English League Championship

FT Saturday, May 9, 2015
Norwich City WWLDW 1
–
Ipswich Town WWDWL 1
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NOR101
IPS101
1st Leg · Portman Road · 29,166 att.

Match Report

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Honours even after Championship playoff semi between Ipswich and Norwich

Ipswich held Norwich to a 1-1 draw in the first leg of the Sky Bet Championship play-off semi-final in a feisty East Anglian derby at Portman Road.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
0
Corner Kicks
0
3
Saves
3
58
Possession
42
13
SHOTS
17
4
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
23
Crosses
19
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
4
Blocked Shots
4
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
35
Clearances
41

Head to Head

NOR leads series 4-1

Lineups

IPS

  1. 33Bartosz BialkowskiG
  2. 4Luke ChambersD
  3. 5Tommy SmithD
  4. 6Christophe BerraD
  5. 3Tyrone MingsD
  6. 27Teddy BishopM
  7. 8Cole SkuseM
  8. 17Kévin BruM
  9. 15Luke VarneyM
  10. 20Freddie SearsM
  11. 9Daryl MurphyF

Substitutes

  1. 1Dean GerkenG
  2. 2Jonathan ParrD
  3. 11Paul AndersonM
  4. 12Stephen HuntM
  5. 18Jay TabbM
  6. 10David McGoldrickF
  7. 16Noel HuntF

NOR

  1. 1John RuddyG
  2. 2Steven WhittakerD
  3. 5Russell MartinD
  4. 30Sébastien BassongD
  5. 23Martin OlssonD
  6. 8Jonathan HowsonM
  7. 27Alexander TetteyM
  8. 41Graham DorransM
  9. 22Nathan RedmondM
  10. 4Bradley JohnsonM
  11. 10Cameron JeromeF

Substitutes

  1. 26Declan RuddG
  2. 24Ryan BennettD
  3. 14Wes HoolahanM
  4. 17Elliott BennettM
  5. 28Gary O'NeilM
  6. 39Vadis Odjidja-OfoeM
  7. 11Gary HooperF

Timeline

  1. 31' Ipswich Town makes a sub: Paul Anderson enters for Luke Varney. Reason: Injury
  2. 41' Goal!! Jonathan Howson hits a right footed shot to the lower right corner from the centre penalty area and scores!! Norwich City now leads 1 - 0
  3. 45'+4' Goal!! Paul Anderson hits a right footed shot to the lower right corner from the centre 6 yard and scores!! The game is now tied at 1
  4. 47' Graham Dorrans is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  5. 58' Cameron Jerome is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  6. 69' Norwich City makes a sub: Wesley Hoolahan enters for Graham Dorrans. Reason: Tactical
  7. 71' Ipswich Town makes a sub: Jay Tabb enters for Kevin Bru. Reason: Tactical
  8. 77' Ipswich Town makes a sub: Jonathan Parr enters for Teddy Bishop. Reason: Tactical
  9. 84' Paul Anderson is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  10. 86' Norwich City makes a sub: Gary Hooper enters for Cameron Jerome. Reason: Tactical
  11. 90' End of the game

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