Manchester City 3-2 Ipswich Town · Premier League
Manchester City beat Ipswich Town 3-2 in the Premier League. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
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Match report
Manchester City and Ipswich Town met in the Premier League at Etihad Stadium in Manchester on Saturday, 17 October 2026.
Goalscorers
Manchester City: P. Foden 19'; E. Haaland 34', 69'. Ipswich Town: D. Maeda 21'; Z. Flemming 90'.
How the match went
Manchester City saw more of the ball, 70% of it. Manchester City had 19 shots with 6 on target, Ipswich Town 8 with 3 on target. There were 5 corners in total, 2 to Manchester City and 3 to Ipswich Town. Manchester City conceded 8 fouls, Ipswich Town 16. The referee showed 3 yellow cards (1 for Manchester City, 2 for Ipswich Town).
Line-ups
Manchester City started in a 4-2-3-1: Gianluigi Donnarumma, Matheus Nunes, Rúben Dias, Marc Guéhi, Nico O'Reilly, Mateo Kovačić, Ayyoub Bouaddi, Iliman Ndiaye, Phil Foden, Jérémy Doku, Erling Haaland.
Ipswich Town started in a 3-4-2-1: Christian Walton, Dara O'Shea, Issa Diop, Jacob Greaves, Abdoul Ouattara, Florentino Luís, Exequiel Palacios, Leif Davis, Daizen Maeda, Julio Enciso, Emersonn.
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Minute by minute
- 19'Goal! Manchester City 1-0 Ipswich Town. P. Foden (Manchester City) scores, assisted by J. Doku.
- 21'Goal! Manchester City 1-1 Ipswich Town. D. Maeda (Ipswich Town) scores, assisted by A. Ouattara.
- 34'Goal! Manchester City 2-1 Ipswich Town. E. Haaland (Manchester City) scores, assisted by M. Kovačić.
- 45'Half-time. Manchester City 2-1 Ipswich Town.
- 69'Goal! Manchester City 3-1 Ipswich Town. E. Haaland (Manchester City) scores, assisted by I. Ndiaye.
- 85'VAR check complete: the goal for Manchester City stands.
- 88'VAR: no penalty for Ipswich Town.
- 90'Goal! Manchester City 3-2 Ipswich Town. Z. Flemming (Ipswich Town) converts the penalty.
- 90'Full-time. Manchester City 3-2 Ipswich Town.
Full commentary (62 lines)
- 1'Kick-off: Manchester City vs Ipswich Town.
- 6'Attempt missed. R. Dias (Manchester City), header from a set piece. xG 0.17.
- 9'Offside, Ipswich Town.
- 17'Attempt saved. R. Dias (Manchester City), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 19'Goal! Manchester City 1-0 Ipswich Town. P. Foden (Manchester City) scores, assisted by J. Doku.
- 21'Goal! Manchester City 1-1 Ipswich Town. D. Maeda (Ipswich Town) scores, assisted by A. Ouattara.
- 23'Attempt missed. P. Foden (Manchester City), header. xG 0.04.
- 25'Offside, Ipswich Town.
- 29'Attempt missed. Emersonn (Ipswich Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 33'Corner, Manchester City.
- 33'Attempt blocked. E. Haaland (Manchester City), left-footed shot. xG 0.13.
- 34'Attempt blocked. E. Haaland (Manchester City), left-footed shot. xG 0.05.
- 34'Goal! Manchester City 2-1 Ipswich Town. E. Haaland (Manchester City) scores, assisted by M. Kovačić.
- 40'Attempt blocked. J. Doku (Manchester City), left-footed shot. xG 0.13.
- 40'Attempt blocked. I. Ndiaye (Manchester City), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 43'Attempt saved. R. Dias (Manchester City), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 45'2 minutes of added time.
- 45'Half-time. Manchester City 2-1 Ipswich Town.
- 46'The second half is under way.
- 48'Corner, Ipswich Town.
- 49'Attempt missed. J. Greaves (Ipswich Town), header from a corner. xG 0.02.
- 50'Substitution, Manchester City: E. Fernández comes on for M. Kovačić.
- 52'Attempt missed. A. Ouattara (Ipswich Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.11.
- 54'Corner, Ipswich Town.
- 55'Corner, Ipswich Town.
- 55'Attempt missed. Emersonn (Ipswich Town), header from a corner. xG 0.17.
- 56'Attempt missed. N. O’Reilly (Manchester City), header from a corner. xG 0.17.
- 56'Corner, Manchester City.
- 57'Attempt blocked. P. Foden (Manchester City), left-footed shot. xG 0.08.
- 60'Offside, Ipswich Town.
- 61'Substitution, Manchester City: J. Gvardiol comes on for N. O’Reilly.
- 64'Attempt missed. E. Fernández (Manchester City), right-footed shot from a free kick. xG 0.04.
- 67'Attempt missed. Emersonn (Ipswich Town), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.04.
- 69'Goal! Manchester City 3-1 Ipswich Town. E. Haaland (Manchester City) scores, assisted by I. Ndiaye.
- 71'Substitution, Ipswich Town: A. F. Issahaku comes on for D. Maeda.
- 71'Substitution, Ipswich Town: A. Matusiwa comes on for F. Luís.
- 73'Yellow card for A. Ouattara (Ipswich Town) for off the ball foul.
- 76'Substitution, Manchester City: A. Khusanov comes on for M. Nunes.
- 77'Substitution, Manchester City: A. Semenyo comes on for J. Doku.
- 77'Substitution, Manchester City: E. Anderson comes on for P. Foden.
- 78'Substitution, Ipswich Town: C. Akpom comes on for J. Enciso.
- 78'Substitution, Ipswich Town: Z. Flemming comes on for Emersonn.
- 80'Attempt saved. Z. Flemming (Ipswich Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.11.
- 80'Offside, Ipswich Town.
- 84'Offside, Manchester City.
- 84'Offside, Manchester City.
- 85'VAR check complete: the goal for Manchester City stands.
- 85'Attempt missed. I. Ndiaye (Manchester City), header. xG 0.28.
- 85'Off the woodwork! I. Ndiaye (Manchester City), right-footed shot. xG 0.72.
- 85'Attempt saved. E. Fernández (Manchester City), right-footed shot. xG 0.41.
- 87'Offside, Manchester City.
- 88'VAR: no penalty for Ipswich Town.
- 90'Goal! Manchester City 3-2 Ipswich Town. Z. Flemming (Ipswich Town) converts the penalty.
- 90'12 minutes of added time.
- 90+1'Substitution, Ipswich Town: J. Clarke comes on for J. Greaves.
- 90+6'Attempt missed. I. Ndiaye (Manchester City), left-footed shot. xG 0.06.
- 90+7'Yellow card for J. Gvardiol (Manchester City) for foul.
- 90+7'Offside, Ipswich Town.
- 90+10'Corner, Ipswich Town.
- 90+11'Attempt blocked. E. Haaland (Manchester City), left-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.04.
- 90+12'Yellow card for L. Davis (Ipswich Town) for foul.
- 90'Full-time. Manchester City 3-2 Ipswich Town.