Ipswich Town 2-2 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 4 August 2018

Result

Ipswich Town 2-2 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 4 August 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

Ipswich Town · Blackburn Rovers · Championship predictions

Ipswich Town 2-2 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Ipswich Town drew with Blackburn Rovers 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 4 August 2018. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Gwion Edwards opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Ipswich Town's goals came from Gwion Edwards (5') and T. Edun (90+1'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Danny Graham (20') and B. Dack (29').

Discipline: Ipswich Town received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Ipswich Town went on to finish that season 24th with 31 points, and Blackburn Rovers 16th with 60.

Ipswich Town lined up in a 4-3-3 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Gwion Edwards of Ipswich Town (8.3), ahead of Tayo Edun (7.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Ipswich Town wins, 3 draws and 4 for Blackburn Rovers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Gwion EdwardsIpswich Town · 1-0
  • 20'Goal · Danny GrahamBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 29'Goal · B. DackBlackburn Rovers · 1-2
  • 35'Yellow card · Ellis HarrisonIpswich Town
  • 53'Yellow card · Elliott BennettBlackburn Rovers
  • 72'Yellow card · Luke ChambersIpswich Town
  • 88'Yellow card · Darragh LenihanBlackburn Rovers
  • 90'Yellow card · Richard SmallwoodBlackburn Rovers
  • 90+1'Goal · T. EdunIpswich Town · 2-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Ipswich Town 3, draws 3, Blackburn Rovers 4.

Team news

Ipswich Town line-up (4-3-3)

Bartosz Białkowski, Janoi Donacien, Jonas Knudsen, Luke Chambers, Jordan Spence, Trevoh Chalobah, Cole Skuse, Flynn Downes, Gwion Edwards, Ellis Harrison, Freddie Sears

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

David Raya, Ryan Nyambe, Derrick Williams, Charlie Mulgrew, Darragh Lenihan, Richard Smallwood, Dominic Samuel, Bradley Dack, Josef Dvornik, Elliott Bennett, Danny Graham