Conor Chaplin’s early purpose earned Ipswich a 1-0 win at Blackburn and moved the guests to the highest of the Championship on Good Friday.
After Leicester’s stoop continued with defeat at Bristol Metropolis earlier within the day, Kieran McKenna’s facet knew victory at Ewood Park would place them prime of the desk with simply seven matches to play.
The match began completely for Ipswich, with Chaplin beginning after which ending a sweeping transfer when his low shot in some way squirmed previous Aynsley Pears on the goalkeeper’s close to put up.
The error proved expensive for Rovers, who noticed targets from Joe Rankin-Costello and Andrew Moran appropriately disallowed as they tried and failed to interrupt down their guests.
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Aynsley Pears allowed Conor Chaplin’s mishit strike to slide by way of his fingers and present Ipswich the lead.
John Eustace’s facet have now gained simply one in all their final 18 Championship matches and discover themselves simply three factors above the relegation zone.
How Ipswich clung on to very important victory
The prospect of shifting to the highest of the Championship at such a late stage of the season appeared to galvanise Ipswich, who managed the primary half in opposition to Blackburn.
McKenna’s facet ought to have been awarded a penalty after simply six minutes, when Callum Brittain dragged Nathan Broadhead to the ground as he latched onto Sam Morsy’s good move.
However Ipswich had been celebrating simply three minutes later when Chaplin poked Leif Davis’s low cross goalwards after which noticed Pears fail to provide the anticipated save at his close to put up.
Nevertheless, the guests did not take advantage of their superiority and briefly appeared to have misplaced their lead when Rankin-Costello fired in Tyrhys Dolan’s cutback, just for Sammie Szmodics to have been appropriately adjudged to have interfered with goalkeeper Vaclav Hladky’s eyeline from an offside place.
Blackburn grew into the sport within the second half as Ipswich appeared to accept what that they had, and Szmodics went near his twenty second Championship purpose of the season when he fired simply over.
Scott Wharton then noticed a header saved by Hladky earlier than Moran’s fierce strike was rightly chalked off due to a foul by Wharton on the goalkeeper.
Blackburn’s greatest probability got here when Szmodics dispossessed the dallying Hladky on the sting of his personal six-yard field, just for the Ipswich ‘keeper to provide a shocking restoration save by flinging his arm in entrance of the goalbound strike.
Kayden Jackson then wasted an opportunity to seal the win however Ipswich had been in a position to cling onto their eighth victory of their final 9 Championship video games and preserve hopes of back-to-back promotions very a lot alive.
What’s subsequent?
Blackburn return to motion on Monday after they journey to Sunderland within the Championship; kick-off 3pm.
Rovers then host promotion-chasing Southampton on Saturday April 6; kick-off 3pm.
Ipswich are additionally again in motion on Monday, with Southampton visiting Portman Street for an enormous Championship fixture, stay on Sky Sports activities; kick-off 5.30pm.
Monday 1st April 5:00pm
Kick off 5:30pm
McKenna’s facet then journey to rivals Norwich on Saturday April 6, stay on Sky Sports activities; kick-off 12.30pm.
Saturday sixth April 12:00pm
Kick off 12:30pm
