Watford 2-1 Ipswich Town: result and report

Championship · Saturday 24 March 2012

Result

Watford 2-1 Ipswich Town

Championship · Saturday 24 March 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Watford 2-1 Ipswich Town: match report

Watford won against Ipswich Town 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 24 March 2012. The half-time score was 0-1.

Jay Emmanuel-Thomas opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Watford's goals came from S. Murray (71') and Troy Deeney (82'). Ipswich Town scored through Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (18').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Watford were 15th on 51 points from 38 and Ipswich Town 14th on 51 points from 37. Watford went on to finish that season 12th with 64 points, and Ipswich Town 15th with 61.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Watford wins, 2 draws and 0 for Ipswich Town.

Going into the match Watford's last five read W-D-W-D-W and Ipswich Town's W-W-D-D-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Jay Emmanuel-ThomasIpswich Town · 0-1
  • 71'Goal · S. MurrayWatford · 1-1
  • 82'Goal · Troy DeeneyWatford · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Watford 8, draws 2, Ipswich Town 0.

Team news

Watford line-up

Tomasz Kuszczak, Carl Dickinson, Martin Taylor, Lloyd Doyley, Nyron Nosworthy, Alexander Kačaniklić, Sean Murray, Jonathan Hogg, Troy Deeney, Joe Garner, John Mark Eustace

Ipswich Town line-up

Alex Simon McCarthy, Aaron Cresswell, Damien Delaney, Tommy Smith, Carlos Edwards, Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, Lee Martin, Andy Drury, Michael Chopra, Daryl Murphy, Lee Bowyer