Southampton vs Ipswich Town, 2024-25 English Premier League
· English Premier LeagueLate Morsy strike earns Ipswich 1-1 draw at Southampton
Sam Morsy's deflected shot after 95 minutes rescued a point for Ipswich Town in a 1-1 draw with Southampton at St Mary's Stadium on Saturday.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Offside, Ipswich Town. Sam Szmodics is caught offside.
- 2': Attempt missed. Sam Szmodics (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Wes Burns.
- 3': Flynn Downes (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 3': Foul by Jens Cajuste (Ipswich Town).
- 3': Delay in match (Southampton).
- 4': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 5': Goal! Southampton 1, Ipswich Town 0. Tyler Dibling (Southampton) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Adam Lallana.
- 7': Foul by Adam Lallana (Southampton).
- 7': Sam Szmodics (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 9': Foul by Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton).
- 9': Liam Delap (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 11': Foul by Tyler Dibling (Southampton).
- 11': Leif Davis (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 12': Attempt saved. Sam Szmodics (Ipswich Town) with an attempt from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Wes Burns with a cross.
- 12': Foul by Jens Cajuste (Ipswich Town).
- 12': Tyler Dibling (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 13': Foul by Jan Bednarek (Southampton).
- 13': Sam Morsy (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 14': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Adam Lallana.
- 16': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Jan Bednarek.
- 16': Foul by Adam Lallana (Southampton).
- 16': Omari Hutchinson (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 18': Attempt blocked. Jacob Greaves (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sam Morsy.
- 18': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Charlie Taylor.
- 20': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Yukinari Sugawara.
- 20': Attempt missed. Jens Cajuste (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Axel Tuanzebe following a corner.
- 21': Delay in match because of an injury Aaron Ramsdale (Southampton).
- 22': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 25': Foul by Charlie Taylor (Southampton).
- 25': Wes Burns (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 25': Charlie Taylor (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 27': Cameron Archer (Southampton) hits the left post with a left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box. Assisted by Tyler Dibling with a through ball.
- 28': Axel Tuanzebe (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Foul by Mateus Fernandes (Southampton).
- 28': Dara O'Shea (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Foul by Cameron Archer (Southampton).
- 30': Foul by Sam Morsy (Ipswich Town).
- 30': Ryan Fraser (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 31': Flynn Downes (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 31': Foul by Sam Szmodics (Ipswich Town).
- 33': Foul by Leif Davis (Ipswich Town).
- 33': Tyler Dibling (Southampton) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 34': Foul by Liam Delap (Ipswich Town).
- 34': Tyler Dibling (Southampton) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 40': Attempt missed. Adam Lallana (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
- 40': Foul by Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton).
- 40': Liam Delap (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 43': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Jan Bednarek.
- 44': Attempt saved. Dara O'Shea (Ipswich Town) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Leif Davis with a cross.
- 44': Attempt blocked. Liam Delap (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jens Cajuste.
- 45': Attempt saved. Leif Davis (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Omari Hutchinson with a through ball.
- 45': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Aaron Ramsdale.
- 45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
- 45'+1': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Charlie Taylor.
- 45'+1': Attempt saved. Omari Hutchinson (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Leif Davis.
- 45'+1': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Aaron Ramsdale.
- 45'+2': Foul by Dara O'Shea (Ipswich Town).
- 45'+2': Jan Bednarek (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Southampton 1, Ipswich Town 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Southampton 1, Ipswich Town 0.
- 49': Attempt saved. Cameron Archer (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Flynn Downes with a through ball.
- 49': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Jens Cajuste.
- 52': Foul by Adam Lallana (Southampton).
- 52': Liam Delap (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 52': Adam Lallana (Southampton) is shown the yellow card.
- 53': Attempt missed. Sam Szmodics (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Omari Hutchinson.
- 53': Cameron Archer (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 53': Foul by Dara O'Shea (Ipswich Town).
- 53': Dara O'Shea (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 54': Offside, Southampton. Ryan Fraser is caught offside.
- 55': Attempt missed. Cameron Archer (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mateus Fernandes following a fast break.
- 55': Attempt missed. Mateus Fernandes (Southampton) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Yukinari Sugawara following a fast break.
- 56': Offside, Southampton. Yukinari Sugawara is caught offside.
- 56': Foul by Mateus Fernandes (Southampton).
- 56': Jens Cajuste (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 57': Foul by Leif Davis (Ipswich Town).
- 57': Mateus Fernandes (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 59': Substitution, Southampton. Lesley Ugochukwu replaces Adam Lallana.
- 59': Substitution, Southampton. Ross Stewart replaces Ryan Fraser.
- 59': Substitution, Southampton. Ben Brereton replaces Cameron Archer.
- 61': Foul by Omari Hutchinson (Ipswich Town).
- 61': Ross Stewart (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 61': Omari Hutchinson (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 61': Substitution, Ipswich Town. Jack Taylor replaces Jens Cajuste.
- 61': Substitution, Ipswich Town. Jack Clarke replaces Sam Szmodics.
