Match ends, Ipswich Town 2, Bolton Wanderers 0.
Ipswich Town 2-0 Bolton Wanderers
- From the section Football
Ipswich extended bottom club Bolton's winless Championship run to eight games with a victory at Portman Road.
After a drab first half, Ipswich took the lead when Cole Skuse's shot from 25 yards took a big deflection and beat goalkeeper Ben Alnwick.
Gary Madine, Filipe Morais and David Wheater had chances for Bolton, but they could not beat Bartosz Bialkowski.
David McGoldrick poked home to make it 2-0 as Ipswich responded to successive league defeats with a win.
Ipswich had lost their previous two matches to QPR and Fulham, but came up against a side yet to even lead a match in the Championship this season.
However, it was the visitors who had the better of a quiet first half, with Madine and Craig Noone both having shots on target.
But their fifth successive league defeat was confirmed in the second half when Ipswich were rewarded for turning up the pressure.
Skuse's first goal for 17 months was followed by bright play from Manchester City loanee Bersant Celina, who twice went close before McGoldrick finished from Joe Garner's flick-on to move the Tractor Boys into fifth.
Ipswich Town manager Mick McCarthy:
"A great result, a fabulous result. I'm not going to sit here and tell you that we were brilliant.
"They are a good side and they are a handful with well-worked Championship players. They were far better than us in the first half and we were lucky to get away with it.
"We had to defend and be belligerent and I decided to change it at half time, it wasn't working they were doing better than us."
Bolton Wanderers manager Phil Parkinson:
"I thought we were in parts excellent and created a lot of chances and a deflected goal just after the break was a crucial moment.
"But even after that we got in some good positions to get a goal back and we have had 16 or 17 attempts, only three or four of them on target and obviously that stat has got to be better.
"We're hurting because we haven't got a win but all we can do is keep concentrating on the process at training and then getting the preparation right and that win will come.
Line-ups
Ipswich
- 33Bialkowski
- 12Spence
- 4Chambers
- 2Iorfa
- 16ConnollySubstituted forCelinaat 45'minutes
- 15Adeyemi
- 8Skuse
- 18WardSubstituted forDownesat 90'minutes
- 30Kenlock
- 10McGoldrickSubstituted forNydamat 90+2'minutes
- 14GarnerBooked at 90mins
Substitutes
- 1Gerken
- 9Waghorn
- 11Celina
- 20Sears
- 21Downes
- 22Nydam
- 39Woolfenden
Bolton
- 13Alnwick
- 2LittleSubstituted forArmstrongat 70'minutes
- 32Burke
- 31WheaterBooked at 67mins
- 5Beevers
- 15Robinson
- 12NooneBooked at 82mins
- 16Cullen
- 8Karacan
- 22MoraisSubstituted forLe Fondreat 77'minutes
- 14MadineBooked at 48minsSubstituted forWilbrahamat 78'minutes
Substitutes
- 3Taylor
- 4Dervite
- 9Le Fondre
- 18Wilbraham
- 20Armstrong
- 21Pratley
- 33Howard
- Referee:
- Andy Madley
- Attendance:
- 14,164
Match Stats
Home TeamIpswichAway TeamBolton
- Possession
- Home53%
- Away47%
- Shots
- Home13
- Away16
- Shots on Target
- Home5
- Away3
- Corners
- Home6
- Away8
- Fouls
- Home15
- Away11
Live Text
Full Time
Second Half ends, Ipswich Town 2, Bolton Wanderers 0.
Attempt missed. Aaron Wilbraham (Bolton Wanderers) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Jem Karacan.
Attempt missed. Craig Noone (Bolton Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left from a direct free kick.
Foul by Flynn Downes (Ipswich Town).
Jem Karacan (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Luke Chambers.
Booking
Joe Garner (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Joe Garner (Ipswich Town).
Reece Burke (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution
Substitution, Ipswich Town. Tristan Nydam replaces David McGoldrick.
Substitution
Substitution, Ipswich Town. Flynn Downes replaces Grant Ward.
Goal!
Goal! Ipswich Town 2, Bolton Wanderers 0. David McGoldrick (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
Hand ball by Joe Garner (Ipswich Town).
Tom Adeyemi (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jem Karacan (Bolton Wanderers).
Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Grant Ward.
Attempt blocked. Adam Armstrong (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Reece Burke (Bolton Wanderers) because of an injury.
Booking
Craig Noone (Bolton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt missed. David McGoldrick (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Bersant Celina.
Attempt blocked. Grant Ward (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Joe Garner (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by David Wheater (Bolton Wanderers).
Attempt missed. Jem Karacan (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Attempt missed. Aaron Wilbraham (Bolton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Craig Noone with a cross following a corner.
Substitution
Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Aaron Wilbraham replaces Gary Madine.
Substitution
Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Adam Le Fondre replaces Filipe Morais.
Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Jordan Spence.
Foul by Joe Garner (Ipswich Town).
Jem Karacan (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Bersant Celina (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Reece Burke.
Attempt blocked. Bersant Celina (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by David McGoldrick.
Foul by Grant Ward (Ipswich Town).
Jem Karacan (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Filipe Morais.
Attempt missed. Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Antonee Robinson with a cross.
Bersant Celina (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
