Cardiff City 3-1 Ipswich Town: result and report
Championship · Saturday 18 March 2017
Result
Cardiff City 3-1 Ipswich Town
Championship · Saturday 18 March 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Cardiff City 3-1 Ipswich Town: match report
Cardiff City defeated Ipswich Town 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 18 March 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.
Luke Chambers opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Cardiff City's goals came from K. Zohorè (36'), K. Zohorè (50') and Joe Bennett (63'). Ipswich Town scored through Luke Chambers (23').
Discipline: Cardiff City received no yellow cards; Ipswich Town received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cardiff City were 12th on 50 points from 37 and Ipswich Town 16th on 45 points from 37. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 11th with 64 points, and Ipswich Town 16th with 55.
Cardiff City lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Ipswich Town in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Kenneth Zohore of Cardiff City (8.8), ahead of Sol Bamba (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Cardiff City wins, 4 draws and 3 for Ipswich Town.
Key events
- 23'Goal · Luke Chambers
- 36'Goal · K. Zohorè
- 50'Goal · K. Zohorè
- 53'Yellow card · Christophe Berra
- 63'Goal · Joe Bennett
- 68'Yellow card · Juan Carlos León
Head-to-head
Team news
Cardiff City line-up (4-4-1-1)
Allan McGregor, Jazz Richards, Sean Morrison, Sol Bamba, Joe Bennett, Craig Noone, Aron Gunnarsson, Peter Whittingham, Kadeem Harris, Junior Hoilett, Kenneth Zohore
Ipswich Town line-up (5-3-2)
Bartosz Białkowski, Jordan Spence, Luke Chambers, Christophe Berra, Tommy Smith, Jonas Knudsen, Grant Ward, Cole Skuse, Toumani Diagouraga, David McGoldrick, Tom Lawrence