- 63': Foul by Jack Taylor (Ipswich Town).
- 63': Mateus Fernandes (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 63': Flynn Downes (Southampton) is shown the yellow card.
- 63': Liam Delap (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card.
- 64': Foul by Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton).
- 64': Liam Delap (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 65': Ben Brereton (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 65': Foul by Omari Hutchinson (Ipswich Town).
- 69': Offside, Southampton. Ross Stewart is caught offside.
- 71': Attempt blocked. Flynn Downes (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 73': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Charlie Taylor.
- 73': Substitution, Ipswich Town. George Hirst replaces Liam Delap.
- 73': Substitution, Ipswich Town. Conor Chaplin replaces Wes Burns.
- 74': Charlie Taylor (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 74': Foul by Jack Taylor (Ipswich Town).
- 74': Delay in match because of an injury Jan Bednarek (Southampton).
- 76': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 77': Attempt blocked. Ben Brereton (Southampton) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mateus Fernandes with a through ball.
- 78': Foul by Jack Clarke (Ipswich Town).
- 78': Tyler Dibling (Southampton) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 80': Attempt missed. Ben Brereton (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Mateus Fernandes.
- 81': Attempt missed. George Hirst (Ipswich Town) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Omari Hutchinson with a cross.
- 82': Substitution, Southampton. Adam Armstrong replaces Tyler Dibling.
- 82': Substitution, Ipswich Town. Ben Johnson replaces Axel Tuanzebe.
- 83': Foul by Jack Taylor (Ipswich Town).
- 83': Mateus Fernandes (Southampton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 83': Jack Taylor (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 85': Foul by Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton).
- 85': Leif Davis (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 86': Ben Brereton (Southampton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 86': Foul by Sam Morsy (Ipswich Town).
- 87': Attempt blocked. Ross Stewart (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Taylor Harwood-Bellis.
- 87': Attempt saved. Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
- 87': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Arijanet Muric.
- 90': Foul by Ross Stewart (Southampton).
- 90': Jacob Greaves (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Fourth official has announced 7 minutes of added time.
- 90'+1': Substitution, Southampton. Joe Aribo replaces Mateus Fernandes.
- 90'+2': Ben Johnson (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90'+2': Foul by Ross Stewart (Southampton).
- 90'+2': Ross Stewart (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Sam Morsy (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Leif Davis.
- 90'+4': Attempt saved. George Hirst (Ipswich Town) header from very close range is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Jack Clarke with a cross.
- 90'+4': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Aaron Ramsdale.
- 90'+5': Goal! Southampton 1, Ipswich Town 1. Sam Morsy (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner following a corner.
- 90'+8': Foul by Jan Bednarek (Southampton).
- 90'+8': George Hirst (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+9': Second Half ends, Southampton 1, Ipswich Town 1.
- 0': Match ends, Southampton 1, Ipswich Town 1.
Statistics
 IPS |
SOU |
|
|---|---|---|
| 16 | Fouls | 16 |
| 4 | Yellow Cards | 4 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 3 |
| 10 | Corner Kicks | 2 |
| 2 | Saves | 5 |
| 46.4 | Possession | 53.6 |
| 13 | SHOTS | 11 |
| 6 | ON GOAL | 3 |
| 0.5 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 350 | Accurate Passes | 428 |
| 409 | Passes | 492 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 5 | Accurate Crosses | 0 |
| 23 | Crosses | 9 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.0 |
| 31 | Long Balls | 36 |
| 17 | Accurate Long Balls | 15 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 3 |
| 8 | Effective Tackles | 7 |
| 17 | Tackles | 16 |
| 0.5 | Tackle % | 0.4 |
| 13 | Interceptions | 15 |
| 15 | Effective Clearances | 33 |
| 15 | Clearances | 33 |
Game Information
Competition: English Premier League
Venue: St. Mary's Stadium
Location: Southampton, England
Attendance: 31,117
Venue: St. Mary's Stadium
Location: Southampton, England
Attendance: 31,117
Premier League Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool | 6 | +10 | 15 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 6 | +8 | 14 |
| 3 | Arsenal | 6 | +7 | 14 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 6 | +8 | 13 |
Line-Ups
Southampton (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 30 | Aaron Ramsdale (GK) |
| 35 | Jan Bednarek |
| 6 | Taylor Harwood-Bellis |
| 21 | Charlie Taylor  |
| 16 | Yukinari Sugawara |
| 18 | Mateus Fernandes |
| 10 | Adam Lallana |
| 4 | Flynn Downes |
| 19 | Cameron Archer |
| 24 | Ryan Fraser |
| 33 | Tyler Dibling |
Ipswich Town (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Aro Muric (GK) |
| 24 | Jacob Greaves |
| 26 | Dara O'Shea |
| 3 | Leif Davis |
| 40 | Axel Tuanzebe |
| 20 | Omari Hutchinson |
| 12 | Jens Cajuste |
| 5 | Sam Morsy |
| 19 | Liam Delap |
| 23 | Sammie Szmodics |
| 7 | Wes Burns |
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