English League Championship

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

  • 6': Kieffer Moore
  • 37': Josh Windass
  • 66': George Thomason
  • 75': Callum Doyle
  • 86': Nathan Broadhead
FT
5 - 3
  • 20': Anis Mehmeti
  • 45'+3': Ivan Azón
  • 47': Cedric Kipre

Wrexham boost promotion hopes in extraordinary 8-goal thriller

Wrexham boosted their promotion hopes with a 5-3 victory over fellow high-fliers Ipswich in a crazy game at the Stok Cae Ras.

Match Commentary

  • 6': Goal! Wrexham 1, Ipswich Town 0. Kieffer Moore (Wrexham) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Josh Windass with a headed pass.
  • 16': Substitution, Wrexham. George Dobson replaces Ben Sheaf because of an injury.
  • 20': Goal! Wrexham 1, Ipswich Town 1. Anis Mehmeti (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Iván Azón.
  • 26': Max Cleworth (Wrexham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 31': Callum Doyle (Wrexham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 37': Goal! Wrexham 2, Ipswich Town 1. Josh Windass (Wrexham) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kieffer Moore.
  • 37': Leif Davis (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card.
  • 41': Cédric Kipré (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card.
  • 45'+3': Goal! Wrexham 2, Ipswich Town 2. Iván Azón (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jack Taylor.
  • 45'+4': Darnell Furlong (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 47': Goal! Wrexham 2, Ipswich Town 3. Cédric Kipré (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
  • 57': Wes Burns (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card.
  • 60': Oliver Rathbone (Wrexham) is shown the yellow card.
  • 64': Dominic Hyam (Wrexham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 64': Substitution, Wrexham. Ryan Longman replaces Issa Kaboré.
  • 65': Substitution, Wrexham. Nathan Broadhead replaces Oliver Rathbone.
  • 66': Goal! Wrexham 3, Ipswich Town 3. George Thomason (Wrexham) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 70': Substitution, Ipswich Town. Dan Neil replaces Jack Taylor.
  • 70': Substitution, Ipswich Town. Marcelino Núñez replaces Anis Mehmeti.
  • 71': Substitution, Ipswich Town. Kasey McAteer replaces Wes Burns.
  • 75': Goal! Wrexham 4, Ipswich Town 3. Callum Doyle (Wrexham) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Lewis O'Brien with a cross following a corner.
  • 76': Substitution, Ipswich Town. George Hirst replaces Iván Azón.
  • 81': Substitution, Ipswich Town. Chuba Akpom replaces Azor Matusiwa.
  • 85': Substitution, Wrexham. Zak Vyner replaces Josh Windass.
  • 86': Goal! Wrexham 5, Ipswich Town 3. Nathan Broadhead (Wrexham) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lewis O'Brien with a through ball.
  • 88': George Dobson (Wrexham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: STōK Cae Ras
Location: Wrexham, Wales
Attendance: 10,610

English League Championship Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+32 Coventry City 33 65 6
+17 Middlesbrough 33 62 7
+2 Millwall 33 56 9
+20 Ipswich Town 31 54 7
Full Table

Statistics

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10 Fouls 14
4 Yellow Cards 5
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 2
2 Corner Kicks 5
5 Saves 3
51.1 Possession 48.9
13 SHOTS 17
6 ON GOAL 10
0.5 On Target % 0.6
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
366 Accurate Passes 356
453 Passes 434
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
4 Accurate Crosses 4
20 Crosses 16
0.2 Cross % 0.3
62 Long Balls 53
30 Accurate Long Balls 24
0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
4 Blocked Shots 4
12 Effective Tackles 10
13 Tackles 13
0.9 Tackle % 0.8
4 Interceptions 10
15 Effective Clearances 20
15 Clearances 20

Line-Ups

WXM Wrexham (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
1 Arthur Okonkwo (GK)
5 Dominic Hyam Yellow Card
2 Callum Doyle Yellow Card
4 Max Cleworth Yellow Card
27 Lewis O'Brien
18 Ben Sheaf
14 George Thomason
12 Issa Kaboré
19 Kieffer Moore
20 Oliver Rathbone Yellow Card
10 Josh Windass

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

No. Name
28 Christian Walton (GK)
4 Cedric Kipre Yellow Card
26 Dara O'Shea
3 Leif Davis Yellow Card
19 Darnell Furlong Yellow Card
33 Anis Mehmeti
14 Jack Taylor
5 Azor Matusiwa
31 Ivan Azón
47 Jack Clarke
7 Wes Burns Yellow Card

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