Ipswich Town 2-1 Coventry City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 2 December 2023

Result

Ipswich Town 2-1 Coventry City

Championship · Saturday 2 December 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Ipswich Town · Coventry City · Championship predictions

Ipswich Town 2-1 Coventry City: match report

Ipswich Town defeated Coventry City 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 2 December 2023. It was 2-0 at half-time.

George Hirst opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Ipswich Town's goals came from George Hirst (6') and Wes Burns (41'). Coventry City scored through an own goal by Brandon Williams (90+6').

Discipline: Ipswich Town received 2 yellow cards; Coventry City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Ipswich Town were 2nd on 42 points from 18 and Coventry City 15th on 22 points from 18. Ipswich Town went on to finish that season 2nd with 96 points, and Coventry City 9th with 64.

Ipswich Town lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Coventry City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Leif Davis of Ipswich Town (7.7), level with Wes Burns (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Ipswich Town wins, 2 draws and 3 for Coventry City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · George HirstIpswich Town · 1-0
  • 39'Yellow card · Massimo LuongoIpswich Town
  • 41'Goal · Wes BurnsIpswich Town · 2-0
  • 73'Missed penalty · Matt GoddenCoventry City
  • 79'Yellow card · Tatsuhiro SakamotoCoventry City
  • 89'Yellow card · Brandon WilliamsIpswich Town
  • 90+6'Own goal · Brandon WilliamsCoventry City · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Ipswich Town 5, draws 2, Coventry City 3.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Lee EvansIpswich Town · injury (Knee Problems)

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

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

Brad Collins, Milan van Ewijk, Bobby Thomas, Liam Kitching, Jake Bidwell, Ben Sheaf, Josh Eccles, Yasin Ayari, Callum O'Hare, Jamie Allen, Haji Wright