Ipswich Town vs Fulham LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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A first-half goal from Liam Delap was enough to earn Ipswich their first Premier League point of the season, but they had to share the spoils in a 1-1 home draw with Fulham after winger Adama Traore grabbed an equaliser.
Roared on by an enthusiastic home crowd, Delap put Ipswich ahead in the 15th minute, drifting across the box before lashing in a powerful shot that Fulham keeper Bernd Leno got his gloves to but could not keep out.
The visitors levelled 17 minutes later after Antonee Robinson whipped the ball across the box and Traore stabbed it home with a superb first-time finish to crown Fulham’s best attack of the game.
Both sides struggled to create decent goal-scoring chances in a tough, physical game, and though Omari Hutchinson went close with a stoppage-time shot, neither could find the net again as the game ended in a draw.
Ipswich Town vs Fulham
Traore drives past Davis and into the area at top speed, but after coming up against another couple of blue shirts, he stumbles towards the byline and can't deliver either a cross or shot.
Ipswich Town vs Fulham
Leno has to claw the ball away from his goal line after an Ipswich corner is nodded back across the six-yard box by Greaves. He angled it towards goal, but the German goalkeeper was alert enough to stop it sneaking in.
Ipswich Town vs Fulham
Fulham have started well here, passing crisply as they try to draw the sting from a charged-up home side. The Ipswich fans are in full voice already.
Ipswich Town vs Fulham
The action is brought to an early halt as Davis takes a heavy blow from Traore inside the Fulham penalty area. It was an accidental collision, though, and soon enough he recovers following medical treatment.
Ipswich Town vs Fulham
The players are out on the pitch at Portman Road, and kick-off in this Premier League contest is now just moments away!
Ipswich Town vs Fulham
Fulham name the same starting XI for the third Premier League game in a row, after Marco Silva changed his entire lineup for their midweek cup win in Birmingham. After both scoring in last Saturday's win over Leicester City, Smith Rowe and Iwobi again support Muniz up front. Once more, new boys Andersen and Berge are consigned to the bench.
Ipswich Town vs Fulham
Phillips makes his Premier League debut for Ipswich today, having been barred from playing against parent club Man City last week. Ogbene also makes his first league start, as Luongo and Johnson drop down to a bench also featuring new boys O'Shea, Wes Burns, Nathan Broadhead, George Hirst and Janoi Donacien are all sidelined by injury.
Ipswich Town vs Fulham
SUBS: Steven Benda, Joachim Andersen, Harrison Reed, Raul Jimenez, Harry Wilson, Tom Cairney, Jorge Cuenca, Sander Berge, Timothy Castagne.
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