English League Championship

Ipswich vs Blackburn 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season

Ipswich Town
  • 3': Eiran Cashin (OG)
  • 12': Jack Taylor
  • 88': Sammie Szmodics
FT
3 - 0
Blackburn Rovers

    Introduction

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

    Match Commentary

    • 3': Own Goal by Eiran Cashin, Blackburn Rovers. Ipswich Town 1, Blackburn Rovers 0.
    • 12': Goal! Ipswich Town 2, Blackburn Rovers 0. Jack Taylor (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from very close range to the top right corner following a corner.
    • 25': Tom Atcheson (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 39': Substitution, Ipswich Town. Jack Clarke replaces Jaden Philogene because of an injury.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, Ipswich Town 2, Blackburn Rovers 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Mathias Jørgensen replaces Axel Henriksson.
    • 68': Substitution, Ipswich Town. Iván Azón replaces George Hirst.
    • 68': Substitution, Ipswich Town. Wes Burns replaces Sindre Egeli.
    • 69': Sondre Tronstad (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 79': Substitution, Ipswich Town. Sam Szmodics replaces Marcelino Núñez.
    • 79': Substitution, Ipswich Town. Jens Cajuste replaces Jack Taylor.
    • 81': Todd Cantwell (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 86': Eiran Cashin (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 88': Goal! Ipswich Town 3, Blackburn Rovers 0. Sam Szmodics (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Wes Burns.
    • 90': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Adam Forshaw replaces Sondre Tronstad.
    • 90': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Aodhan Doherty replaces Yuki Ohashi.

    Game Information

    Competition: English League Championship

    Venue: Portman Road
    Location: Ipswich, England
    Attendance: 26,715

    English League Championship Standings

    POS TEAM GP GD PTS
    +38 Coventry City 38 77 7
    +22 Middlesbrough 38 70 8
    +28 Ipswich Town 37 68 7
    +9 Millwall 38 68 10
    Full Table

    Statistics

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    15 Fouls 6
    4 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 0
    6 Corner Kicks 7
    5 Saves 0
    51.9 Possession 48.1
    10 SHOTS 17
    0 ON GOAL 7
    0.0 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    342 Accurate Passes 311
    435 Passes 396
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    2 Accurate Crosses 5
    17 Crosses 22
    0.1 Cross % 0.2
    45 Long Balls 55
    11 Accurate Long Balls 27
    0.2 Long Balls % 0.5
    7 Blocked Shots 4
    17 Effective Tackles 12
    22 Tackles 17
    0.8 Tackle % 0.7
    9 Interceptions 5
    22 Effective Clearances 16
    22 Clearances 16

    Line-Ups

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

    No. Name
    28 Christian Walton (GK)
    4 Cedric Kipre
    26 Dara O'Shea
    3 Leif Davis
    19 Darnell Furlong
    32 Marcelino Núñez
    14 Jack Taylor
    5 Azor Matusiwa
    9 George Hirst
    11 Jaden Philogene
    8 Sindre Walle Egeli
    Substitutes:
    Ivan Azón, Jens Cajuste, Alex Palmer, Ashley Young, Jack Clarke, Sammie Szmodics, Jacob Greaves, Ben Johnson, Wes Burns.

    BLK Blackburn Rovers (3-1-4-2)

    No. Name
    22 Balazs Toth (GK)
    15 Sean McLoughlin
    20 Eiran Cashin
    38 Tom Atcheson Yellow Card
    6 Sondre Tronstad Yellow Card
    24 Moussa Baradji
    18 Axel Henriksson
    14 Dion De Neve
    5 Taylor Gardner-Hickman
    10 Todd Cantwell Yellow Card
    23 Yuki Ohashi
    Substitutes:
    Connor O'Riordan, Yuri Ribeiro, Adam Forshaw, Brandon Powell, Aodhan Doherty, Harry Pickering, George Pratt, Nicholas Michalski, Mathias Jørgensen.

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