English League Championship

FT Saturday, December 6, 2025
Coventry City WWWWW 0
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Ipswich Town WDWLD 3
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Portman Road · 29,025 att. · Paramount+

Match Report

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Championship leaders Coventry City humbled by Ipswich Town

Coventry's five-match winning run was brought to an emphatic halt as the Championship leaders slumped to a 3-0 defeat to Ipswich at Portman Road.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
5
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
5
5
Corner Kicks
2
4
Saves
5
62.3
Possession
37.7
11
SHOTS
10
5
ON GOAL
6
0.5
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
415
Accurate Passes
227
505
Passes
308
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
1
17
Crosses
7
0.2
Cross %
0.1
69
Long Balls
57
23
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
1
8
Effective Tackles
16
13
Tackles
22
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
6
Interceptions
10
20
Effective Clearances
37
20
Clearances
37

Head to Head

IPS leads series 3-2

Lineups

IPS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 28Christian WaltonG
  2. 4Cedric KipreCD-L
  3. 26Dara O'SheaCD-R
  4. 3Leif DavisLB
  5. 19Darnell FurlongRB
  6. 32Marcelino NúñezAM
  7. 5Azor MatusiwaLM
  8. 14Jack TaylorRM
  9. 9George HirstF
  10. 11Jaden PhilogeneAM-L
  11. 8Sindre Walle EgeliAM-R

COV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 19Carl RushworthG
  2. 15Liam KitchingCD-L
  3. 4Bobby ThomasCD-R
  4. 3Jay Da SilvaLB
  5. 27Milan van EwijkRB
  6. 5Jack RudoniAM
  7. 6Matt GrimesLM
  8. 28Josh EcclesRM
  9. 9Ellis SimmsF
  10. 10Ephron Mason-ClarkAM-L
  11. 20Kaine Kesler HaydenAM-R

Timeline

  1. 15' George Hirst (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 17' Josh Eccles (Coventry City) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 40' Matt Grimes (Coventry City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 43' Goal! Ipswich Town 1, Coventry City 0. Sindre Egeli (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jaden Philogene.
  5. 53' Christian Walton (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card for handball.
  6. 56' Sindre Egeli (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 57' Cédric Kipré (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 60' Goal! Ipswich Town 2, Coventry City 0. George Hirst (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marcelino Núñez with a through ball following a fast break.
  9. 71' Substitution, Ipswich Town. Jens Cajuste replaces Jack Taylor.
  10. 71' Substitution, Ipswich Town. Jack Clarke replaces Sindre Egeli.
  11. 71' Substitution, Ipswich Town. Iván Azón replaces George Hirst.
  12. 71' Substitution, Coventry City. Jamie Allen replaces Josh Eccles.
  13. 75' Substitution, Coventry City. Haji Wright replaces Jack Rudoni.
  14. 75' Substitution, Coventry City. Kai Andrews replaces Kaine Kesler-Hayden.
  15. 86' Darnell Furlong (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 90'+1' Substitution, Ipswich Town. Sam Szmodics replaces Marcelino Núñez.
  17. 90'+5' Goal! Ipswich Town 3, Coventry City 0. Iván Azón (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner following a fast break.

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