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Coventry City
FT
0–2
HT 0–0
Ipswich Town
Championship Mon 29 Dec, 18:00London Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry Anthony Backhouse 31,213 attendance

Timeline

  1. 18' Liam Kitching Yellow Card
  2. 63' Jack Taylor Yellow Card
  3. 72' Jack Clarke assist Marcelino Núñez
  4. 75' Josh Eccles for Jack Rudoni
  5. 75' Jamie Allen for Victor Torp
  6. 78' Chuba Akpom for Ivan Azón
  7. 78' Wes Burns for Sindre Walle Egeli
  8. 79' Ellis Simms for Haji Wright
  9. 83' Wes Burns assist Marcelino Núñez
  10. 87' Jaden Philogene for Jack Clarke
  11. 87' Jens Cajuste for Jack Taylor
  12. 88' Darnell Furlong Yellow Card
  13. 90'+4' Cameron Humphreys for Marcelino Núñez

Match stats

40.7% Possession 59.3%
10 Shots 18
3 On target 7
12 Fouls 14
1 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0
3 Offsides 2
5 Saves 3
175 Accurate passes 304

Lineups

Coventry City 4-2-3-1
19 Rushworth
33 Brau 15 Kitching 26 Woolfenden 27 van Ewijk
6 Grimes 29 Torp
10 Mason-Clark 5 Rudoni 7 Sakamoto
11 Wright
Ipswich Town 4-2-3-1
28 Walton
24 Greaves 4 Kipre 26 O'Shea 19 Furlong
14 Taylor 5 Matusiwa
47 Clarke 32 Núñez 8 Egeli
31 Azón
Coventry City 4-2-3-1
  1. 19 Carl Rushworth G
  2. 15 Liam Kitching CD-L
  3. 26 Luke Woolfenden CD-R
  4. 33 Miguel Ángel Brau LB
  5. 27 Milan van Ewijk RB
  6. 5 Jack Rudoni ▼ AM
  7. 6 Matt Grimes LM
  8. 29 Victor Torp ▼ RM
  9. 11 Haji Wright ▼ F
  10. 10 Ephron Mason-Clark AM-L
  11. 7 Tatsuhiro Sakamoto AM-R

Came on

  1. 28 Josh Eccles ▲ SUB
  2. 9 Ellis Simms ▲ SUB
  3. 8 Jamie Allen ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (6)
  1. 54 Kai Andrews SUB
  2. 41 Callum Perry SUB
  3. 13 Ben Wilson SUB
  4. 21 Jake Bidwell SUB
  5. 22 Joel Latibeaudiere SUB
  6. 20 Kaine Kesler Hayden SUB
Ipswich Town 4-2-3-1
  1. 28 Christian Walton G
  2. 4 Cedric Kipre CD-L
  3. 26 Dara O'Shea CD-R
  4. 24 Jacob Greaves LB
  5. 19 Darnell Furlong RB
  6. 32 Marcelino Núñez ▼ AM
  7. 14 Jack Taylor ▼ LM
  8. 5 Azor Matusiwa RM
  9. 31 Ivan Azón ▼ F
  10. 47 Jack Clarke ▼ AM-L
  11. 8 Sindre Walle Egeli ▼ AM-R

Came on

  1. 7 Wes Burns ▲ SUB
  2. 11 Jaden Philogene ▲ SUB
  3. 29 Chuba Akpom ▲ SUB
  4. 30 Cameron Humphreys ▲ SUB
  5. 12 Jens Cajuste ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (4)
  1. 18 Ben Johnson SUB
  2. 1 Alex Palmer SUB
  3. 15 Ashley Young SUB
  4. 20 Kasey McAteer SUB

