Reading 5-1 Ipswich Town: result and report

Championship · Friday 11 September 2015

Result

Reading 5-1 Ipswich Town

Championship · Friday 11 September 2015, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Reading · Ipswich Town · Championship predictions

Reading 5-1 Ipswich Town: match report

Reading defeated Ipswich Town 5-1 in the Championship on Friday 11 September 2015. The half-time score was 2-1.

Orlando Sá opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Reading's goals came from Orlando Sá (7'), Orlando Sá (14'), Nick Blackman (49'), Orlando Sá (63') and Oliver Norwood (87'). Ipswich Town scored through Freddie Sears (11').

Discipline: Reading received no yellow cards; Ipswich Town received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Reading were 12th on 6 points from 5 and Ipswich Town 3rd on 10 points from 5. Reading went on to finish that season 17th with 52 points, and Ipswich Town 7th with 69.

Reading lined up in a 4-4-2 and Ipswich Town in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Reading wins, 1 draw and 2 for Ipswich Town.

Going into the match Reading's last five read W-D-D-D-L and Ipswich Town's L-W-W-W-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Orlando SáReading · 1-0
  • 11'Goal · Freddie SearsIpswich Town · 1-1
  • 14'Goal · Orlando SáReading · 2-1
  • 32'Yellow card · Luke ChambersIpswich Town
  • 36'Yellow card · Cole SkuseIpswich Town
  • 40'Yellow card · Ryan FraserIpswich Town
  • 49'Goal · Nick BlackmanReading · 3-1
  • 63'Goal · Orlando SáReading · 4-1
  • 87'Goal · Oliver NorwoodReading · 5-1
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Jonas KnudsenIpswich Town

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Reading 7, draws 1, Ipswich Town 2.

Team news

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Reading expected line-up (4-4-2)

Alex Simon McCarthy, Chris Gunter, Sean Morrison, Stephen Kelly, Alex Pearce, Jordan Obita, Jem Karacan, Hal Robson-Kanu, Garath McCleary

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

Bartosz Białkowski, Tyrone Mings, Luke Chambers, Christophe Berra, Tommy Smith, Cole Skuse, Teddy Bishop, Kévin Bru, Daryl Murphy, Paul Anderson