Ipswich vs Blackburn

23 September 2023 · Championship · 2023/24 · Referee K Stroud

Full time 4 – 3

Half-time: 3–1

Harry Clarke 4’
Nathan Broadhead 18’
George Hirst 25’
Massimo Luongo 79’

Arnór Sigurðsson 9’
Harry Clarke 52’ (og)
Sammie Szmodics 65’

Match summary

Ipswich won 4-3 at home to Blackburn. Ipswich led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Harry Clarke put Ipswich ahead from a corner in the 4th minute, Arnór Sigurðsson equalised in the 9th minute, Nathan Broadhead put Ipswich back in front in the 18th minute, and George Hirst made it 3-1 in the 25th minute. In the second half, Clarke's own goal pulled one back to make it 3-2 in the 52nd minute, Sammie Szmodics equalised in the 65th minute, and Massimo Luongo won it in the 79th minute.

The chances backed that up: Ipswich created 3.03 expected goals (xG) from 29 shots to Blackburn's 0.92 from 10.

Match stats

29 Shots 10

11 Shots on Target 5

10 Corners 5

3 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 0

3.03 xG 0.92

3.03 Non-penalty xG 0.92

Key events

Ipswich Blackburn

Kick-off

Harry Clarke

1-0

4’

9’

Arnór Sigurðsson

1-1

Nathan Broadhead

2-1

18’

George Hirst

3-1

25’

Half-time3-1

52’

Harry Clarke
Own goal

3-2

65’

Sammie Szmodics

3-3

Massimo Luongo

4-3

79’

Full-time4-3

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Ipswich

Sam Morsy
Conor Chaplin
George Hirst

Blackburn

Hayden Carter
Lewis Travis
Andrew Moran
Arnór Sigurðsson

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Ipswich 3.03 xGBlackburn 0.92 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Blackburn attacking Ipswich attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players


Václav Hladký	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Harry Clarke Taken off	60′	1	–	2	0.09	–	–	–
Luke Woolfenden	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cameron Burgess	90′	–	–	2	0.13	–	–	–
Leif Davis	90′	–	–	1	0.11	–	–	–
Sam Morsy	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Massimo Luongo	90′	1	–	1	0.21	–	–	–
Wes Burns Taken off	60′	–	–	1	0.04	–	–	–
Conor Chaplin Taken off	77′	–	–	6	0.52	–	–
Nathan Broadhead Taken off	83′	1	–	5	0.43	–	–	–
George Hirst Taken off	78′	1	–	3	0.51	–	–
Brandon Williams Came on as a substitute	30′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Omari Hutchinson Came on as a substitute	30′	–	–	3	0.46	–	–	–
Marcus Harness Came on as a substitute	13′	–	–	3	0.32	–	–	–
Dane Scarlett Came on as a substitute	12′	–	–	1	0.04	–	–	–
Jack Taylor Came on as a substitute	7′	–	–	1	0.17	–	–	–

Players16 players


Aynsley Pears	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Callum Brittain Taken off	81′	–	–	1	0.14	–	–	–
Hayden Carter	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dominic Hyam	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Harry Pickering	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lewis Travis	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Adam Wharton	90′	–	–	3	0.09	–	–	–
Andrew Moran Taken off	46′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sammie Szmodics	90′	1	–	2	0.12	–	–	–
Arnór Sigurðsson Taken off	46′	1	–	2	0.38	–	–
Harry Leonard Taken off	82′	–	–	1	0.08	–	–	–
Tyrhys Dolan Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	1	0.11	–	–	–
Ryan Hedges Came on as a substituteTaken off	44′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dilan Markanday Came on as a substitute	35′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Joe Rankin-Costello Came on as a substitute	9′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Semir Telalović Came on as a substitute	8′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Ipswich win 57% Avg odds 1.66

Draw 23% Avg odds 4.22

Blackburn win 20% Avg odds 4.71

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Ipswich W L W W W

Blackburn L W L W L

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Blackburn 0-1 Ipswich, 29 Mar 24 All Ipswich vs Blackburn meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.