Commentary

  1. Match ends, Coventry City 0, Ipswich Town 2.
  2. 90'+7' Second Half ends, Coventry City 0, Ipswich Town 2.
  3. 90'+7' Attempt blocked. Matt Grimes (Coventry City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Luke Woolfenden.
  4. 90'+5' Attempt blocked. Miguel Ángel Brau (Coventry City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luke Woolfenden.
  5. 90'+4' Substitution, Ipswich Town. Cameron Humphreys replaces Marcelino Núñez.
  6. 90'+3' Offside, Ipswich Town. Jaden Philogene is caught offside.
  7. 90'+2' Matt Grimes (Coventry City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  8. 90'+2' Foul by Azor Matusiwa (Ipswich Town).
  9. 90'+1' Attempt blocked. Cédric Kipré (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  10. 90' Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
  11. 90'+1' Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Matt Grimes.
  12. 89' Corner, Coventry City. Conceded by Jacob Greaves.
108 earlier entries
  1. 88' Darnell Furlong (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 88' Foul by Darnell Furlong (Ipswich Town).
  3. 88' Ephron Mason-Clark (Coventry City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  4. 88' Attempt saved. Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (Coventry City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Christian Walton (Ipswich Town).
  5. 87' Substitution, Ipswich Town. Jens Cajuste replaces Jack Taylor.
  6. 87' Substitution, Ipswich Town. Jaden Philogene replaces Jack Clarke.
  7. 86' Attempt missed. Miguel Ángel Brau (Coventry City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Milan van Ewijk.
  8. 86' Josh Eccles (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  9. 86' Foul by Azor Matusiwa (Ipswich Town).
  10. 85' Foul by Ellis Simms (Coventry City).
  11. 85' Cédric Kipré (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  12. 83' Goal! Coventry City 0, Ipswich Town 2. Wes Burns (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marcelino Núñez following a fast break.
  13. 82' Attempt missed. Dara O'Shea (Ipswich Town) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Marcelino Núñez with a cross following a corner.
  14. 81' Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Miguel Ángel Brau.
  15. 81' Milan van Ewijk (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  16. 81' Foul by Chuba Akpom (Ipswich Town).
  17. 79' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  18. 79' Substitution, Coventry City. Ellis Simms replaces Haji Wright.
  19. 78' Substitution, Ipswich Town. Wes Burns replaces Sindre Egeli.
  20. 78' Substitution, Ipswich Town. Chuba Akpom replaces Iván Azón because of an injury.
  21. 78' Delay in match because of an injury Iván Azón (Ipswich Town).
  22. 75' Substitution, Coventry City. Jamie Allen replaces Victor Torp.
  23. 75' Substitution, Coventry City. Josh Eccles replaces Jack Rudoni.
  24. 75' Jack Rudoni (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  25. 75' Foul by Darnell Furlong (Ipswich Town).
  26. 72' Goal! Coventry City 0, Ipswich Town 1. Jack Clarke (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marcelino Núñez.
  27. 70' Foul by Darnell Furlong (Ipswich Town).
  28. 70' Ephron Mason-Clark (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  29. 68' Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Carl Rushworth.
  30. 68' Attempt saved. Iván Azón (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Carl Rushworth (Coventry City). Assisted by Marcelino Núñez.
  31. 63' Jack Taylor (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  32. 63' Milan van Ewijk (Coventry City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  33. 63' Foul by Jack Taylor (Ipswich Town).
  34. 62' Foul by Ephron Mason-Clark (Coventry City).
  35. 62' Darnell Furlong (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  36. 60' Corner, Coventry City. Conceded by Jacob Greaves.
  37. 60' Attempt blocked. Jack Rudoni (Coventry City) header from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Matt Grimes with a cross.
  38. 60' Corner, Coventry City. Conceded by Dara O'Shea.
  39. 60' Attempt blocked. Ephron Mason-Clark (Coventry City) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
  40. 55' Attempt missed. Liam Kitching (Coventry City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Matt Grimes with a cross following a set piece situation.
  41. 54' Miguel Ángel Brau (Coventry City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  42. 54' Foul by Sindre Egeli (Ipswich Town).
  43. 54' Attempt saved. Haji Wright (Coventry City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Christian Walton (Ipswich Town). Assisted by Victor Torp.
  44. 53' Jacob Greaves (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  45. 53' Foul by Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (Coventry City).
  46. 52' Offside, Coventry City. Jack Rudoni is caught offside.
  47. 51' Offside, Coventry City. Ephron Mason-Clark is caught offside.
  48. 51' Matt Grimes (Coventry City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  49. 51' Foul by Jack Clarke (Ipswich Town).
  50. 50' Attempt blocked. Victor Torp (Coventry City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  51. 49' Matt Grimes (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  52. 49' Foul by Marcelino Núñez (Ipswich Town).
  53. 48' Offside, Ipswich Town. Iván Azón is caught offside.
