Cardiff City 3-1 Ipswich Town: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 31 October 2017

Result

Cardiff City 3-1 Ipswich Town

Championship · Tuesday 31 October 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

Cardiff City · Ipswich Town · Championship predictions

Cardiff City 3-1 Ipswich Town: match report

Cardiff City beat Ipswich Town 3-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 31 October 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.

Junior Hoilett opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Junior Hoilett (12'), O. Bogle (46') and Danny Ward (90+1'). Ipswich Town scored through Bersant Celina (90').

Discipline: Cardiff City received 1 yellow card; Ipswich Town received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 3rd on 28 points from 14 and Ipswich Town 10th on 21 points from 13. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 4th with 90 points, and Ipswich Town 12th with 60.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Ipswich Town in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Nathaniel Méndez-Laing of Cardiff City (8.6), ahead of Junior Hoilett (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Cardiff City wins, 4 draws and 2 for Ipswich Town.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Junior HoilettCardiff City · 1-0
  • 46'Goal · O. BogleCardiff City · 2-0
  • 60'Yellow card · Tommy SmithIpswich Town
  • 83'Yellow card · S. MorrisonCardiff City
  • 90'Goal · Bersant CelinaIpswich Town · 2-1
  • 90+1'Goal · Danny WardCardiff City · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cardiff City 4, draws 4, Ipswich Town 2.

Team news

Cardiff City line-up (4-1-4-1)

Neil Etheridge, Lee Peltier, Sean Morrison, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Callum Paterson, Lee Tomlin, Joe Ralls, Sol Bamba, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, Junior Hoilett, Omar Bogle

Ipswich Town line-up (4-1-4-1)

Bartosz Białkowski, Dominic Iorfa, Jonas Knudsen, Luke Chambers, Tommy Smith, Cole Skuse, Bersant Celina, Grant Ward, Flynn Downes, Kévin Bru, Joe Garner