Ipswich Town 2-1 Oxford United: result and report
Championship · Thursday 1 January 2026
Result
Ipswich Town 2-1 Oxford United
Championship · Thursday 1 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Ipswich Town 2-1 Oxford United: match report
Ipswich Town beat Oxford United 2-1 in the Championship on Thursday 1 January 2026. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Jaden Philogene opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Ipswich Town's goals came from Jaden Philogene (17') and Chuba Akpom (40'). Oxford United scored through Will Lankshear (34').
Discipline: Ipswich Town received 1 yellow card; Oxford United received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Ipswich Town were 3rd on 41 points from 24 and Oxford United 22nd on 22 points from 24. Ipswich Town went on to finish that season 2nd with 84 points, and Oxford United 23rd with 47.
Ipswich Town lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Oxford United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Marcelino Núñez of Ipswich Town (7.8), ahead of Jaden Philogene (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Ipswich Town wins, 0 draws and 1 for Oxford United.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Jaden Philogene
- 27'Yellow card · Siriki Dembélé
- 34'Goal · Will Lankshear
- 40'Goal · Chuba Akpom
- 56'Yellow card · Chuba Akpom
- 56'Yellow card · Ciaron Maurice Brown
- 61'Yellow card · Michal Helik
- 75'Yellow card · Will Vaulks
Head-to-head
Team news
Ipswich Town line-up (4-2-3-1)
Christian Walton, Darnell Furlong, Dara O'Shea, Cédric Kipré, Leif Davis, Azor Matusiwa, Jens Cajuste, Sindre Walle Egeli, Marcelino Núñez, Jaden Philogene, Chuba Akpom
Oxford United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jamie Cumming, Sam Long, Michal Helik, Ciaron Brown, Jack Currie, Will Vaulks, Brian De Keersmaecker, Przemyslaw Placheta, Filip Krastev, Tyler Goodrham, Will Lankshear