  54. 45' Second Half begins Coventry City 0, Ipswich Town 0.
  55. 45'+4' First Half ends, Coventry City 0, Ipswich Town 0.
  56. 45'+1' Foul by Ephron Mason-Clark (Coventry City).
  57. 45'+1' Darnell Furlong (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  58. 45' Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
  59. 44' Foul by Milan van Ewijk (Coventry City).
  60. 44' Cédric Kipré (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  61. 43' Attempt missed. Jack Taylor (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
  62. 42' Attempt missed. Darnell Furlong (Ipswich Town) header from the left side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Jack Clarke with a cross following a corner.
  63. 42' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  64. 41' Delay in match because of an injury Carl Rushworth (Coventry City).
  65. 40' Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Luke Woolfenden.
  66. 40' Attempt saved. Jack Taylor (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Carl Rushworth (Coventry City). Assisted by Jack Clarke.
  67. 40' Handball by Matt Grimes (Coventry City).
  68. 39' Attempt saved. Jacob Greaves (Ipswich Town) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Carl Rushworth (Coventry City). Assisted by Darnell Furlong with a cross.
  69. 35' Foul by Ephron Mason-Clark (Coventry City).
  70. 35' Darnell Furlong (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  71. 35' Attempt missed. Azor Matusiwa (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
  72. 33' Matt Grimes (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  73. 33' Foul by Azor Matusiwa (Ipswich Town).
  74. 29' Marcelino Núñez (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  75. 29' Foul by Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (Coventry City).
  76. 29' Victor Torp (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  77. 29' Foul by Jack Clarke (Ipswich Town).
  78. 28' Jacob Greaves (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  79. 28' Foul by Luke Woolfenden (Coventry City).
  80. 27' Foul by Darnell Furlong (Ipswich Town).
  81. 27' Ephron Mason-Clark (Coventry City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  82. 25' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  83. 24' Delay in match because of an injury Victor Torp (Coventry City).
  84. 23' Attempt saved. Iván Azón (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Carl Rushworth (Coventry City). Assisted by Jacob Greaves.
  85. 22' Attempt missed. Jack Clarke (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
  86. 22' Attempt saved. Ephron Mason-Clark (Coventry City) with an attempt from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Christian Walton (Ipswich Town). Assisted by Jack Rudoni with a headed pass.
  87. 18' Liam Kitching (Coventry City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  88. 18' Jack Clarke (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  89. 18' Foul by Liam Kitching (Coventry City).
  90. 16' Attempt blocked. Sindre Egeli (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  91. 15' Attempt blocked. Marcelino Núñez (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sindre Egeli.
  92. 15' Attempt blocked. Jack Clarke (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Azor Matusiwa.
  93. 14' Foul by Haji Wright (Coventry City).
  94. 14' Darnell Furlong (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  95. 14' Matt Grimes (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  96. 14' Foul by Marcelino Núñez (Ipswich Town).
  97. 13' Attempt missed. Jack Taylor (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
  98. 12' Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Victor Torp.
  99. 12' Attempt blocked. Cédric Kipré (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Clarke.
  100. 10' Attempt saved. Iván Azón (Ipswich Town) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Carl Rushworth (Coventry City). Assisted by Jacob Greaves with a cross.
  101. 9' Jack Clarke (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  102. 9' Foul by Matt Grimes (Coventry City).
  103. 8' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  104. 8' Delay in match (Ipswich Town).
  105. 6' Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Matt Grimes.
  106. 4' Offside, Coventry City. Haji Wright is caught offside.
  107. First Half begins.
  108. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Recent form

Coventry City W D W D L

  • L at Ipswich Town 3-0 EFL Championship
  • D at Preston North End 1-1 EFL Championship
  • W Bristol City 1-0 EFL Championship
  • D at Southampton 1-1 EFL Championship
  • W Swansea City 1-0 EFL Championship

Ipswich Town D W L W W

  • W Coventry City 3-0 EFL Championship
  • W Stoke City 1-0 EFL Championship
  • L at Leicester City 3-1 EFL Championship
  • W Sheffield Wednesday 3-1 EFL Championship
  • D at Millwall 0-0 EFL Championship

Head to head

IPS leads series 4-1

  • 6 Dec 2025 Ipswich Town 3–0 Coventry City 2025-26 English League Championship
  • 8 Feb 2025 Coventry City 1–4 Ipswich Town 2024-25 English FA Cup
  • 30 Apr 2024 Coventry City 1–2 Ipswich Town 2023-24 English League Championship
  • 2 Dec 2023 Ipswich Town 2–1 Coventry City 2023-24 English League Championship
  • 7 Mar 2020 Ipswich Town 0–1 Coventry City 2019-20 English League One

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