English League Championship

FT Tuesday, February 24, 2026
Ipswich Town LDWLL 2
–
Watford LDLDW 0
1st2ndT
IPS112
WAT000
Vicarage Road · 18,249 att. · Paramount+

Team Stats

16
Fouls
14
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
1
52.3
Possession
47.7
11
SHOTS
11
3
ON GOAL
2
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
325
Accurate Passes
304
407
Passes
367
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
4
14
Crosses
17
0.1
Cross %
0.2
64
Long Balls
49
24
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
3
10
Effective Tackles
14
14
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
9
Interceptions
9
22
Effective Clearances
34
22
Clearances
34

Head to Head

IPS leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

WAT · 5-4-1

  1. 1Egil SelvikG
  2. 6Matthew PollockCD
  3. 21Stephen MfuniCD-L
  4. 25James AbankwahCD-R
  5. 16Marc BolaLB
  6. 29Jeremy PetrisRB
  7. 10Imran LouzaCM-L
  8. 23Nampalys MendyCM-R
  9. 8Giorgi ChakvetadzeLM
  10. 66Nestory IrankundaRM
  11. 9Luca KjerrumgaardF

IPS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 28Christian WaltonG
  2. 4Cedric KipreCD-L
  3. 26Dara O'SheaCD-R
  4. 24Jacob GreavesLB
  5. 19Darnell FurlongRB
  6. 32Marcelino NúñezAM
  7. 6Daniel NeilLM
  8. 5Azor MatusiwaRM
  9. 31Ivan AzónF
  10. 47Jack ClarkeAM-L
  11. 8Sindre Walle EgeliAM-R

Timeline

  1. 25' James Abankwah (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 28' Nestory Irankunda (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 37' Goal! Watford 0, Ipswich Town 1. Sindre Egeli (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the high centre of the goal following a set piece situation.
  4. 45' Substitution, Watford. Jeremy Ngakia replaces Jeremy Petris.
  5. 45' Substitution, Watford. Edoardo Bove replaces Giorgi Chakvetadze.
  6. 56' Cédric Kipré (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 59' Substitution, Watford. Mamadou Doumbia replaces Luca Kjerrumgaard.
  8. 66' Substitution, Ipswich Town. Wes Burns replaces Sindre Egeli.
  9. 66' Substitution, Ipswich Town. Jens Cajuste replaces Dan Neil.
  10. 73' Substitution, Watford. Tom Ince replaces James Abankwah.
  11. 74' Substitution, Ipswich Town. Anis Mehmeti replaces Marcelino Núñez.
  12. 74' Substitution, Ipswich Town. George Hirst replaces Iván Azón.
  13. 77' Goal! Watford 0, Ipswich Town 2. George Hirst (Ipswich Town) with an attempt from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jacob Greaves.
  14. 80' Substitution, Watford. Pierre Ekwah replaces Imrân Louza.
  15. 83' Darnell Furlong (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 84' Penalty saved. Tom Ince (Watford) left footed shot saved in the bottom right corner by Christian Walton (Ipswich Town).
  17. 85' Christian Walton (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card.
  18. 89' Substitution, Ipswich Town. Ben Johnson replaces Jack Clarke.

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