ball by Sam Morsy (Ipswich Town).
  • 53': Sam Morsy (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  • 54': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Axel Tuanzebe.
  • 54': Attempt missed. Marc Roberts (Birmingham City) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Paik Seung-Ho with a cross following a corner.
  • 58': Attempt missed. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jordan James.
  • 62': Substitution, Ipswich Town. Jeremy Sarmiento replaces Nathan Broadhead because of an injury.
  • 63': Foul by Conor Chaplin (Ipswich Town).
  • 63': Paik Seung-Ho (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 63': Substitution, Birmingham City. Siriki Dembélé replaces Tyler Roberts.
  • 63': Substitution, Birmingham City. Juninho Bacuna replaces Paik Seung-Ho.
  • 64': Substitution, Birmingham City. Ivan Sunjic replaces Andre Dozzell.
  • 65': Attempt saved. Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Siriki Dembélé.
  • 65': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Sam Morsy.
  • 67': Attempt saved. Omari Hutchinson (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kieffer Moore.
  • 67': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by John Ruddy.
  • 68': Attempt missed. Jeremy Sarmiento (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Conor Chaplin.
  • 70': Attempt blocked. Koji Miyoshi (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ivan Sunjic.
  • 73': Attempt blocked. Conor Chaplin (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kieffer Moore.
  • 73': Foul by Jordan James (Birmingham City).
  • 73': Massimo Luongo (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 73': Attempt missed. Leif Davis (Ipswich Town) header from the left side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Omari Hutchinson with a cross.
  • 74': Foul by Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City).
  • 74': Omari Hutchinson (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 75': Ivan Sunjic (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 75': Attempt missed. Jeremy Sarmiento (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Omari Hutchinson.
  • 75': Attempt blocked. Sam Morsy (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 76': Attempt saved. Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jordan James.
  • 76': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Václav Hladky.
  • 77': Foul by Koji Miyoshi (Birmingham City).
  • 77': Leif Davis (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 78': Attempt blocked. Conor Chaplin (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 78': Attempt blocked. Jeremy Sarmiento (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Conor Chaplin.
  • 78': Attempt saved. Sam Morsy (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
  • 79': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Cody Drameh.
  • 81': Goal! Ipswich Town 2, Birmingham City 1. Jeremy Sarmiento (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Axel Tuanzebe.
  • 84': Foul by Conor Chaplin (Ipswich Town).
  • 84': Siriki Dembélé (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 84': Delay in match because of an injury Conor Chaplin (Ipswich Town).
  • 85': Substitution, Birmingham City. Gary Gardner replaces Cody Drameh.
  • 86': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 87': Dangerous play by Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City).
  • 87': Sam Morsy (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 87': Offside, Ipswich Town. Leif Davis is caught offside.
  • 88': Foul by Gary Gardner (Birmingham City).
  • 88': Jeremy Sarmiento (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90': Substitution, Ipswich Town. Marcus Harness replaces Conor Chaplin.
  • 90': Substitution, Birmingham City. Lukas Jutkiewicz replaces Dion Sanderson.
  • 90'+1': Foul by Juninho Bacuna (Birmingham City).
  • 90'+1': Massimo Luongo (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90'+2': Goal! Ipswich Town 3, Birmingham City 1. Omari Hutchinson (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kieffer Moore with a headed pass.
  • 90'+5': Foul by Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City).
  • 90'+5': Massimo Luongo (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90'+6': Axel Tuanzebe (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+6': Foul by Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City).
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Ipswich Town 3, Birmingham City 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Ipswich Town 3, Birmingham City 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Ipswich Town 3, Birmingham City 1.

Statistics

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14 Fouls 11
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 2
5 Corner Kicks 7
6 Saves 3
39.8 Possession 60.2
11 SHOTS 26
4 ON GOAL 9
0.4 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
221 Accurate Passes 384
309 Passes 479
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
4 Accurate Crosses 6
11 Crosses 19
0.4 Cross % 0.3
53 Long Balls 61
20 Accurate Long Balls 27
0.4 Long Balls % 0.4
3 Blocked Shots 10
9 Effective Tackles 19
18 Tackles 25
0.5 Tackle % 0.8
13 Interceptions 16
12 Effective Clearances 10
12 Clearances 10

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Portman Road
Location: Ipswich, England
Attendance: 29,363

EFL Championship Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Sunderland 15 +14 31
2 Sheffield United 15 +12 31
3 Leeds United 15 +15 29
4 Burnley 15 +12 27
Full Standings

Line-Ups

IPS Ipswich Town (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
31 Václav Hladky (GK)
15 Cameron Burgess Yellow Card
6 Luke Woolfenden
3 Leif Davis
40 Axel Tuanzebe
10 Conor Chaplin
25 Massimo Luongo Yellow Card
5 Sam Morsy
24 Kieffer Moore
33 Nathan Broadhead
7 Wes Burns
Ipswich Town Substitutes:
Jeremy Sarmiento, Cameron Humphreys, Omari Hutchinson, Kayden Jackson, Marcus Myers-Harness, Harrison Clarke, Christian Walton, Lewis Travis, Ali Ibrahim Al-Hamadi.

BIR Birmingham City (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
21 John Ruddy (GK)
5 Dion Sanderson
4 Marc Roberts
2 Ethan Laird
12 Cody Drameh
8 Tyler Roberts
13 Paik Seung-Ho
16 Andre Dozzell
28 Jay Stansfield
19 Jordan James
11 Koji Miyoshi
Birmingham City Substitutes:
Neil Etheridge, Scott Hogan, Siriki Dembele, Ivan Sunjic, Lukas Jutkiewicz, Juninho Bacuna, Gary Gardner, Lee Buchanan, Emanuel Aiwu.

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