Ipswich Town prevails over Birmingham City 3-1. HIGHLIGHTS

IPSWICH. Ipswich Town beats Birmingham City 3-1.

By
Mark Hall
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Ipswich Town prevails over Birmingham City 3-1. HIGHLIGHTS

IPSWICH. Ipswich Town beats Birmingham City 3-1. Ipswich Town took advantage of its superior ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Portman Road Stadium stadium in Ipswich on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 29,363 spectators.​ The referee was Gavin Ward with the support of Shaun Hudson and Adam Crysell. The 4th official was Declan Bourne. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was cold at 7.49 degrees Celsius or 45.48 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Ipswich Town

3 - 1

Team 1

Birmingham City

  • 60 Ball Possession 40
Shots
  • 26 Total 11
  • 9 On Target 4
  • 7 Off Target 4
  • 10 Shots blocked 3
  • 100 Attack 88
  • 56 Dangerous attack 35
  • 71 Ball safe 72
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 7 Corners 5
  • 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 9 Total 14
  • 3 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Ipswich Town was in firm control of the ball 60% while Birmingham City was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Ipswich Town had a more offensive attitude with 56 dangerous attacks and 26 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Ipswich Town won the match​.

Ipswich Town shot 26 times, 9 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Birmingham City shot 11 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Ipswich Town received 3 yellow cards (Cameron Burgess, Sam Morsy and Massimo Luongo). On the opposite side, Birmingham City received 1 yellow card (Ivan Šunjić).

Match Timeline

Omari Hutchinson- sub ->Wes Burns
20'
Conor Chaplin(goal)Sam Morsy
31'
Cameron Burgess- Yellow
43'
45'
J. James(goal)Koji Miyoshi
Massimo Luongo- Yellow
50'
Samy Morsy - Yellow
54'
Jeremy Sarmiento- sub ->Nathan Broadhead
62'
63'
J. Bacuna- sub ->Seung-ho Paik
63'
Siriki Dembélé- sub ->Tyler Roberts
64'
Ivan Šunjić- sub ->Andre Dozzell
75'
Ivan Šunjić- Yellow
Jeremy Sarmiento(goal)Axel Tuanzebe
81'
85'
G. Gardner- sub ->Cody Drameh
Marcus Harness- sub ->Conor Chaplin
90'
90'
Lukas Jutkiewicz- sub ->Dion Sanderson
Omari Hutchinson(goal)Kieffer Moore
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Leicester City
94
44
Leeds United
90
45
Ipswich Town
90
44
Southampton
84
45
Norwich City
73
45
West Bromwich Albion
72
45
Hull City
70
45
Middlesbrough
66
45
Coventry City
64
44
Preston North End
63
44
Bristol City
62
45
Cardiff City
62
45
Swansea City
57
45
Watford
56
45
Sunderland
56
45
Millwall
56
45
Queens Park Rangers
53
45
Stoke City
53
45
Blackburn Rovers
50
45
Sheffield Wednesday
50
45
Plymouth Argyle
48
45
Birmingham City
47
45
Huddersfield Town
45
45
Rotherham United
24
45

After playing this match, Ipswich Town has 72 points like Leeds United to hold in the 3rd place. On the other side, Birmingham City will stays with 38 points to hold in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Ipswich Town will play away against Plymouth Argyle on the 2nd of March with a 7-4 head to head statistic in favor of Ipswich Town (6 draws).

Birmingham City will host Southampton on the 2nd of March with a 4-4 head to head stats.

Ipswich Town – Formation

Ipswich Town
G
Vaclav Hladky 31.Czech Republic
7.3
D
Axel Tuanzebe 40.England
8.5
D
Leif Davis 3.England
7.5
D
Luke Woolfenden 6.England
6.7
D
Cameron Burgess 15.Australia
7.0
43'
M
Samy Morsy  5.Egypt
7.7
54'
M
Wes Burns 7.Wales
7.0
20'
M
Conor Chaplin 10.England
8.2
90' Goals31'
M
Massimo Luongo 25.Australia
7.5
50'
M
Nathan Broadhead 33.Wales
6.8
62'
F
Kieffer Moore 24.Wales
7.0
Substitutes
G
Christian Walton 1.England
D
Harry Clarke 2.England
M
Marcus Harness 11.England
90'
M
Omari Hutchinson 20.Jamaica
8.5
20' Goals90'
M
Lewis Travis 28.England
M
Cameron Humphreys 30.England
F
Ali Al-Hamadi 16.Iraq
F
Kayden Jackson 19.England
F
Jeremy Sarmiento 21.Ecuador
7.3
62' Goals81'

