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Late Goal Rescues a Point for Ipswich Against Blackburn in Thrilling Draw
Blackburn and Ipswich played out a draw in a hard-fought match at Ewood Park, leaving both teams with mixed feelings. The Championship clash, corresponding to matchday six, was marked by a physical and tactical game, reflected in the numerous yellow cards handed out by referee Oliver Langford.
Blackburn controlled 46% of the possession and created more goal-scoring opportunities, with 14 shots, 3 of which were on target. However, the Ipswich defense stood firm, although they couldn’t prevent yellow cards for C. Kipre, A. Matusiwa, and L. Davis. Blackburn’s persistence paid off in the 76th minute when A. Gudjohnsen, assisted by G. Pratt, opened the scoring.
Ipswich, with 54% possession, struggled to find gaps in the home defense and managed 10 shots, with only one on target. It seemed that Blackburn was heading for victory, but in the 90th minute, S. W. Egeli, assisted by J. Clarke, scored the equalizer, rescuing a valuable point for Ipswich. Blackburn had more corners (9) than Ipswich (3). The home side committed 12 fouls, while Ipswich committed 11.
Substitutions ipswich: at minute 46 J. Taylor came in and M. Nunez went out., at minute 46 I. Azon came in and J. Cajuste went out., at minute 68 C. Akpom came in and G. Hirst went out., at minute 68 K. McAteer came in and J. Philogene went out., at minute 80 A. Matusiwa came in and S. W. Egeli went out.
Substitutions blackburn: at minute 56 A. Forshaw came in and S. Tavares went out., at minute 71 T. Gardner-Hickman came in and T. Cantwell went out., at minute 72 R. Morishita came in and M. Baradji went out., at minute 78 R. Hedges came in and D. De Neve went out., at minute 78 A. Gudjohnsen came in and M. Gueye went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Blackburn

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