- English Npower Championship
- 17 April 2012, 7:45pm
- Portman Road
- Attendance: 16,503
Ipswich | v | Birmingham |
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Match ends, Ipswich Town 1, Birmingham City 1.
90+4 mins:Second Half ends, Ipswich Town 1, Birmingham City 1.
90+3 mins:Attempt saved. Daryl Murphy (Ipswich Town) header from the centre of the box is saved. Assisted by Lee Martin with a cross.
90+3 mins:Attempt saved. Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from outside the box is saved.
90+1 mins:Offside, Birmingham City. Marlon King tries a through ball, but Marlon King is caught offside.
87 mins:Substitution, Birmingham City. Adam Rooney replaces Nikola Zigic.
87 mins:Attempt blocked. Carlos Edwards (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
86 mins:Attempt blocked. Marlon King (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
86 mins:Attempt saved. Nikola Zigic (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved. Assisted by Colin Doyle.
80 mins:Attempt missed. Andy Drury (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
79 mins:Offside, Birmingham City. Marlon King tries a through ball, but Marlon King is caught offside.
79 mins:Attempt saved. Lee Martin (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved.
78 mins:Hand ball by Lee Martin (Ipswich Town).
77 mins:Substitution, Birmingham City. Nathan Redmond replaces Andros Townsend.
77 mins:Foul by Daryl Murphy (Ipswich Town).
77 mins:Wade Elliott (Birmingham City) wins a free kick.
76 mins:Attempt saved. Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from outside the box is saved.
76 mins:Attempt missed. Marlon King (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
75 mins:Goal! Ipswich Town 1, Birmingham City 1. Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Carlos Edwards.
72 mins:Attempt saved. Marlon King (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved.
72 mins:Attempt missed. Lee Martin (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box.
71 mins:Corner, Ipswich Town.
70 mins:Attempt missed. Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
69 mins:Foul by Nikola Zigic (Birmingham City).
69 mins:Andy Drury (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick.
68 mins:Foul by Daryl Murphy (Ipswich Town).
68 mins:Curtis Davies (Birmingham City) wins a free kick.
68 mins:Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (Ipswich Town) hits the bar with a left footed shot from outside the box.
67 mins:Foul by David Murphy (Birmingham City).
67 mins:Lee Martin (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick.
66 mins:Offside, Ipswich Town. Lee Martin tries a through ball, but Lee Martin is caught offside.
65 mins:Corner, Ipswich Town.
65 mins:Attempt saved. Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved.
64 mins:Foul by Andros Townsend (Birmingham City).
64 mins:Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick.
64 mins:Substitution, Ipswich Town. Jay Emmanuel-Thomas replaces Jason Scotland.
61 mins:Corner, Ipswich Town.
61 mins:Attempt blocked. Daryl Murphy (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
59 mins:Foul by Morgaro Gomis (Birmingham City).
59 mins:Andy Drury (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick.
58 mins:Attempt saved. Jason Scotland (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from outside the box is saved.
57 mins:Corner, Ipswich Town.
56 mins:Corner, Ipswich Town.
56 mins:Attempt blocked. Lee Martin (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Aaron Cresswell with a cross.
55 mins:Foul by Wade Elliott (Birmingham City).
55 mins:Andy Drury (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick.
54 mins:Attempt missed. Andros Townsend (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
53 mins:Attempt missed. Michael Chopra (Ipswich Town) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Aaron Cresswell with a cross.
52 mins:Attempt missed. Wade Elliott (Birmingham City) right footed shot from long range on the left is too high from a direct free kick.
51 mins:Foul by Michael Chopra (Ipswich Town).
51 mins:David Murphy (Birmingham City) wins a free kick.
50 mins:Corner, Birmingham City.
50 mins:Attempt saved. Nikola Zigic (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved.
49 mins:Offside, Birmingham City. Nikola Zigic tries a through ball, but Nikola Zigic is caught offside.
48 mins:Corner, Birmingham City.
Second Half begins Ipswich Town 0, Birmingham City 1.
45+3 mins:First Half ends, Ipswich Town 0, Birmingham City 1.
45+1 mins:Goal! Ipswich Town 0, Birmingham City 1. Chris Burke (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andros Townsend.
41 mins:Attempt saved. Aaron Cresswell (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from outside the box is saved.
40 mins:Morgaro Gomis (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
40 mins:Foul by Morgaro Gomis (Birmingham City).
