High-flying Sunderland were held to an entertaining draw by mid-table Ipswich in League One.
James Norwood put the home side in front in added time at the end of the first half but Nathan Broadhead cancelled out Ipswich’s lead early in the second period.
Ipswich, who had newly-appointed manager Kieran McKenna watching from the stands before he takes charge on Monday, had the lion’s share of the opening exchanges and in the 10th minute Wes Burns’ cross was fired over the bar by an unmarked Matt Penney.
Norwood gave the home side a deserved lead when Macauley Bonne’s low cross looped up off a defender for the Ipswich forward to head home off the underside of the bar.
Broadhead levelled five minutes into the second half when he latched onto a pinpoint through ball from Dan Neil to fire home.
Ipswich substitute Kane Vincent-Young bent a low shot just wide of Sunderland’s left-hand post before the visitors failed to make a flurry of late corners pay dividends as honours ended even.
Match report supplied by PA Media.
Line-ups
Ipswich
Formation 4-4-2
- 28Walton
- 44Donacien
- 6Woolfenden
- 5Edmundson
- 3PenneySubstituted forVincent-Youngat 63′minutes
- 7BurnsBooked at 68mins
- 55Morsy
- 8Evans
- 23Aluko
- 18Bonne
- 10NorwoodSubstituted forChaplinat 69′minutes
Substitutes
- 9Pigott
- 11Fraser
- 21Chaplin
- 24Vincent-Young
- 25Carroll
- 26Burgess
- 31Hladky
Sunderland
Formation 3-4-1-2
- 39Hoffmann
- 26Wright
- 3FlanaganBooked at 60mins
- 6Doyle
- 7DajakuSubstituted forHumeat 41′minutes
- 15WinchesterBooked at 52mins
- 24Neil
- 11Gooch
- 21PritchardSubstituted forEmbletonat 63′minutes
- 14StewartBooked at 62mins
- 9BroadheadSubstituted forO’Brienat 86′minutes
Substitutes
- 5Alves
- 8Embleton
- 10O’Brien
- 20Patterson
- 25Younger
- 33Hume
- 48Mbunga-Kimpioka
- Referee:
- Thomas Bramall
- Attendance:
- 29,005
Live Text
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Match ends, Ipswich Town 1, Sunderland 1.
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Second Half ends, Ipswich Town 1, Sunderland 1.
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Kane Vincent-Young (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Elliot Embleton (Sunderland).
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Attempt missed. Sone Aluko (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Luke Woolfenden following a corner.
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Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Tom Flanagan.
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Attempt blocked. Sone Aluko (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sam Morsy.
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Attempt missed. Wes Burns (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
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Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Denver Hume.
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Substitution, Sunderland. Aiden O’Brien replaces Nathan Broadhead.
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Wes Burns (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Denver Hume (Sunderland).
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Attempt missed. Wes Burns (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Sam Morsy.
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Attempt blocked. Conor Chaplin (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kane Vincent-Young.
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Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Luke Woolfenden.
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Attempt missed. Bailey Wright (Sunderland) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Elliot Embleton with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Macauley Bonne.
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Attempt missed. Lynden Gooch (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
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Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Luke Woolfenden.
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Attempt saved. Conor Chaplin (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Macauley Bonne with a headed pass.