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 (7.3), Axel Tuanzebe (8.5), Luke Woolfenden (6.7), Cameron Burgess (7.0), Leif Davis (7.5), Sam Morsy (7.7), Massimo Luongo (7.5), Wes Burns (7.0), Conor Chaplin (8.2), Nathan Broadhead (6.8) and Kieffer Moore (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Harry Clarke, Christian Walton, Marcus Harness, Ali Al-Hamadi, Kayden Jackson, Omari Giraud-Hutchinson (8.5), Jeremy Sarmiento (7.3), Lewis Travis and Cameron Humphreys.

Ipswich Town could not rely on the presence of Omari Giraud-Hutchinson (injured) and Jeremy Sarmiento (injured).

Substitutions

Ipswich Town made 3 changes: Wes Burns for Omari Giraud-Hutchinson (20′), Nathan Broadhead for Jeremy Sarmiento (62′) and Conor Chaplin for Marcus Harness (90′).

Player of the match: Omari Giraud-Hutchinson​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Ipswich Town was Omari Giraud-Hutchinson.

His rating is 8.5 with 1 goal, 22 passes (81% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 8. He performed 5 crosses.

His performance was amazing also because he began the contest from the bench before entering in the 20′.

Birmingham City – Formation

Birmingham City
G
John Ruddy 21.England
8.1
D
Dion Sanderson 5.England
6.6
90'
D
Ethan Laird 2.England
6.4
D
Marc Roberts 4.England
6.7
D
Krystian Bielik 6.Poland
D
Cody Drameh 12.England
6.7
85'
M
Koji Miyoshi 11.Japan
6.7
M
Tyler Roberts 8.Wales
6.7
63'
M
Paik Seung-Ho 13.South Korea
6.6
63'
M
Andre Dozzell 16.England
6.8
64'
M
J. James 19.Wales
7.0
Goals45'
F
J. Stansfield 28.England
6.7
Substitutes
G
N. Etheridge 1.Philippines
D
Lee Buchanan 3.England
D
Emanuel Aiwu 44.Austria
M
Siriki Dembélé 17.Scotland
6.4
63'
M
G. Gardner 20.England
6.6
85'
M
Ivan Šunjić 34.Croatia
7.0
64' 75'
M
J. Bacuna 7.Netherlands
6.4
63'
F
Scott Hogan 9.Republic of Ireland
F
Lukas Jutkiewicz 10.England
90'

Also Birmingham City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Tony Mowbray played with: Krystian Bielik, John Ruddy (8.1), Cody Drameh (6.7), Marc Roberts (6.7), Dion Sanderson (6.6), Ethan Laird (6.4), Andre Dozzell (6.8), Seung-ho Paik (6.6), Koji Miyoshi (6.7), Tyler Roberts (6.7) and Jordan James (7.0), Jay Stansfield (6.7).

They had on the bench: J. Bacuna (6.4), Neil Etheridge , Lee Buchanan, Scott Hogan, Lukas Jutkiewicz, Siriki Dembélé (6.4), Gary Gardner (6.6), Ivan Šunjić (7.0) and Emanuel Aiwu.

Substitutions

Birmingham City made 5 changes: Seung-ho Paik for J. Bacuna (63′), Tyler Roberts for Siriki Dembélé (63′), Andre Dozzell for Ivan Šunjić (64′), Cody Drameh for Gary Gardner (85′) and Dion Sanderson for Lukas Jutkiewicz (90′).

Player of the match: John Ruddy​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Birmingham City was the goalkeeper: John Ruddy. His rating is 8.06. He performed 6 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Championship.​