IPSWICH. Ipswich Town was able to snatch a draw against Leicester City with a late goal from J. Vestergaard scored in the (90′) after Leicester City got a lead with a goal from S. Mavididi (24′).
The match was played at the Portman Road Stadium stadium in Ipswich on Tuesday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. In front of 29,410 spectators. The referee was Samuel Barrott with the collaboration of Craig Taylor and Adam Crysell. The 4th official was Dean Whitestone. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 8.48 degrees Celsius or 47.26 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.
Match Statistics
- 45 Ball Possession 55
Shots
- 19 Total 5
- 3 On Target 2
- 7 Off Target 3
- 9 Shots blocked 0
- 107 Attack 94
- 75 Dangerous attack 28
- 60 Ball safe 90
- 0 Penalties 0
- 11 Corners 2
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 9 Total 8
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Leicester City was in firm control of the ball 55% while Ipswich Town was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Ipswich Town was putting more pressure with 75 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 3 were on target. However, that was not enough Ipswich Town to win the match.
Ipswich Town shot 19 times, 3 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Leicester City shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Ipswich Town received 1 yellow card (Marcus Harness). Regarding the opposition, Leicester City received 2 yellow cards (Wilfred Ndidi and Ricardo Pereira).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Ipswich Town has 53 points to hold in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Leicester City will has 59 points to sit in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Ipswich Town will host Queens Park Rangers on the 29th of December with a 10-9 head to head stats in favor of Queens Park Rangers (4 draws).
Leicester City will play away against Cardiff City on the 29th of December with a 9-7 head to head statistic in favor of Cardiff City (6 draws).
Ipswich Town – Formation
Ipswich Town
79'
61'
Ipswich Town adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Kieran McKenna decided to play with the following team: Václav Hladký , Harry Clarke , Luke Woolfenden , Cameron Burgess , Leif Davis , Sam Morsy , Jack Taylor , Wes Burns , Conor Chaplin , Marcus Harness and George Hirst .
The home team had on the bench: Massimo Luongo , Nathan Broadhead , Christian Walton, Freddie Ladapo , Dominic Ball, Brandon Williams, Kayden Jackson , Omari Giraud-Hutchinson and Axel Tuanzebe.
Ipswich Town could not rely on the presence of Kayden Jackson (injured).
Substitutions
Ipswich Town made 5 changes: George Hirst for Kayden Jackson (22′), Kayden Jackson for Freddie Ladapo (87′), Marcus Harness for Nathan Broadhead (79′), Wes Burns for Omari Giraud-Hutchinson (79′) and Jack Taylor for Massimo Luongo (80′).
Player of the match: Leif Davis
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Ipswich Town was Leif Davis.
His rating is with 38 passes (79% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 8. He performed 11 crosses.
Leicester City – Formation
Leicester City
24'
Also Leicester City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Enzo Maresca played with: Mads Hermansen , Ricardo Pereira , Conor Coady , Jannik Vestergaard , Wout Faes , Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall , Harry Winks , Wilfred Ndidi , Abdul Fatawu Issahaku , Patson Daka and Stephy Mavididi .
The following players were sitting on the bench: James Justin, Callum Doyle, Cesare Casadei , Kelechi Iheanacho , Harry Souttar, Hamza Choudhury, Thomas Cannon, Yunus Akgün and Jakub Stolarczyk.
Substitutions
Leicester City made 3 changes: Wilfred Ndidi for Cesare Casadei (56′), Patson Daka for Kelechi Iheanacho (63′) and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall for Yunus Akgün (80′).
Player of the match: Stephy Mavididi
The most impressive player for Leicester City was Stephy Mavididi.
His rating is with 1 goal, 30 passes (73% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 14. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- West Bromwich Albion – Norwich City – 1-0
- Watford – Bristol City – 1-4
- Southampton – Swansea City – 5-0
- Rotherham United – Middlesbrough – 1-0
- Preston North End – Leeds United – 2-1
- Millwall – Queens Park Rangers – 2-0
- Ipswich Town – Leicester City – 1-1
- Hull City – Sunderland – 0-1
- Huddersfield Town – Blackburn Rovers – 3-0
- Coventry City – Sheffield Wednesday – 2-0
- Cardiff City – Plymouth Argyle – 2-2
- Birmingham City – Stoke City – 1-3
