Ipswich Town 3-2 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 2 September 2023

Result

Ipswich Town 3-2 Cardiff City

Championship · Saturday 2 September 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Ipswich Town · Cardiff City · Championship predictions

Ipswich Town 3-2 Cardiff City: match report

Ipswich Town defeated Cardiff City 3-2 in the Championship on Saturday 2 September 2023. The half-time score was 0-1.

Aaron Ramsey opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Ipswich Town's goals came from Nathan Broadhead (59'), Freddie Ladapo (68') and Freddie Ladapo (78'). Cardiff City scored through Aaron Ramsey (30') and Joe Ralls (52').

Discipline: Ipswich Town received 4 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Ipswich Town were 6th on 9 points from 4 and Cardiff City 18th on 4 points from 4. Ipswich Town went on to finish that season 2nd with 96 points, and Cardiff City 12th with 62.

Ipswich Town lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Freddie Ladapo of Ipswich Town (8.9), ahead of Aaron Ramsey (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Ipswich Town win, 3 draws and 6 for Cardiff City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Goal · Aaron RamseyCardiff City · 0-1
  • 33'Yellow card · Harry ClarkeIpswich Town
  • 38'Yellow card · Ollie TannerCardiff City
  • 52'Goal · Joe RallsCardiff City · 0-2
  • 59'Goal · Nathan BroadheadIpswich Town · 1-2
  • 64'Yellow card · Wes BurnsIpswich Town
  • 65'Yellow card · Perry NgCardiff City
  • 68'Goal · Freddie LadapoIpswich Town · 2-2
  • 78'Goal · Freddie LadapoIpswich Town · 3-2
  • 87'Yellow card · Jonathan PanzoCardiff City
  • 90'Yellow card · Brandon WilliamsIpswich Town
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Nathan BroadheadIpswich Town

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Ipswich Town 1, draws 3, Cardiff City 6.

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

Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson, Perry Ng, Mark McGuinness, Dimitrios Goutas, Jamilu Collins, Manolis Siopis, Joe Ralls, Ollie Tanner, Aaron Ramsey, Karlan Grant, Yakou Méïté