Two goals from leading scorer Wes Burns, a well-struck effort by Tyreeq Bakinson and a poacher’s finish from James Norwood secured Ipswich a 4-0 League One victory at home to Charlton.
Town swept into a two-goal lead in a blistering opening 11 minutes.
Bakinson opened the scoring when he rifled a 20-yard shot into the top corner of the Athletic goal and Burns extended the Ipswich lead with his 12th goal of the season.
Macauley Bonne had the ball in the net but his effort was ruled offside and Charlton almost reduced the arrears but were thwarted when Ipswich goalkeeper Christian Walton tipped a header from Jayden Stockley round the post.
Town extended their lead through Burns when he converted a cross from Bonne but Conor Washington should have replied for Charlton with just Walton to beat.
A wonderful move thrilled most of the 26,002 fans in the stadium which ended with Sam Morsy side footing the ball wide.
Charlton struck the crossbar through Stockley, Ryan Inniss powered a header narrowly wide and Walton was on hand to grab the ball following a scrabble in the Ipswich six-yard box.
Norwood rounded off the scoring in the dying moments when he drilled a shot past Nathan Harness from an acute angle.
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Line-ups
Ipswich
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 28Walton
- 44DonacienSubstituted forVincent-Youngat 56′minutes
- 6Woolfenden
- 47Baggott
- 7Burns
- 12Bakinson
- 55Morsy
- 3Penney
- 21ChaplinSubstituted forHumphreysat 75′minutes
- 43Celina
- 18BonneSubstituted forNorwoodat 85′minutes
Substitutes
- 9Pigott
- 10Norwood
- 16El Mizouni
- 23Aluko
- 24Vincent-Young
- 30Humphreys
- 31Hladky
Charlton
Formation 3-5-2
- 31Harness
- 24Inniss
- 6Pearce
- 5Famewo
- 16Matthews
- 11GilbeySubstituted forAnekeat 54′minutes
- 4DobsonBooked at 48mins
- 10MorganSubstituted forForster-Caskeyat 68′minutes
- 23Blackett-Taylor
- 14WashingtonSubstituted forLeeat 75′minutes
- 9Stockley
Substitutes
- 7Jaiyesimi
- 8Forster-Caskey
- 17Lee
- 22Aneke
- 30Henderson
- 48Burstow
- 50Elerewe
- Referee:
- Charles Breakspear
- Attendance:
- 26,002
Live Text
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Match ends, Ipswich Town 4, Charlton Athletic 0.
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Second Half ends, Ipswich Town 4, Charlton Athletic 0.
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Foul by Tyreeq Bakinson (Ipswich Town).
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Elliot Lee (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Attempt blocked. Bersant Celina (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cameron Humphreys.
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Foul by Kane Vincent-Young (Ipswich Town).
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Adam Matthews (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Goal! Ipswich Town 4, Charlton Athletic 0. James Norwood (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Cameron Humphreys with a through ball.
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Attempt missed. Bersant Celina (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
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Attempt blocked. Sam Morsy (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Wes Burns.
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Substitution, Ipswich Town. James Norwood replaces Macauley Bonne.
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Attempt saved. Chuks Aneke (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ryan Inniss.
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Attempt blocked. Ryan Inniss (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Akin Famewo.
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Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Luke Woolfenden.
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Attempt blocked. Jayden Stockley (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jake Forster-Caskey.
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Foul by Luke Woolfenden (Ipswich Town).
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Jayden Stockley (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Bersant Celina (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Jake Forster-Caskey (Charlton Athletic).
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Foul by Kane Vincent-Young (Ipswich Town).
