FA Cup · ENG · Round 3

Portsmouth
2 - 1 Full time
Ipswich Town

Fratton Park

Lineups

Portsmouth4-4-2
BM24Murphy
BD2Davies
CB6↓85'Burgess
AW4Webster
ES3Stevens
MD8Doyle
AB15Barton
GE26Evans
GR11⚽↓81'Roberts
KB23Bennett
MM10⚽McNulty
BB33Bialkowski
JE29Emmanuel
PM21Malarczyk
PD37Digby
MK30Kenlock
AM7⚽↓89'Maitland-Niles
LH19Hyam
JT18↓71'Tabb
TO15Oar
LV42↓76'Varney
BP11Pitman
Ipswich Town4-4-2

Portsmouth substitutes

19 Conor Chaplin ↑81'
33 Ben Close ↑85'
30 Adam May
7 Adam McGurk
35 Alex Bass
18 Ben Tollitt
14 Kal Naismith

Coach: Paul Cook

Ipswich Town substitutes

16 Giles Coke ↑71'
39 Larsen Toure ↑76'
34 Joe Robinson ↑89'
26 Adam McDonnell
1 Dean Gerken
32 Kyle Hammond
40 Shane McLoughlin

Coach: Mick McCarthy

Match events

14'Piotr Malarczyk
32'Gary Roberts (penalty) 1 - 0⚽
37'Marc McNulty assist: Gareth Evans 2 - 0⚽
Second half
60'Ainsley Maitland-Niles 2 - 1⚽
71'↑ Giles Coke ↓ Jay Tabb⇄
76'↑ Larsen Toure ↓ Luke Varney⇄
77'Piotr Malarczyk
81'↑ Conor Chaplin ↓ Gary Roberts⇄
85'↑ Ben Close ↓ Christian Burgess⇄
89'↑ Joe Robinson ↓ Ainsley Maitland-Niles⇄

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Match details

CompetitionFA Cup
Kick-off (UTC)Tuesday, 19 January 2016, 19:45 UTC — 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

6Portsmouth wins4Draws4Ipswich Town wins

14 past meetings on record. Biggest Portsmouth win: Ipswich Town 3–2 Portsmouth (2022). Biggest Ipswich Town 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
9 Jan 2016Ipswich Town 2 - 2 PortsmouthFA 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