Ipswich Town 2-1 Fulham: Late goals give Ipswich win over Fulham

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Ipswich Town beat Fulham 2-1 in the Premier League at Portman Road Stadium on Saturday 10 October. Abdoul Ouattara equalised in the 88th minute and Dara O’Shea scored the winner in the 90+1 minute, after Ryan Sessegnon had put Fulham ahead in the 55th minute. The match, played in Matchweek 6, kicked off at 3pm and was refereed by Lewis Smith.

How the goals came

The first half finished 0-0. Fulham took the lead in the 55th minute when Sessegnon scored with a left-foot shot. The score stayed 1-0 until late in the match.

Ipswich equalised in the 88th minute through Ouattara, who also scored with a left-foot shot. Three minutes later, in the 90+1 minute, O’Shea scored what proved to be the winning goal, with Jack Clarke credited with the assist. Clarke had come on as a substitute for Jaden Philogene in the 63rd minute, so Ipswich scored twice in the final three minutes of normal time plus the first minute of stoppage time.

Match stats

Fulham had 52% of possession to Ipswich’s 48%. Fulham had 13 shots to Ipswich’s 11, and each side put five on target. Fulham were credited with three big chances and Ipswich with two.

Fulham won five corners to Ipswich’s two. Ipswich’s pass accuracy was 86% and Fulham’s was 83%. Each goalkeeper made three saves. Fulham committed 10 fouls and Ipswich eight, and Fulham were flagged offside once while Ipswich were not flagged at all.

Cards and changes

Five yellow cards were shown, all for ffouls. Ipswich’s Leif Davis was booked in the 19th minute. Fulham had four players booked: Joshua David Steven King in the 44th minute, Calvin Bassey in the 51st, Manuel Ángel in the 84th and Emile Smith Rowe in the 90+4 minute. No red cards were shown.

Ipswich made four substitutions. Clarke replaced Philogene and Exequiel Palacios replaced Florentino in the 63rd minute. Chuba Akpom replaced Julio Enciso and Zian Flemming replaced Emersonn in the 71st, and Sindre Walle Egeli replaced Daizen Maeda in the 81st.

Fulham also made four changes. Manuel Ángel replaced Shea Charles in the 71st minute. Kevin replaced Oscar Bobb and Rodrigo Muniz replaced King in the 76th. Hugo Larsson replaced Gonzalo García Torres and Smith Rowe replaced Alex Iwobi in the 87th.

Ipswich were without Jack Taylor, who has had knee surgery, and Abdul Fatawu Issahaku, who was suspended. Fulham were without Tom Cairney, who has also had knee surgery.

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