Ipswich Town vs Birmingham City, 2017-18 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship

Ipswich Town

50': Joe Garner

FT
1 - 0

Birmingham City

Ipswich Town 1-0 Birmingham City

Match Timeline

0': First Half begins.
0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
1': Offside, Birmingham City. Che Adams tries a through ball, but Clayton Donaldson is caught offside.
2': Foul by Marc Roberts (Birmingham City).
2': Joe Garner (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
5': Attempt missed. Jonathan Grounds (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by David Davis.
5': Attempt missed. Andre Dozzell (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Cole Skuse.
10': Attempt saved. Michael Morrison (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marc Roberts.
10': Foul by Cheikh Ndoye (Birmingham City).
10': Freddie Sears (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
11': Foul by Marc Roberts (Birmingham City).
11': Joe Garner (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
12': Foul by Grant Ward (Ipswich Town).
12': Jacques Maghoma (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
12': Offside, Birmingham City. David Stockdale tries a through ball, but Che Adams is caught offside.
13': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Michael Morrison.
13': Che Adams (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
13': Foul by Andre Dozzell (Ipswich Town).
16': Attempt saved. Nsue (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cheikh Ndoye.
18': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Jacques Maghoma.
18': Attempt blocked. Cole Skuse (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
18': Attempt saved. Joe Garner (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
19': Foul by Joe Garner (Ipswich Town).
19': Jonathan Grounds (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
21': Attempt missed. Grant Ward (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Joe Garner with a through ball.
27': Attempt missed. Che Adams (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Jacques Maghoma.
27': Delay in match Jordan Spence (Ipswich Town) because of an injury.
29': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
30': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Jonathan Grounds.
32': Attempt missed. David Davis (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
33': Cole Skuse (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
33': Foul by Cheikh Ndoye (Birmingham City).
34': Foul by Freddie Sears (Ipswich Town).
34': Marc Roberts (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
35': Delay in match Andre Dozzell (Ipswich Town) because of an injury.
37': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
39': Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
39': Foul by Luke Chambers (Ipswich Town).
41': Foul by Jonas Knudsen (Ipswich Town).
41': Nsue (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
41': Attempt blocked. Che Adams (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Clayton Donaldson with a headed pass.
42': Foul by Che Adams (Birmingham City).
42': Freddie Sears (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
43': Attempt blocked. Freddie Sears (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andre Dozzell.
43': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Marc Roberts.
44': Che Adams (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
44': Foul by Luke Chambers (Ipswich Town).
44': Delay in match Andre Dozzell (Ipswich Town) because of an injury.
45'+5': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
45'+5': Substitution, Ipswich Town. Flynn Downes replaces Andre Dozzell because of an injury.
45'+6': Attempt missed. Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Michael Morrison with a through ball.
45'+7': First Half ends, Ipswich Town 0, Birmingham City 0.
45': Second Half begins Ipswich Town 0, Birmingham City 0.
48': Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
48': Foul by Jordan Spence (Ipswich Town).
48': Jordan Spence (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
50': Goal! Ipswich Town 1, Birmingham City 0. Joe Garner (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jonas Knudsen with a cross.
53': Attempt blocked. Cheikh Ndoye (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Che Adams.
54': Foul by Cheikh Ndoye (Birmingham City).
54': Jonas Knudsen (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
56': Attempt missed. Joe Garner (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Flynn Downes.
56': Craig Gardner (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
56': Foul by Grant Ward (Ipswich Town).
58': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Marc Roberts.
59': Attempt blocked. Freddie Sears (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
59': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Michael Morrison.
60': Attempt blocked. Cole Skuse (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
60': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Jonathan Grounds.
60': Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Che Adams.
61': Attempt missed. Tommy Smith (Ipswich Town) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Grant Ward with a cross following a corner.
62': Attempt missed. Cheikh Ndoye (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Che Adams with a cross.
63': Foul by Jonathan Grounds (Birmingham City).
63': Joe Garner (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
65': Attempt missed. Craig Gardner (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
67': Foul by Tommy Smith (Ipswich Town).
67': Nsue (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
68': Dominic Iorfa (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
68': Foul by Che Adams (Birmingham City).
71': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Cole Skuse.
72': Foul by Cheikh Ndoye (Birmingham City).
72': Grant Ward (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
73': Foul by David Davis (Birmingham City).
73': Jonas Knudsen (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
74': Substitution, Ipswich Town. Adam Webster replaces Dominic Iorfa.
75': Cole Skuse (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
75': Foul by Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City).
76': Attempt missed. Freddie Sears (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from very close range is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jordan Spence.
77': Foul by Michael Morrison (Birmingham City).
77': Joe Garner (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
79': Substitution, Birmingham City. Cheick Keita replaces Jacques Maghoma.
80': Offside, Ipswich Town. Grant Ward tries a through ball, but Freddie Sears is caught offside.
81': Che Adams (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
81': Foul by Tommy Smith (Ipswich Town).
83': Flynn Downes (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
83': Foul by Craig Gardner (Birmingham City).
85': Attempt saved. Cheikh Ndoye (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Marc Roberts with a cross.
86': Delay in match Tommy Smith (Ipswich Town) because of an injury.
87': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
88': Attempt blocked. Freddie Sears (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
89': Cole Skuse (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
89': Foul by Marc Roberts (Birmingham City).
89': Marc Roberts (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+1': Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Tommy Smith.
90'+1': Attempt missed. Cheikh Ndoye (Birmingham City) with an attempt from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Craig Gardner with a cross following a corner.
90'+4': Second Half ends, Ipswich Town 1, Birmingham City 0.
90'+4': Match ends, Ipswich Town 1, Birmingham City 0.

