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Commentary
5¹A accurate pass found PITMAN and his right foot effort flew narrowly wide.
6¹CHAMBERS hit a right foot shot wide from long range.
10¹GOAL!! A terrible goal-kick was intercepted by FOLEY who setup RAÚL GARCÍA with a simple chance. (1-0 Ipswich Town)
17¹GOAL!! A clever set-piece enabled PITMAN to hammer the ball home. (2-0 Ipswich Town)
29¹MURPHY shot over.
30¹Uncertainty in the Ipswich Town defence enabled IMMOBILE to crack an effort over.
32¹A free-kick from AQUILANI flew wide.
33¹GROUNDS fired the ball through a ruck of players but the Ipswich Town 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
41¹RAÚL GARCÍA made space on the right and knocked the ball to LAWRENCE who rasped the ball over.
42¹A neatly crafted cross from FABBRINI was hit goalbound by IMMOBILE only for the Ipswich Town 'keeper to palm clear.
1²A cross from ARTHUR left IMMOBILE in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
2²GOAL!! A great twenty-five yard shot from DONALDSON shook the woodwork and in the ensuing scramble the ball was nodded into the net by GROUNDS. (2-1 Ipswich Town)
3²MURPHY was put clear by PITMAN and he beat the Birmingham City 'keeper but rammed his shot over.
6²The referee books LAWRENCE for an off-the-ball incident against ARTHUR.
12²A fine ball from RUÍZ on the right bobbled toward MASUAKU who mishit his shot over.
14²MASUAKU's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
16²LAWRENCE stroked an easy chance past the righthand post.
21²FABBRINI played the ball to IMMOBILE who turned it wide.
27²GOAL!! A great dummy from DAVIS allowed MORRISON to lay a exceptional ball off to AQUILANI who glanced the ball into the back of the net. (2-2)
30²SHOTTON cautioned for a bad tackle on RAÚL GARCÍA.
36²LAWRENCE headed over.
44²A lovely effort from SHOTTON scraped the top of the crossbar.

 
Ipswich Town
 
League position: 23
Home league form: WLWW
Overall league form: LWLWLLWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Dean GERKEN7 16 Adam LEGZDINS
Luke CHAMBERS6½26 Michael MORRISON
Arthur MASUAKU6 36 Jonathan GROUNDS
(c)RAÚL GARCÍA Escudero8½48 Alberto AQUILANI
MEHMET Topal7½57 Paolo CANNAVARO(c)
Víctor RUÍZ7 65½Ryan SHOTTON
Kevin FOLEY6 76 Koby ARTHUR
Tom LAWRENCE6½86 Diego FABBRINI
(p)Daryl MURPHY7½97 Ciro IMMOBILE(p)
(f)MARIO SUÁREZ Mata7½106 David DAVIS(f)
Brett PITMAN6½116 Clayton DONALDSON
Manager
Jonathan DOUGLAS  12  Maikel KIEFTENBELD
Jonathan BOND  13  Connal TRUEMAN
RAÚL RODRÍGUEZ Navarro7½146½Nicolai BROCK-MADSEN
Luke VARNEY  15  Stephen GLEESON
Luke HYAM  16  Robert TESCHE
 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 14
Away league form: LLLL
Overall league form: WLXLXXLL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Ipswich Town 2 Birmingham City 2
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 30,247, Stadium: Portman Road, Referee: Russell Booth 6)

Raúl García 10¹, Pitman 17¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Grounds 2², Aquilani 27²
MasuakuóRaúl Rodríguez 15²CannavaroóBrock-Madsen 12²
  
Lawrence 6²Shotton 30²
21
59
43
44
127
1611
22
57%43%
Man of the match: Raúl García Escudero