Ipswich Town 5-2 Sunderland: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 26 September 2017

Result

Ipswich Town 5-2 Sunderland

Championship · Tuesday 26 September 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

Ipswich Town · Sunderland · Championship predictions

Ipswich Town 5-2 Sunderland: match report

Ipswich Town beat Sunderland 5-2 in the Championship on Tuesday 26 September 2017. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Martyn Waghorn opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Ipswich Town's goals came from Martyn Waghorn (6'), Jordan Spence (27'), Bersant Celina (55'), David McGoldrick (60') and Grant Ward (89'). Sunderland scored through Billy Jones (10') and Aiden McGeady (65').

Discipline: Ipswich Town received 2 yellow cards; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Ipswich Town were 7th on 15 points from 8 and Sunderland 22nd on 6 points from 9. Ipswich Town went on to finish that season 12th with 60 points, and Sunderland 24th with 37.

Ipswich Town lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sunderland in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Martyn Waghorn of Ipswich Town (8.8), ahead of Aiden McGeady (8.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Ipswich Town wins, 0 draws and 3 for Sunderland.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Martyn WaghornIpswich Town · 1-0
  • 10'Goal · Billy JonesSunderland · 1-1
  • 27'Goal · Jordan SpenceIpswich Town · 2-1
  • 44'Yellow card · James VaughanSunderland
  • 55'Goal · Bersant CelinaIpswich Town · 3-1
  • 60'Goal · David McGoldrickIpswich Town · 4-1
  • 65'Goal · Aiden McGeadySunderland · 4-2
  • 67'Yellow card · Aiden McGeadySunderland
  • 85'Yellow card · Tristan NydamIpswich Town
  • 85'Yellow card · Tristan NydamIpswich Town
  • 89'Goal · Grant WardIpswich Town · 5-2

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Ipswich Town 3, draws 0, Sunderland 3.

Team news

Ipswich Town line-up (4-2-3-1)

Bartosz Białkowski, Dominic Iorfa, Jonas Knudsen, Luke Chambers, Jordan Spence, Cole Skuse, Martyn Waghorn, David McGoldrick, Bersant Celina, Tom Adeyemi, Joe Garner

Sunderland line-up (4-4-1-1)

Jason Steele, Billy Jones, Adam Matthews, Lamine Koné, Marc Wilson, Bryan Oviedo, Lee Cattermole, Callum McManaman, Darron Gibson, James Vaughan, Aiden McGeady