Brighton & Hove Albion 0-2 Ipswich Town

Ipswich moved to within five points of the Championship top six with a win at fellow play-off contenders Brighton.

The visitors scored when goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak misjudged Stephen Hunt's corner and Daryl Murphy's header was tapped in by defender Tommy Smith.

Leonardo Ulloa almost levelled nine minutes later but his header from Jesse Lingard's cross went narrowly wide.

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Post-match: Ipswich manager McCarthy

Ipswich doubled their advantage with 10 minutes left through Murphy's header after a delivery from Jonny Williams.

The result keeps Ipswich in ninth position in the Championship, but brings them a point closer to the play-offs.

Brighton, one place and two points ahead of Town, lost for only the second time at home in 12 matches in all competitions.

In front of a crowd of 29,093 - the biggest at the Amex Stadium this season - the Seagulls should have gone ahead in only the fifth minute when Lingard shot straight at visiting goalkeeper Dean Gerken after bursting through.

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Post-match: Brighton coach Garcia

Brighton had a penalty appeal waved away when Lingard went over following a challenge by Christophe Berra before Ulloa's header was saved by Gerken.

But the visitors took the lead in the second half when Smith scored for the second successive match.

Ulloa, Brighton's top scorer with 12 goals this season, wasted a chance to equalise before Murphy's header secured a valuable three points for Mick McCarthy's side.

Brighton boss Oscar Garcia:

"Anyone saying that we didn't create enough chances hasn't been at the game.

"I don't look at the table but we have a game at Sheffield Wednesday on Tuesday and we're looking forward to getting back to winning ways.

"We created more than enough chances to win the game but we didn't take them so we have to learn, improve on some things and move on."

Ipswich Town manager Mick McCarthy:

"We've still got a chance of the play-offs. We've now got to play Derby and Nottingham Forest and we'll know more by the end of the week.

"We did the right things, took our chances and it was a huge win.

"It's a difficult place to come. Brighton are a good side in the way they play out from the back and play good football."

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Line-ups

Brighton

• 29Kuszczak
• 2BrunoBooked at 33mins
• 17Ward
• 4Andrews
• 3Greer
• 20Upson
• 18Forster-CaskeySubstituted forLua Luaat 61'minutes
• 38Ince
• 19Ulloa
• 30BuckleySubstituted forRodríguez Sánchezat 87'minutes
• 35LingardSubstituted forMarchat 77'minutes

Substitutes

• 1Brezovan
• 5Dunk
• 6Stephens
• 9Rodríguez Sánchez
• 14Calderón
• 25Lua Lua
• 27March

Ipswich

• 22Gerken
• 4Chambers
• 3Cresswell
• 14Wordsworth
• 6Berra
• 5SmithBooked at 77mins
• 11AndersonSubstituted forTabbat 74'minutes
• 19Hyam
• 9Murphy
• 25WilliamsSubstituted forMingsat 84'minutes
• 12HuntSubstituted forGreenat 76'minutes

Substitutes

• 1Loach
• 15Mings
• 16Green
• 18Tabb
• 24Richardson
• 27Ebanks-Blake
• 35Nouble

Referee:

Darren Drysdale

Attendance:

29,093

Match Stats

Home TeamBrightonAway TeamIpswich

Possession

Home65%

Away35%

Shots

Home22

Away12

Shots on Target

Home5

Away4

Corners

Home9

Away5

Fouls

Home9

Away14

Live Text

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Match ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Ipswich Town 2.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+6'

Second Half ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Ipswich Town 2.

Posted at 90'+4'

Attempt missed. Solly March (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Gordon Greer following a corner.

Posted at 90'+4'

Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Luke Chambers.

Posted at 90'+3'

Attempt saved. Rohan Ince (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Solly March.

Posted at 90'+1'

Foul by Solly March (Brighton and Hove Albion).

Posted at 90'+1'

Aaron Cresswell (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 89'

Attempt saved. David Rodríguez (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Stephen Ward with a cross.

Posted at 89'

Kazenga Lua Lua (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 89'

Foul by Luke Chambers (Ipswich Town).

Posted at 87'

Offside, Ipswich Town. Luke Chambers tries a through ball, but Daryl Murphy is caught offside.

Substitution

Posted at 87'

Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. David Rodríguez replaces William Buckley.

Posted at 86'

Attempt missed. Leonardo Ulloa (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Kazenga Lua Lua with a cross.

Substitution

Posted at 84'

Substitution, Ipswich Town. Tyrone Mings replaces Jonathan Williams.

Posted at 84'

Attempt missed. Daryl Murphy (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Jonathan Williams.

Goal!

Posted at 80'

Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Ipswich Town 2. Daryl Murphy (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.

Booking

Posted at 79'

Tommy Smith (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 79'

William Buckley (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 79'

Foul by Tommy Smith (Ipswich Town).

Substitution

Posted at 78'

Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Solly March replaces Jesse Lingard.

Posted at 77'

Offside, Brighton and Hove Albion. Kazenga Lua Lua tries a through ball, but Leonardo Ulloa is caught offside.

Posted at 77'

Attempt blocked. Keith Andrews (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Substitution

Posted at 75'

Substitution, Ipswich Town. Paul Green replaces Stephen Hunt.

Posted at 74'

Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Luke Chambers.

Substitution

Posted at 74'

Substitution, Ipswich Town. Jay Tabb replaces Paul Anderson.

Posted at 72'

Foul by Leonardo Ulloa (Brighton and Hove Albion).

Posted at 72'

Stephen Hunt (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 71'

Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Christophe Berra.

Posted at 71'

Attempt blocked. Kazenga Lua Lua (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Keith Andrews.

Posted at 70'

Kazenga Lua Lua (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 70'

Foul by Luke Chambers (Ipswich Town).

Posted at 69'

Attempt missed. Leonardo Ulloa (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from very close range is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jesse Lingard with a cross.

Posted at 67'

William Buckley (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 67'

Foul by Tommy Smith (Ipswich Town).

Posted at 66'

Attempt missed. Rohan Ince (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jesse Lingard.

Posted at 65'

Attempt missed. Bruno (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from long range on the left misses to the left. Assisted by Rohan Ince following a set piece situation.

Posted at 64'

William Buckley (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 64'

Foul by Tommy Smith (Ipswich Town).

Posted at 63'

Attempt missed. Leonardo Ulloa (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Keith Andrews.

Posted at 63'

Attempt blocked. Matthew Upson (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

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