Ipswich 2:1 Birmingham: Championship Match Result

Championship

Ipswich LLWLLW

2:1

Finished

Kick-off was 6 Apr, 15:00 BST

Birmingham DDLWDW

Venue: Portman Road City: Ipswich

In the Championship game on 6 April 2026, Ipswich beat Birmingham 2:1. Match numbers: shots on target 5:4, corners 6:4.

Key numbers

Possession, % 54 – 46

Shots on target 5 – 4

Shots off target 4 – 1

Expected goals 1.89 – 0.46

⚽ 32' C. Vicente — Goal 🟨 38' D. Gray — Yellow card ⇄ 39' A. Matusiwa — Substitution ⚽ 41' B. Johnson — Goal ⚽ 45' K. McAteer — Goal ⇄ 46' Paik Seung-Ho — Substitution ⇄ 56' J. Panzo — Substitution ⇄ 56' D. Gray — Substitution ⇄ 75' J. Clarke — Substitution ⇄ 75' G. Hirst — Substitution ⇄ 75' M. Nunez — Substitution 🟨 76' J. Taylor — Yellow card ⇄ 81' C. Vicente — Substitution ⇄ 81' J. Stansfield — Substitution ⇄ 86' K. McAteer — Substitution

Match events

32' 0:1 Birmingham Goal C. Vicente
38' 0:1 Birmingham Yellow card D. Gray
39' 0:1 Ipswich Substitution A. Matusiwa off: A. Mehmeti
41' 1:1 Ipswich Goal B. Johnson assist: D. Furlong
45' 2:1 Ipswich Goal K. McAteer assist: G. Hirst
46' 2:1 Birmingham Substitution Paik Seung-Ho off: T. Iwata
56' 2:1 Birmingham Substitution J. Panzo off: E. Laird
56' 2:1 Birmingham Substitution D. Gray off: I. Osman
75' 2:1 Ipswich Substitution J. Clarke off: J. Philogene
75' 2:1 Ipswich Substitution G. Hirst off: C. Akpom
75' 2:1 Ipswich Substitution M. Nunez off: J. Taylor
76' 2:1 Ipswich Yellow card J. Taylor
81' 2:1 Birmingham Substitution C. Vicente off: P. Roberts
81' 2:1 Birmingham Substitution J. Stansfield off: M. Ducksch
86' 2:1 Ipswich Substitution K. McAteer off: C. Kipre

Statistics

54 Possession, % 46

5 Shots on target 4

4 Shots off target 1

1.89 Expected goals 0.46

3 Big chances 2

167 Attacks 227

6 Corners 4

11 Fouls 19

18 Free kicks 11

2 Offsides 1

1 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

10 Goal kicks 5

19 Throw-ins 29

All statistics

25/4161% Aerial duels 16/4139%

67 Backward passes 51

2 Blocked shots 4

34 Clearances 21

3/933% Crosses 4/2317%

6/1346% Dribbles 5/1926%

1 Expected assists 0.30

113 Failed passes 114

3 Goalkeeper saves 3

8 Interceptions 13

8 Key passes 6

28/7338% Long passes 16/6923%

55 Passes into the final third 68

206 Passes in the opposition half 257

204 Passes in own half 97

0.45 Shot accuracy 0.44

2 Shots from outside the box 2

9 Shots inside the box 7

14/2361% Tackles 10/1759%

401 Total passes 331

Line-ups

Ipswich

Starting XI
#	Player	number
28	Christian Walton	28
18	Ben Johnson	18
19	Darnell Anthony Furlong	19
24	Jacob Greaves	24
26	Dara Joseph O'Shea	26
5	Azor Matusiwa	5
6	Dan Neil	6
20	Kasey McAteer	20
32	Marcelino Ignacio Núñez Espinoza	32
47	Jack Raymond Clarke	47
9	George Hirst	9

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Alex Palmer	1
4	Cédric Kipré	4
25	Elkan Baggott	25
12	Jens-Lys Michel Cajuste	12
14	Jack Taylor	14
33	Anis Mehmeti	33
8	Sindre Walle Egeli	8
11	Jaden Philogene-Bidace	11
29	Chuba Amechi Akpom	29

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Birmingham

Starting XI
#	Player	number
25	James Giles Beadle	25
4	Christoph Klarer	4
5	Phil Neumann	5
37	Jonathan William Panzo	37
8	Seung-Ho Paik	8
14	Jhon Elmer Solis Romero	14
23	Carlos Vicente	23
26	Bright Osayi-Samuel	26
10	Demarai Gray	10
28	Jay Stansfield	28
29	August Priske Flyger	29

Substitutes
#	Player	number
21	Ryan Allsop	21
2	Ethan Benjamin Laird	2
6	Jack Robinson	6
7	Tommy Doyle	7
16	Patrick Roberts	16
24	Tomoki Iwata	24
27	Kanya Fujimoto	27
17	Ibrahim Osman	17
33	Marvin Ducksch	33