Match ends, Burton Albion 0, Ipswich Town 1.
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Marcus Harness returned to former club Burton and struck the winner as Ipswich stayed top of League One.
The summer signing settled a combative encounter which saw his old side drop to the foot of the table and still searching for their first win of the season.
Albion went close early on with an effort from former Norwich striker Gassan Ahadme striking the bar before being scrambled clear.
Ahadme then latched onto a wretched back-pass from Harness, but Town keeper Christian Walton spared his team-mate's blushes with a smart save.
Freddie Ladapo got in behind the Burton defence to fire wide as Ipswich looked to seize the initiative, but it was Albion with the better chances, early substitute Joe Powell fizzing a 30-yard free-kick inches wide on the stroke of half-time.
Viljami Sinisalo denied Ladapo when through one-on-one before the leg of Walton denied Ahadme, both chances coming as a result of wayward back-passes.
The Town goal on the hour was somewhat harsh on Albion, but their former player had time to measure a shot from 20 yards and find the back of the net.
Albion pushed for an equaliser but could not pierce a determined Town defence.
Match report supplied by PA Media.
Line-ups
Burton
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 24Sinisalo
- 2Brayford
- 5Hughes
- 16ShaughnessySubstituted forPowellat 5'minutes
- 37Hamer
- 4OshilajaSubstituted forAdeboyejoat 82'minutes
- 23Taylor
- 11SmithSubstituted forMoultat 88'minutes
- 10Keillor-Dunn
- 3Borthwick-Jackson
- 9AhadmeBooked at 90mins
Substitutes
- 1Garratt
- 7Powell
- 12Onyango
- 14Adeboyejo
- 19Lakin
- 31Moult
- 32De Castro
Ipswich
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Walton
- 44Donacien
- 6Woolfenden
- 4EdmundsonBooked at 45mins
- 21LeighBooked at 90mins
- 5Morsy
- 8Evans
- 19JacksonSubstituted forBurgessat 90+6'minutes
- 23AlukoSubstituted forChaplinat 72'minutes
- 11HarnessSubstituted forJohn-Julesat 72'minutes
- 9LadapoSubstituted forVincent-Youngat 72'minutes
Substitutes
- 3Davis
- 10Chaplin
- 14John-Jules
- 15Burgess
- 24Vincent-Young
- 29Edwards
- 31Hladky
- Referee:
- Ben Toner
- Attendance:
- 3,562
Match Stats
Home TeamBurtonAway TeamIpswich
- Possession
- Home41%
- Away59%
- Shots
- Home14
- Away16
- Shots on Target
- Home4
- Away3
- Corners
- Home5
- Away12
- Fouls
- Home13
- Away9
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Burton Albion 0, Ipswich Town 1.
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Corner, Burton Albion. Conceded by Conor Chaplin.
Booking
Greg Leigh (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution
Substitution, Ipswich Town. Cameron Burgess replaces Kayden Jackson.
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Attempt saved. Louis Moult (Burton Albion) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Thomas Hamer.
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Attempt missed. Davis Keillor-Dunn (Burton Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Joe Powell.
Booking
Gassan Ahadme (Burton Albion) is shown the yellow card.
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Offside, Burton Albion. Viljami Sinisalo tries a through ball, but Gassan Ahadme is caught offside.
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Attempt missed. Conor Chaplin (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Kayden Jackson.
Substitution
Substitution, Burton Albion. Louis Moult replaces Jonny Smith.
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Attempt blocked. Lee Evans (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Attempt blocked. Conor Chaplin (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Attempt blocked. Conor Chaplin (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sam Morsy.
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Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Cameron Borthwick-Jackson.
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Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Cameron Borthwick-Jackson.
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Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Sam Hughes.
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Attempt blocked. Tyreece John-Jules (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Greg Leigh.
Substitution
Substitution, Burton Albion. Victor Adeboyejo replaces Adedeji Oshilaja because of an injury.
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Attempt saved. John Brayford (Burton Albion) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Joe Powell with a cross.
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The Burton fan who threw the coin let his club down.
Walton is such a top keeper.
Well done Harness, looks good so far.
Tougher tests for Town to come, but took us 9 games to get this many points last year, McKenna's tricky blues march on, COYB!
Uppa Towen!!!
....Great town support...singing all night....great win & better 2nd half......Jacko needs to find his man with his final pass.....Saw Mousey being interviewed on You Tube....check out Alex Griffin on You Tube....Brill result.....well done to the team + fans .. Town are going up.
Hopefully, Burton get out of the mire.
As for the idiot who appeared to throw something at Walton. I hope they are identified and banned. Burton are not known for trouble like that and don't want it to start now.
pass back pass sideways back sideways foul sideways back sideways back foul sideways back foul look clueless waste time back sideways.....repeat same rubbish second half
JFH tut tut tut