English League Championship

FT Saturday, January 31, 2026
Preston North End WLLLL 1
–
Ipswich Town WWWWL 1
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Portman Road · 27,549 att. · Paramount+

Team Stats

10
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
9
3
Saves
3
32.5
Possession
67.5
11
SHOTS
16
4
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
2
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
178
Accurate Passes
444
263
Passes
533
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
5
8
Crosses
30
0.4
Cross %
0.2
74
Long Balls
49
16
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.2
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
4
15
Effective Tackles
8
24
Tackles
18
0.6
Tackle %
0.4
10
Interceptions
11
49
Effective Clearances
20
49
Clearances
20

Head to Head

PNE leads series 3-1-1

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. 33Anis MehmetiAM
  7. 12Jens CajusteLM
  8. 5Azor MatusiwaRM
  9. 31Ivan AzónF
  10. 47Jack ClarkeAM-L
  11. 7Wes BurnsAM-R

PNE · 3-4-2-1

  1. 13David CornellG
  2. 6Liam LindsayCD
  3. 19Lewis GibsonCD-L
  4. 42Odeluga OffiahCD-R
  5. 4Benjamin WhitemanCM-L
  6. 15Jordan ThompsonCM-R
  7. 26Thierry SmallLM
  8. 2Pol ValentínRM
  9. 9Daniel JebbisonF
  10. 21Alfie DevineCF-L
  11. 8Alistair McCannCF-R

Timeline

  1. 33' Jordan Thompson (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45' Substitution, Ipswich Town. George Hirst replaces Iván Azón.
  3. 50' Ali McCann (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 65' Substitution, Ipswich Town. Jack Taylor replaces Jens Cajuste.
  5. 65' Substitution, Ipswich Town. Sindre Egeli replaces Wes Burns.
  6. 72' Goal! Ipswich Town 0, Preston North End 1. Lewis Gibson (Preston North End) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  7. 78' Substitution, Ipswich Town. Chuba Akpom replaces Anis Mehmeti.
  8. 78' Substitution, Ipswich Town. Ben Johnson replaces Darnell Furlong.
  9. 81' Substitution, Preston North End. Mads Frökjaer-Jensen replaces Alfie Devine.
  10. 82' Jack Clarke (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 90'+2' Goal! Ipswich Town 1, Preston North End 1. Jack Clarke (Ipswich Town) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.

EFL Championship News

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