FA Cup Β· ENG Β· Round 3

Ipswich Town
2 - 2 Full time
Portsmouth

Portman Road

Lineups

Ipswich Town4-4-2
BB33Bialkowski
LC4Chambers
PM21Malarczyk
PD37↓63'Digby
JK3Knudsen
AM7↓58'Maitland-Niles
CS8Skuse
LH19Hyam
TO15⚽Oar
LV42↓74'Varney
BP11Pitman
BM24Murphy
BD2Davies
AB15Barton
AW4Webster
ES3Stevens
DH29↓81'Hollands
BC33↓74'Close
GR11↓78'Roberts
MM10McNulty
KB23⚽Bennett
AM7McGurk
Portsmouth4-2-3-1

Ipswich Town substitutes

14 Ryan Fraser βš½β†‘58'
5 Tommy Smith ↑63'
20 Freddie Sears ↑74'
1 Dean Gerken
18 Jay Tabb
17 Kevin Bru
30 Myles Kenlock

Coach: Mick McCarthy

Portsmouth substitutes

30 Adam May ↑74'
19 Conor Chaplin βš½β†‘78'
38 Brandon Haunstrup ↑81'
35 Alex Bass
18 Ben Tollitt
26 Gareth Evans
5 Romuald Boco

Coach: Paul Cook

Match events

45'Cole Skuse
Second half
53'Tommy Oar 1 - 0⚽
55'Kyle Bennett assist: Marc McNulty 1 - 1⚽
58'↑ Ryan Fraser ↓ Ainsley Maitland-Niles⇄
63'↑ Tommy Smith ↓ Paul Digby⇄
74'↑ Adam May ↓ Ben Close⇄
74'↑ Freddie Sears ↓ Luke Varney⇄
78'↑ Conor Chaplin ↓ Gary Roberts⇄
81'↑ Brandon Haunstrup ↓ Danny Hollands⇄
86'Conor Chaplin assist: Kyle Bennett 1 - 2⚽
88'Ryan Fraser 2 - 2⚽
90'Adam Barton

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Match details

CompetitionFA Cup
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 9 January 2016, 15:00 UTC β€” shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

4Ipswich Town wins3Draws7Portsmouth wins

14 past meetings on record. Biggest Ipswich Town win: Ipswich Town 3–2 Portsmouth (2022). Biggest Portsmouth win: Portsmouth 0–4 Ipswich Town (2021).

29 Dec 2022Portsmouth 2 - 2 Ipswich TownLeague One
22 Nov 2022Ipswich Town 0 - 2 PortsmouthEFL Trophy Final Stage
1 Oct 2022Ipswich Town 3 - 2 PortsmouthLeague One
12 Mar 2022Ipswich Town 0 - 0 PortsmouthLeague One
19 Oct 2021Portsmouth 0 - 4 Ipswich TownLeague One
20 Mar 2021Portsmouth 2 - 1 Ipswich TownLeague One
12 Dec 2020Ipswich Town 0 - 2 PortsmouthLeague One
7 Nov 2020Ipswich Town 2 - 3 PortsmouthFA Cup
21 Dec 2019Portsmouth 1 - 0 Ipswich TownLeague One
19 Jan 2016Portsmouth 2 - 1 Ipswich TownFA Cup
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14 Feb 2012Portsmouth 0 - 1 Ipswich TownChampionship
18 Oct 2011Ipswich Town 1 - 0 PortsmouthChampionship
26 Feb 2011Ipswich Town 0 - 2 PortsmouthChampionship
11 Sep 2010Portsmouth 0 - 0 Ipswich TownChampionship