Watford 2-1 Ipswich Town: result and report

Championship · Saturday 30 August 2008

Result

Watford 2-1 Ipswich Town

Championship · Saturday 30 August 2008, 16:20 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Watford 2-1 Ipswich Town: match report

Watford defeated Ipswich Town 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 30 August 2008. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Pablo Couñago opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Watford's goals came from John Eustace (59') and John-Joe O'Toole (87'). Ipswich Town scored through Pablo Couñago (2').

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

Going into the game Watford were 14th on 4 points from 3 and Ipswich Town 17th on 3 points from 3. Watford went on to finish that season 13th with 58 points, and Ipswich Town 9th with 66.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Watford wins, 0 draws and 0 for Ipswich Town.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Pablo CouñagoIpswich Town · 0-1
  • 18'Yellow card · Iván CampoIpswich Town
  • 38'Yellow card · John EustaceWatford
  • 54'Yellow card · Jobi McAnuffWatford
  • 59'Goal · John EustaceWatford · 1-1
  • 74'Yellow card · Moritz VolzIpswich Town
  • 87'Goal · John-Joe O'TooleWatford · 2-1

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Watford 4, draws 0, Ipswich Town 0.

Team news

Watford expected line-up

Ben Foster, Daniel Shittu, Jordan Stewart, Lloyd Doyley, Jay DeMerit, Douglas Rinaldi, Gavin Mahon, Alhassan Bangura, Damien Francis, Tommy Smith, Marlon King