Ipswich Town vs Aston Villa LIVE: Premier League result and reaction as Liam Delap scores twice to save point
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Ipswich Town drew 2-2 with Aston Villa in the Premier League on Sunday at Portman Road where Liam Delap opened the scoring for the home side before grabbing the equaliser in the second half.
Ipswich took an early lead when Jack Clarke cut the ball back for Delap to beat Emi Martinez in goal but Villa levelled seven minutes later when Morgan Rogers pounced on a poor clearance and made it 1-1.
Ollie Watkins gave Villa the lead when he headed home a Leon Bailey cross but Ipswich struck again through Delap when he beat the offside trap on a counter-attack and found the bottom corner after 72 minutes to set up a tense finale.
Neither side could find a winner, however, as Villa failed to move into the top four, sitting fifth with 13 points, while Ipswich are 15th with four points as the promoted side continue to wait for a first win on their return to the Premier League.
A fine brace by Liam Delap earned Ipswich Town a fourth consecutive draw and denied Aston Villa the chance to go joint top of the Premier League.
Villa looked set to warm up for Wednesday’s visit of Bayern Munich in the Champions League with another comeback victory after first-half efforts by Morgan Rogers and Ollie Watkins cancelled out Delap’s opener.
Kieran McKenna’s newly promoted team had other ideas with Delap’s superb 72nd-minute solo effort enough to ensure the spoils were shared after an entertaining 2-2 draw at Portman Road.
Ipswich Town vs Aston Villa
2-2 is the final score here at Portman Road, with Ipswich getting back into the contest and securing their fourth consecutive draw in the league, bumping up to 15th. Villa miss their chance to top the league with a win, and remain in 5th place, despite their joint-strongest start to a season since 2008-09 with 13 points after six games. Ipswich took an early lead but went into the second half 2-1 down thanks to goals from Rogers and Watkins for Villa. Delap, who bagged the opener for the home side, got himself his second from an incredible, individual goal and becomes the first Ipswich player to score a brace in a league match since Marcus Bent in 2002. Emery may have had half of his attention on the upcoming clash against Bayern Munich, pulling star players in the second half. Ipswich finished stronger on xG with 1.12 to Villa’s 0.82, probably disappointed they didn’t secure their first win of the season, whilst the away side edged possession with 56% of play. As mentioned, Villa host Bayern Munich next, whilst Ipswich will face West Ham next in the league. That’s all for today, thank you!
Ipswich Town vs Aston Villa
We’re past the allocated minutes of added time here, and Ipswich are pushing for a very late winner…
Ipswich Town vs Aston Villa
The consequent corner is swung in and cleared, with a dangerous cross coming back into the box but the flag is up for offside, much to Villa’s relief.
Ipswich Town vs Aston Villa
Burns wins a late corner, with Ipswich finishing the stronger here. Villa will be glad of just the point at this stage, and they concede yet another corner…
Ipswich Town vs Aston Villa
Substitution Samy Sayed Mekway Said Morsy Massimo Corey Luongo
Ipswich Town vs Aston Villa
The fourth official shows five minutes of added time.
Ipswich Town vs Aston Villa
Substitution Liam Rory Delap George David Eric Hirst
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