Ipswich Town 2-2 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Sunday 6 May 2018

Result

Ipswich Town 2-2 Middlesbrough

Championship · Sunday 6 May 2018, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

Ipswich Town · Middlesbrough · Championship predictions

Ipswich Town 2-2 Middlesbrough: match report

Ipswich Town drew with Middlesbrough 2-2 in the Championship on Sunday 6 May 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Freddie Sears opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Ipswich Town's goals came from Freddie Sears (8') and Martyn Waghorn (83', penalty). Middlesbrough scored through Stewart Downing (71') and P. Bamford (90+6').

Discipline: Ipswich Town received 3 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Ipswich Town were 13th on 59 points from 45 and Middlesbrough 5th on 75 points from 45. Ipswich Town went on to finish that season 12th with 60 points, and Middlesbrough 6th with 77.

Ipswich Town lined up in a 3-5-2 and Middlesbrough in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Adama Traoré of Middlesbrough (9.4), ahead of Martyn Waghorn (9.0).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Freddie SearsIpswich Town · 1-0
  • 12'Yellow card · Cole SkuseIpswich Town
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Tristan NydamIpswich Town
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Freddie SearsIpswich Town
  • 71'Goal · Stewart DowningMiddlesbrough · 1-1
  • 83'Penalty goal · Martyn WaghornIpswich Town · 2-1
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Ben GibsonMiddlesbrough
  • 90+6'Goal · P. BamfordMiddlesbrough · 2-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Ipswich Town 3, draws 2, Middlesbrough 5.

Team news

Ipswich Town line-up (3-5-2)

Bartosz Białkowski, Jonas Knudsen, Adam Webster, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Cole Skuse, Jordan Spence, Callum Connolly, Tristan Nydam, Myles Kenlock, Martyn Waghorn, Freddie Sears

Middlesbrough line-up (4-3-3)

Darren Randolph, George Friend, Yuki Takahashi, Ryan Shotton, Ben Gibson, Adam Clayton, Jonathan Howson, M. Bešić, Britt Assombalonga, Stewart Downing, Adama Traoré