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Match Verdict

IPSWICH have impressed this season, grinding their way to three deserved – if somewhat attritional – victories.
This was an altogether different story, an exhibition of focused attacking and clinical finishing that spelled out the Tractor Boys’ promotion credentials in neon lights.
Each goal was class; every scorer a Championship technician. The first half was men against boys, the scoreline a fair reflection.
The suspicion remains that Ipswich need a 20- goal striker to truly contend for the title, but such is their experience and organisation that it ...

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