Ipswich Town 4-3 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 23 September 2023

Result

Ipswich Town 4-3 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 23 September 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-1

Ipswich Town · Blackburn Rovers · Championship predictions

Ipswich Town 4-3 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Ipswich Town beat Blackburn Rovers 4-3 in the Championship on Saturday 23 September 2023. It was 3-1 at half-time.

Harry Clarke opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Ipswich Town's goals came from Harry Clarke (4'), Nathan Broadhead (18'), George Hirst (25') and Massimo Luongo (79'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Arnór Sigurdsson (9'), an own goal by Harry Clarke (52') and Sammie Szmodics (65').

Discipline: Ipswich Town received 3 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Ipswich Town were 3rd on 18 points from 7 and Blackburn Rovers 12th on 10 points from 7. Ipswich Town went on to finish that season 2nd with 96 points, and Blackburn Rovers 19th with 53.

Ipswich Town lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Massimo Luongo of Ipswich Town (8.5), ahead of Nathan Broadhead (8.1).

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Harry ClarkeIpswich Town · 1-0
  • 9'Goal · Arnór SigurdssonBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 18'Goal · Nathan BroadheadIpswich Town · 2-1
  • 25'Goal · George HirstIpswich Town · 3-1
  • 31'Yellow card · Andrew MoranBlackburn Rovers
  • 40'Yellow card · Arnór SigurdssonBlackburn Rovers
  • 48'Yellow card · Sam MorsyIpswich Town
  • 52'Own goal · Harry ClarkeBlackburn Rovers · 3-2
  • 59'Yellow card · George HirstIpswich Town
  • 62'Yellow card · Hayden CarterBlackburn Rovers
  • 65'Goal · Sammie SzmodicsBlackburn Rovers · 3-3
  • 72'Yellow card · Lewis TravisBlackburn Rovers
  • 74'Yellow card · Conor ChaplinIpswich Town
  • 79'Goal · Massimo LuongoIpswich Town · 4-3

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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Ipswich Town line-up (4-2-3-1)

Václav Hladký, Harry Clarke, Luke Woolfenden, Cameron Burgess, Leif Davis, Sam Morsy, Massimo Luongo, Wes Burns, Conor Mark Chaplin, Nathan Broadhead, George Hirst

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

Aynsley Pears, Callum Brittain, Hayden Carter, Dominic Hyam, Harry Pickering, Lewis Travis, Adam Wharton, A. Moran, Sammie Szmodics, Arnór Sigurdsson, Harry Leonard