Ipswich Town vs Huddersfield Town, 2023-24 English League Championship, Regular Season
· English League ChampionshipIpswich win to complete shock promotion to Premier League
Ipswich Town will return to the Premier League for the first time in 22 years after they secured their second straight promotion by finishing second in the Championship.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 3': Foul by Massimo Luongo (Ipswich Town).
- 3': Jack Rudoni (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 8': Attempt blocked. Axel Tuanzebe (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Conor Chaplin.
- 8': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Matthew Pearson.
- 9': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by David Kasumu.
- 11': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Thomas Edwards.
- 11': Attempt missed. Massimo Luongo (Ipswich Town) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Leif Davis with a cross following a corner.
- 11': Attempt missed. George Hirst (Ipswich Town) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Conor Chaplin following a corner.
- 12': Foul by Omari Hutchinson (Ipswich Town).
- 12': Oliver Turton (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 14': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Ben Jackson.
- 14': Attempt missed. Conor Chaplin (Ipswich Town) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Leif Davis with a cross following a corner.
- 16': Attempt missed. Conor Chaplin (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Axel Tuanzebe.
- 17': Offside, Huddersfield Town. Danny Ward is caught offside.
- 20': Attempt missed. Wes Burns (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Omari Hutchinson.
- 23': Foul by Michal Helik (Huddersfield Town).
- 23': Omari Hutchinson (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 23': Attempt missed. Wes Burns (Ipswich Town) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Omari Hutchinson with a cross.
- 23': Attempt missed. Conor Chaplin (Ipswich Town) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Wes Burns.
- 25': Attempt missed. Wes Burns (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Conor Chaplin with a through ball following a fast break.
- 27': Goal! Ipswich Town 1, Huddersfield Town 0. Wes Burns (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Conor Chaplin.
- 30': Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Alex Matos replaces Jack Rudoni.
- 30': Hand ball by Omari Hutchinson (Ipswich Town).
- 31': Foul by David Kasumu (Huddersfield Town).
- 31': Sam Morsy (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 32': Attempt blocked. Ben Wiles (Huddersfield Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Thomas Edwards.
- 32': Axel Tuanzebe (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 32': Foul by David Kasumu (Huddersfield Town).
- 34': Foul by Alex Matos (Huddersfield Town).
- 34': Omari Hutchinson (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 35': Conor Chaplin (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 35': Foul by Alex Matos (Huddersfield Town).
- 36': Offside, Ipswich Town. Cameron Burgess is caught offside.
- 40': Attempt missed. Omari Hutchinson (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sam Morsy.
- 41': Attempt saved. Sam Morsy (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Omari Hutchinson.
- 42': Offside, Huddersfield Town. Danny Ward is caught offside.
- 45'+1': Attempt missed. Massimo Luongo (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
- 45'+2': Attempt missed. Rhys Healey (Huddersfield Town) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
- 45'+3': David Kasumu (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+3': Foul by Omari Hutchinson (Ipswich Town).
- 45'+4': First Half ends, Ipswich Town 1, Huddersfield Town 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Ipswich Town 1, Huddersfield Town 0.
- 47': Alex Matos (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 47': Foul by Leif Davis (Ipswich Town).
- 48': Goal! Ipswich Town 2, Huddersfield Town 0. Omari Hutchinson (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sam Morsy.
- 51': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Ben Jackson.
- 51': Attempt blocked. Conor Chaplin (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked.
- 52': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Ben Jackson.
- 52': Attempt blocked. Conor Chaplin (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Leif Davis.
- 52': Attempt blocked. Cameron Burgess (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 57': Foul by Axel Tuanzebe (Ipswich Town).
- 57': Rhys Healey (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 57': Foul by Michal Helik (Huddersfield Town).
- 57': Omari Hutchinson (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 58': Offside, Huddersfield Town. Ben Wiles is caught offside.
- 59': Conor Chaplin (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 59': Foul by Matthew Pearson (Huddersfield Town).
- 59': Attempt missed. Leif Davis (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Wes Burns with a cross.
- 60': Conor Chaplin (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 60': Foul by Alex Matos (Huddersfield Town).
- 62': Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Josh Koroma replaces Danny Ward.
- 62': Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Tom Iorpenda replaces David Kasumu.