40 mins:Grant Leadbitter (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick.
39 mins:Corner, Ipswich Town.
38 mins:Corner, Ipswich Town.
38 mins:Foul by Andros Townsend (Birmingham City).
38 mins:Carlos Edwards (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick.
36 mins:Attempt missed. Daryl Murphy (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high.
36 mins:Attempt saved. Jason Scotland (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved.
35 mins:Substitution, Birmingham City. Pablo Ibáñez replaces Steven Caldwell.
35 mins:Corner, Ipswich Town.
29 mins:Offside, Ipswich Town. Daryl Murphy tries a through ball, but Daryl Murphy is caught offside.
28 mins:Foul by Damien Delaney (Ipswich Town).
28 mins:Marlon King (Birmingham City) wins a free kick.
26 mins:Attempt missed. Aaron Cresswell (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
25 mins:Corner, Ipswich Town.
25 mins:Corner, Ipswich Town.
23 mins:Foul by Morgaro Gomis (Birmingham City).
23 mins:Lee Martin (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick.
21 mins:Offside, Birmingham City. Nikola Zigic tries a through ball, but Nikola Zigic is caught offside.
20 mins:Foul by Daryl Murphy (Ipswich Town).
20 mins:Peter Ramage (Birmingham City) wins a free kick.
15 mins:Corner, Ipswich Town.
10 mins:Attempt saved. Michael Chopra (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from outside the box is saved.
10 mins:Foul by Morgaro Gomis (Birmingham City).
10 mins:Carlos Edwards (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick.
8 mins:Offside, Birmingham City. Marlon King tries a through ball, but Marlon King is caught offside.
6 mins:Offside, Ipswich Town. Michael Chopra tries a through ball, but Michael Chopra is caught offside.
4 mins:Foul by Michael Chopra (Ipswich Town).
4 mins:David Murphy (Birmingham City) wins a free kick.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- English Npower Championship
- 17 April 2012, 7:45pm
- Portman Road
- Attendance: 16,503
| Ipswich | v | Birmingham |
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match report
Birmingham missed the chance to book their place in the Championship play-offs after being held to a 1-1 draw against Ipswich at Portman Road.
A win would have ensured at least a sixth-placed finish for Blues, who were playing their 51st game of the campaign, and they were on their way as Chris Burke's sweet finish in first-half injury time put them ahead on Tuesday night.
But Ipswich had been the much better team and after Daryl Murphy missed a sitter in the first half and Jay Emmanuel-Thomas rattled the crossbar in the second, the former Arsenal striker finally gave his side some just desserts in the 75th minute with a close-range finish.
Blues must finish the job in their two remaining games and with three draws from their last three games, they are limping over the line.
Having registered one win in the last seven and with no chance of going up or down, Paul Jewell's men will be desperate for the summer to come.
Blues arrived at Portman Road having escaped with a draw from Saturday's encounter with Bristol City, having trailed 2-0, and boss Chris Hughton made two changes, with Morgaro Gomis and Wade Elliott coming into midfield.
The hosts made one change with Michael Chopra coming into the attack at the expense of Emmanuel-Thomas.
It was an uneventful and chanceless start but the home supporters finally had something to get excited about 10 minutes before the interval when Jason Scotland advanced through on goal, but his low shot was blocked by Colin Doyle and Murphy blazed the rebound over when a more cultured effort would have done.
Ipswich were building up a head of steam and went close again when Aaron Cresswell's low drive was spilled by Doyle, but the loose ball went to safety.
But then, with their first effort on goal in stoppage time, Blues took a lead their first half play had simply not warranted.
Andros Townsend found Burke just outside the area and he composed himself and found the bottom corner with a sweet strike from 20 yards for his 14th goal of the season.
Blues were boosted by their undeserved lead and they could have doubled it early in the second period, but Arran Lee-Barrett did well to deny Nikola Zigic.
Ipswich began to whip up a bit of a storm in response and they should have been level soon after as Cresswell's superb cross was headed over by Chopra before substitute Emmanuel-Thomas thundered an effort into the bar with a superb effort from distance.
Their reward eventually came with 15 minutes to go and Emmanuel-Thomas went one better by converting Carlos Edwards' cross from close range.
Birmingham could have snatched victory in the final 10 minutes but Lee-Barrett denied Marlon King and then Cresswell cleared off the line from Zigic as it ended all square.
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