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Ipswich Town (0) 0 - 2 (0) Wolverhampton Wanderers

NPower Championship 2012-13

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Referee: Graham Scott

Manager: Paul Jewell

Portman Road 19:45

Attendance: 16,540

Manager: Stale Solbakken

Match Number: 3468

Goals

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Away
 Tommy Smith (og) (69)
 Tongo Doumbia (76)

Substitutions

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Bjorn SigurdarsonSylvan Ebanks-Blake (64)
Karl HenryTongo Doumbia (64)
Kevin DoyleGeorg Margreitter (79)

Cards

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 Michael Chopra (84)
Away
 Razak Boukari (79)

Teams

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Carl Ikeme

Richard Stearman

Stephen Ward

Roger Johnson

Christophe Berra

David Edwards

Karl Henry

Bakary Sako

Razak Boukari

Bjorn Sigurdarson

Kevin Doyle

Substitutes

Away

Dorus DeVries

Kevin Foley

Georg Margreitter

Slawomir Peszko

Stephen Hunt

Tongo Doumbia

Sylvan Ebanks-Blake

Match Report

Smith own goal heaps the misery on boss Jewell

A comical own goal from Tommy Smith and a terrific strike from Mali international Tongo Doumbia handed Wolves their first away win under new manager Stale Solbakken.

But it was far from funny for Ipswich boss Paul Jewell. The pressure is mounting on his shoulders as his Tractor Boys remain second from bottom of the npower Championship with the worst goalscoring record in the division.

Smith's own goal arrived in the 66th minute when he inadvertently turned in Bakary Sako's free-kick from the edge of the six-yard box.

And substitute Doumbia doubled the Molineux men's advantage after 77 minutes when he drilled a delightful right-footed shot beyond the helpless Scott Loach from 22 yards.

Republic of Ireland international Kevin Doyle had twice knocked on the door for Wolves earlier in the half.

First he had a left-foot shot in the 59th minute pushed behind by a full-stretch Loach, and then went even closer three minutes later when his 18-yard drive struck a post.

After a rather uneventful first half, Ipswich had actually made the better start to the second period but Roger Johnson was a tower of strength at the heart of the Wolves rearguard, making two excellent blocks from Lee Martin and Paul Taylor.

The Tractor Boys were then dealt a blow when the lively Taylor hobbled off injured in the 53rd minute, being replaced by striker Jason Scotland.

Ipswich striker Daryl Murphy missed a good chance seconds later when he got on the end of Aaron Creswell's free-kick but sent his shot wide from the centre of the penalty area.

Solbakken left his top scorer Sylvan Ebanks-Blake on the bench until midway through the second half, as a precaution over the striker's tight hamstring. And the men from Molineux certainly missed his pace and movement in the opening 45 minutes.

The visitors tended to hoist long balls towards the front pair of Bjorn Sigurdarson and Doyle but these were too easily mopped up by the Ipswich defence and the contest began to get bogged down in midfield.

Ipswich forward Michael Chopra attempted to liven the proceedings with a left-footed shot from 20 yards in the 26th minute but big centre-back Johnson got in the way.

Ipswich did manage to finish the half in the ascendancy and Martin's mazy 30-yard dribble was only ended by a decent save from Carl Ikeme in the Wolves goal, and the visiting keeper denied Martin again from close range two minutes later.

Solbakken said: 'Their player was unlucky. There was not a great deal of difference between the sides.'

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