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6¹	A twenty yard drive from MAEDA caused the 'keeper no problem.
11¹	A corner found McNEIL who flicked an effort inches over.
16¹	The Ipswich Town 'keeper did well to hold onto a wicked strike from McNEIL.
16¹	LADAPO hoofed the ball wide from the edge of the box.
21¹	GOAL!! A poor shot from McNEIL seemed to hold little difficulty for the 'keeper but the ball somehow squirmed into the net. (1-0 Middlesbrough)
24¹	A right foot shot from TELLO was clawed past the post by the 'keeper.
29¹	GAZZANIGA was able to claw away a poor shot from MAEDA.
30¹	McNEIL's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Ipswich Town crossbar.
35¹	BUSQUETS receives a yellow card for a cynical foul.
38¹	BEIER booked for a clumsy foul on VALBUENA.
42¹	HOPPE was put clear by McNEIL and he pulled away from the 'keeper but glanced his shot over.
44¹	A cross from KONÉ left McNEIL in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
2²	GOAL!! A shot from VALBUENA was kicked off the line only for TELLO to crack the ball home. (1-1)
6²	KONÉ turned SANDLER but drove the ball into the arms of FLEKKEN.
6²	VALBUENA beat EMERSON PALMIERI and fired the ball to GARBETT who fired his shot wide.
7²	A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming Ipswich Town 'keeper.
12²	TELLO chipped the ball to MAEDA who turned it over.
16²	The 'keeper dived to his left to block a lovely shot from Middlesbrough's HOPPE.
17²	GOAL!! A great dummy from TRAORÉ allowed HOWSON to lay a perfect ball off to BUSQUETS who drilled the ball into the net. (2-1 Middlesbrough)
20²	GARBETT fired the ball through a ruck of players but the Middlesbrough 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
27²	A good effort from MAEDA scraped the outside of the righthand post.
39²	A pin-point pass fell to FRASER and his looping effort flew narrowly over.

Ipswich Town

League position:

Home league form:

WLXW

Overall league form:

WWXLXW--

Formation:

4-3-3

Line-ups

Mark FLEKKEN	6	1	7	Paulo GAZZANIGA
Kyle NAUGHTON	8	2	7½	Axel TUANZEBE
José PALOMINO	7½	3	6½	EMERSON PALMIERI dos Santos
^(c)Mathieu VALBUENA	7½	4	8½	Kouadio KONÉ
Philippe SANDLER	6½	5	6	TUTA
Jakub MODER	6½	6	6½	Naby SARR
Ryan FRASER	6½	7	6½	Bertrand TRAORÉ
Daizen MAEDA	7	8	6½	Dwight McNEIL
^(p)Freddie LADAPO	6½	9	6½	Matthew HOPPE^(p)
^(f)Matt GARBETT	6	10	7	Sergio BUSQUETS^(c,f)
Cristian TELLO	6½	11	6	Maximilian BEIER
	Manager
Josh DOIG		12		PAULINHO
Jonas LÖSSL		13		Anatoliy TRUBIN
Jonathan HAYES		14		Marc BOLA
Cher NDOUR		15		JOÃO Filipe MOUTINHO
Yann M'VILA	5½	16	6½	Jonny HOWSON

Middlesbrough

League position:

Away league form:

LLXL

Overall league form:

LWXLXL--

Formation:

4-3-3

Statistics

Ipswich Town 1 Middlesbrough 2

(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 30,287, Stadium: Portman Road, Referee: Paul Musselwhite 6)

Tello 2²

Scorers

Substitutions

Sent off

Bookings

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Shots on

Shots off

Total shots

Shots saved

Possession

McNeil 21¹, Busquets 17²

ModeróM'Vila 0²

McNeilóHowson 3²

Busquets 35¹, Beier 38¹

49%

51%

¶ Man of the match: Kouadio Koné ¶