- 62': Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Bojan Radulovic replaces Rhys Healey.
- 63': Conor Chaplin (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 63': Foul by Alex Matos (Huddersfield Town).
- 67': Attempt blocked. George Hirst (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Wes Burns.
- 72': Attempt saved. Josh Koroma (Huddersfield Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tom Iorpenda.
- 73': Attempt saved. Massimo Luongo (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by George Hirst.
- 73': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Chris Maxwell.
- 74': Substitution, Ipswich Town. Kieffer Moore replaces George Hirst.
- 74': Substitution, Ipswich Town. Kayden Jackson replaces Wes Burns.
- 74': Substitution, Ipswich Town. Jeremy Sarmiento replaces Conor Chaplin.
- 74': Attempt blocked. Sam Morsy (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 75': Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Brodie Spencer replaces Thomas Edwards.
- 76': Attempt blocked. Jeremy Sarmiento (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Massimo Luongo.
- 76': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Matthew Pearson.
- 77': Foul by Alex Matos (Huddersfield Town).
- 77': Jeremy Sarmiento (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 77': Alex Matos (Huddersfield Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 79': Axel Tuanzebe (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 79': Foul by Bojan Radulovic (Huddersfield Town).
- 80': Ben Jackson (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 80': Foul by Kayden Jackson (Ipswich Town).
- 84': Substitution, Ipswich Town. Jack Taylor replaces Massimo Luongo.
- 85': Attempt missed. Josh Koroma (Huddersfield Town) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Bojan Radulovic.
- 86': Foul by Omari Hutchinson (Ipswich Town).
- 86': Matthew Pearson (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 86': Omari Hutchinson (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 89': Attempt missed. Jeremy Sarmiento (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Kayden Jackson.
- 90': Substitution, Ipswich Town. Christian Walton replaces Václav Hladky.
- 90'+1': Foul by Ben Wiles (Huddersfield Town).
- 90'+1': Omari Hutchinson (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+1': Foul by Jack Taylor (Ipswich Town).
- 90'+1': Tom Iorpenda (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+2': Attempt saved. Bojan Radulovic (Huddersfield Town) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ben Wiles.
- 90'+3': Attempt saved. Omari Hutchinson (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Axel Tuanzebe.
- 90'+3': Second Half ends, Ipswich Town 2, Huddersfield Town 0.
- 0': Match ends, Ipswich Town 2, Huddersfield Town 0.
Statistics
 HUD |
IPS |
|
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Fouls | 9 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 3 | Offsides | 1 |
| 0 | Corner Kicks | 8 |
| 4 | Saves | 2 |
| 36.6 | Possession | 63.4 |
| 5 | SHOTS | 24 |
| 2 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.2 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 260 | Accurate Passes | 522 |
| 345 | Passes | 599 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 1 | Accurate Crosses | 8 |
| 4 | Crosses | 22 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.4 |
| 53 | Long Balls | 46 |
| 19 | Accurate Long Balls | 23 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 1 | Blocked Shots | 7 |
| 11 | Effective Tackles | 9 |
| 17 | Tackles | 11 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.8 |
| 11 | Interceptions | 9 |
| 21 | Effective Clearances | 5 |
| 21 | Clearances | 5 |
Game Information
Competition: English League Championship
Venue: Portman Road
Location: Ipswich, England
Attendance: 29,011
Venue: Portman Road
Location: Ipswich, England
Attendance: 29,011
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 |
Line-Ups
Ipswich Town (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 31 | Václav Hladky (GK) |
| 15 | Cameron Burgess |
| 6 | Luke Woolfenden |
| 3 | Leif Davis |
| 40 | Axel Tuanzebe |
| 10 | Conor Chaplin |
| 25 | Massimo Luongo |
| 5 | Sam Morsy |
| 27 | George Hirst |
| 20 | Omari Hutchinson |
| 7 | Wes Burns |
Huddersfield Town (3-5-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 12 | Chris Maxwell (GK) |
| 5 | Michal Helik |
| 4 | Matty Pearson |
| 16 | Thomas Edwards |
| 23 | Ben Wiles |
| 8 | Jack Rudoni |
| 18 | David Kasumu |
| 30 | Ben Jackson |
| 20 | Oliver Turton |
| 44 | Rhys Healey |
| 25 | Daniel Ward |
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