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Saturday 7th October

Championship Table

On Saturday 7th October

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1	Leicester City	11	10	0	1	23	6	17	30	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win
2	Ipswich Town	11	9	1	1	25	13	12	28	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Win
3	Preston North End	11	6	2	3	15	17	-2	20	Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss
4	Sunderland	11	6	1	4	20	12	8	19	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss
5	Leeds United	11	5	4	2	17	11	6	19	Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Win
6	Birmingham City	11	5	3	3	15	11	4	18	Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Win
7	Norwich City	11	5	2	4	21	19	2	17	Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Draw
8	Cardiff City	11	5	2	4	17	15	2	17	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Draw
9	Hull City	11	4	5	2	16	14	2	17	Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw
10	Southampton	11	5	2	4	17	21	-4	17	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Draw
11	West Bromwich Albion	11	4	4	3	18	14	4	16	Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Loss
12	Swansea City	11	4	3	4	18	14	4	15	Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win
13	Coventry City	11	3	6	2	17	13	4	15	Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Draw
14	Bristol City	11	4	3	4	14	13	1	15	Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss
15	Millwall	11	4	3	4	11	13	-2	15	Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Draw
16	Middlesbrough	11	4	2	5	16	17	-1	14	Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win
17	Blackburn Rovers	11	4	1	6	17	21	-4	13	Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
18	Plymouth Argyle	11	3	2	6	18	19	-1	11	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss
19	Huddersfield Town	11	2	5	4	11	18	-7	11	Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw
20	Watford	11	2	4	5	14	16	-2	10	Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw
21	Stoke City	11	3	1	7	11	17	-6	10	Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
22	Queens Park Rangers	11	2	2	7	8	20	-12	8	Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss
23	Rotherham United	11	1	3	7	10	22	-12	6	Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw
24	Sheffield Wednesday	11	0	3	8	5	18	-13	3	Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw

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Key

Position 1 - 2 : Promotion
Position 3 - 6 : Promotion Play-off
Position 22 - 24 : Relegation

Last Updated 7th October 2023 at 17:31

Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made.

Team Lineups

home team, Ipswich Town

Manager: Kieran McKenna

Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1

Number 31,
V. Hladký
Number 3,
L. Davis
Number 15,
C. Burgess
Number 6,
L. Woolfenden
Number 18,
B. Williams
Number 25,
M. Luongo , substituted for J. Taylor at 75 minutes
Number 5,
Sam Morsy , Captain
Number 33,
N. Broadhead , substituted for M. Harness at 65 minutes
Number 10,
C. Chaplin , substituted for O. Hutchinson at 64 minutes
Number 7,
W. Burns , substituted for K. Jackson at 64 minutes
Number 27,
G. Hirst , substituted for F. Ladapo at 75 minutes

away team, Preston North End

Manager: Ryan Lowe

Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1

Number 1,
F. Woodman
Number 3,
G. Cunningham
Number 6,
L. Lindsay , Yellow Card at 22 minutes
Number 26,
J. Whatmough , substituted for P. Bauer at 26 minutes
Number 11,
R. Brady , substituted for D. Holmes at 46 minutes
Number 18,
R. Ledson , Yellow Card at 8 minutes
Number 8,
A. Browne , Captain, Yellow Card at 31 minutes, substituted for B. Whiteman at 46 minutes
Number 44,
B. Potts
Number 10,
M. Frøkjær-Jensen , substituted for B. Woodburn at 70 minutes
Number 7,
W. Keane
Number 28,
M. Osmajić , substituted for L. Millar at 46 minutes

Substitutes

home team, Ipswich Town

Number 12,
D. Ball
Number 2,
H. Clarke
Number 20,
O. Hutchinson
Number 19,
K. Jackson
Number 9,
F. Ladapo
Number 11,
M. Harness
Number 24,
D. Scarlett
Number 14,
J. Taylor
Number 1,
C. Walton

away team, Preston North End

Number 5,
P. Bauer
Number 33,
K. Best
Number 21,
D. Cornell
Number 25,
D. Holmes
Number 35,
N. Mawene
Number 23,
L. Millar
Number 17,
L. Stewart
Number 4,
B. Whiteman
Number 20,
B. Woodburn

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3

2

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1

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4

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2

1

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0

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2

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Match Facts

Ipswich Town are unbeaten in their last six home league games against Preston (W3 D3) since a 2-1 defeat in August 2008.
Preston North End are looking for consecutive league wins over Ipswich for the first time since December 2010.
Ipswich have scored 61 goals across their last 21 home league games (W16 D4 L1), with Lincoln in October 2022 being the last visiting side in the league to manage a clean sheet at Portman Road.
Preston are unbeaten in their last six away league games to newly promoted sides (W4 D2), keeping a clean sheet in five of those six matches.
Conor Chaplin has been directly involved in more Championship goals than any other Ipswich player this term (6 – four goals, two assists), already just one fewer than in his last second tier campaign with Barnsley in 2020-21 (7 in 34 apps).

Live Text

Postat 90 minutes plus 5
Match ends, Ipswich Town 4, Preston North End 2.
Full Timeat 90 minutes plus 5
Second Half ends, Ipswich Town 4, Preston North End 2.
Postat 90 minutes plus 4
Leif Davis (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Postat 90 minutes plus 4
Foul by Liam Millar (Preston North End).
Postat 90 minutes plus 3
Attempt saved. Freddie Ladapo (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marcus Harness.
Postat 90 minutes plus 2
Freddie Ladapo (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Postat 90 minutes plus 2
Foul by Ryan Ledson (Preston North End).
Postat 89 minutes
Attempt missed. Ben Woodburn (Preston North End) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Greg Cunningham with a headed pass.
Postat 89 minutes
Attempt blocked. Brad Potts (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Duane Holmes with a cross.
Postat 88 minutes
Attempt blocked. Omari Hutchinson (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Leif Davis.
Postat 87 minutes
Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Freddie Woodman.
Postat 87 minutes
Attempt saved. Jack Taylor (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Postat 87 minutes
Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Patrick Bauer.
Postat 85 minutes
Attempt missed. Liam Millar (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a set piece situation.
Postat 84 minutes
Foul by Omari Hutchinson (Ipswich Town).
Postat 84 minutes
Duane Holmes (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Postat 83 minutes
Foul by Brandon Williams (Ipswich Town).
Postat 83 minutes
Greg Cunningham (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Postat 82 minutes
Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Benjamin Whiteman.
Postat 81 minutes
Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Liam Lindsay.