Statistics

BIR		IPS
14	Fouls	11
1	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	1
2	Corner Kicks	8
1	Saves	3
44.5	Possession	55.5
13	SHOTS	12
3	ON GOAL	2
0.2	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
200	Accurate Passes	276
315	Passes	388
0.6	Pass Completion %	0.7
4	Accurate Crosses	4
19	Crosses	27
0.2	Cross %	0.1
65	Long Balls	75
31	Accurate Long Balls	18
0.5	Long Balls %	0.2
2	Blocked Shots	5
11	Effective Tackles	14
15	Tackles	19
0.7	Tackle %	0.7
0	Interceptions	0
25	Effective Clearances	37
25	Clearances	37

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Portman Road
Location: Ipswich, England
Attendance: 18,153

EFL Championship Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	West Ham United	7	+11	14
2	West Bromwich Albion	6	+3	13
3	Swansea City	6	+4	11
4	Queens Park Rangers	6	+3	11

Full Table

Line-Ups

Ipswich Town (5-3-2)

No.	Name
33	Bartosz Bialkowski (GK)
4	Luke Chambers
5	Tommy Smith
12	Jordan Spence
3	Jonas Knudsen
2	Dominic Iorfa
8	Cole Skuse
23	Andre Dozzell
18	Grant Ward
14	Joe Garner
20	Freddie Sears

Ipswich Town Substitutes:

David McGoldrick, Tristan Nydam, Adam Webster, Flynn Downes, Dean Gerken, Myles Kenlock, Bersant Celina.

Birmingham City (4-4-2)

No.	Name
13	David Stockdale (GK)
4	Marc Roberts
28	Michael Morrison
3	Jonathan Grounds
2	Emilio Nsue
8	Craig Gardner
17	Cheikh N'Doye
19	Jacques Maghoma
26	David Davis
9	Clayton Donaldson
14	Ché Adams

Birmingham City Substitutes:

Nicolai Brock-Madsen, Ryan Shotton, Cheick Keita, Stephen Gleeson, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Tomasz Kuszczak, Wes Harding.

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