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26/08/2025, Portman Road, Ipswich, England
EFL Cup, Round 2

Ipswich Vs Bristol

Ipswich play in a 4-2-3-1 formation, and line up with: A Andrew (GK) , D Braddick (CB) , J McWilliam (CB) , R Ednie (RB) , I Lewis (LB) , S Denton (CM) , D Mestrallet (CDM) , D Boyle (CDM) , C Donnelly (RM) , L MacQueen (LM) , F Halliche (ST) And the subs are: O Scodicht (CB) , D Ogletree (CB) , R Serri (CM) , S Haughey (CM) , H Sobczak (ST)

Bristol play in a 5-4-1 formation, and line up with: B Moffit (GK) , L Morris (CB) , J Burns (CB) , D Dermott (CB) , L Liston (RB) , R McClung (LB) , C Ferguson (CDM) , A Ralston (CAM) , M McDermott (RM) , D Todd (LM) , N Smylie (ST) And the subs are: O Nourse (CB) , R Taggart (CB) , A Wyburn (CM) , K Teague (CM) , P Leishman (ST)

Welcome to Portman Road in Ipswich, England where Ipswich will face Bristol City.  This is round 2 of the EFL Cup.  The attendance is 30000.

1' - Ipswich kick the ball off for the start of the game.  

5' - Dan Boyle runs with the ball, beating Charlie Ferguson.  

6' - Dan Boyle spots a run from Lorcan MacQueen.  He attempts a long throughball to his teammate, and Lorcan MacQueen is able to take the ball.  Lorcan MacQueen tries to hit the ball past the keeper...but Bruce Moffit gets down to stop the shot!  

11' - Bruce Moffit plays a long pass to Lee Liston.  Sean Denton successfully tackles Lee Liston and the ball goes loose.  Declan Braddick dispossesses Charlie Ferguson and takes possession.  Declan Braddick passes to Dashiell Mestrallet.  Dashiell Mestrallet hits the ball long to John McWilliam.  Lee Liston tackles John McWilliam and takes the ball.  Farhan Halliche tackles Lee Liston and the ball goes loose.  David Todd sees a run from Neil Smylie.  He tries to release him with a long throughball, but the linesman raises his flag for offside!  

19' - Farhan Halliche passes a long ball to Ian Lewis.  Lloyd Morris successfully tackles Ian Lewis and the ball goes loose.  Andy Ralston finds Lee Liston with a long pass.  Lee Liston finds Charlie Ferguson with a short pass.  Declan Braddick successfully tackles Charlie Ferguson and gains possession for his team.  Declan Braddick hits the ball long to Dashiell Mestrallet.  Dashiell Mestrallet finds Conor Donnelly with a short pass.  Conor Donnelly sees a run from Farhan Halliche.  He attempts to release him with a throughball, and Farhan Halliche is able to take the ball.  Farhan Halliche tries to shoot the ball into the top of the net...but the shot is stopped by the keeper!  He is unable to hold it though...Conor Donnelly is first to the loose ball...Conor Donnelly takes a shot...but the ball flies wide of the post!

23' - Bruce Moffit sees Neil Smylie making a run.  He attempts a long throughball to his teammate, and Neil Smylie is able to control the ball.  Neil Smylie reaches the byline and attempts a cutback, but the ball does not reach its target and goes loose! Malcolm McDermott tries to use ball skills to beat Ian Lewis.  He sends his opponent the wrong way and takes the ball forward!  

23' - Malcolm McDermott tries to hit the ball past the keeper...but the shot is saved by the keeper!  

28' - Charlie Ferguson tackles Conor Donnelly and the ball goes loose.  Malcolm McDermott uses his pace to beat Dashiell Mestrallet.  

39' - Sean Denton passes to Declan Braddick.  Declan Braddick passes to Dan Boyle.  Dan Boyle passes to Ian Lewis.  Ian Lewis finds John McWilliam with a short pass.  David Todd successfully tackles John McWilliam and takes the ball.  David Todd plays a long ball to Andy Ralston.  Andy Ralston shoots from long range...but the shot is saved by the keeper!  

43' - Lorcan MacQueen sees a run from Farhan Halliche.  He tries to release him with a long throughball, but the linesman raises his flag for offside!  

45' - The referee blows the whistle for half time. 

45' - Bristol kick the ball off for the restart.  

48' - Andy Ralston passes to Malcolm McDermott.  Malcolm McDermott slides the ball to Justin Burns.  Justin Burns passes a long ball to Charlie Ferguson.  Charlie Ferguson brings the ball forward, outpacing John McWilliam.  

49' - Charlie Ferguson spots a run from Andy Ralston.  He attempts a long ball over the top, but Andy Ralston has strayed offside!  

51' - Farhan Halliche plays a long pass to Dashiell Mestrallet.  Dashiell Mestrallet tries to use ball skills to beat Lloyd Morris, but is tripped.  That will be a freekick for Ipswich.  

52' - There is going to be a subsitution.  Dashiell Mestrallet will come off.  Spencer Haughey joins the game from the bench.  

55' - Justin Burns tackles Conor Donnelly and takes possession.  Justin Burns plays a long ball to Malcolm McDermott.  Spencer Haughey successfully tackles Malcolm McDermott and gains possession for his team.  Malcolm McDermott successfully tackles Spencer Haughey and the ball goes loose.  Bristol attempt a quick counter attack.  David Todd looks to hit a long range shot past the keeper...but the keeper dives and manages to stop the shot!  

60' - There is going to be a subsitution.  Sean Denton will come off.  Rob Serri joins the game from the bench.  

66' - Charlie Ferguson successfully tackles Lorcan MacQueen and gains possession for his team.  Charlie Ferguson sees Neil Smylie making a run.  He tries to release him with a long throughball, and Neil Smylie is able to take the ball.  Neil Smylie looks to strike the ball into the top of the net...but the shot is parried by Arnie Andrew!  Andy Ralston gets to the ball first...Andy Ralston attempts to shoot the ball into the top of the net...but Arnie Andrew deflects the shot out of play.  The linesman flags for a corner for  Bristol.  Malcolm McDermott will take the corner.  He curls the ball into the box, and manages to find Neil Smylie.  Neil Smylie flicks a header attempting to beat the keeper...but the shot is parried by Arnie Andrew!  Rob Ednie is first to the loose ball and is able to clear.

72' - Conor Donnelly looks to shoot from distance into the top of the net...and Conor Donnelly scores!  That's an exquisite goal from the Ipswich player!  The keeper got a touch but it wasn't enough!

72' - Bristol kick the ball off for the restart.  

75' - There is going to be a subsitution.  It looks like Dave Dermott is going to be taken off.  Ollie Nourse joins the game from the bench.  

76' - Malcolm McDermott speeds past Ian Lewis.  

77' - Malcolm McDermott sees David Todd making a run.  He attempts a long throughball to his teammate, and David Todd is able to control the ball.  David Todd reaches the byline and tries a cutback, but Rob Ednie intercepts the ball to stop the chance! 

78' - Rob Ednie speeds past Malcolm McDermott.  

78' - There is going to be a subsitution.  Farhan Halliche will come off.  Henry Sobczak joins the game from the bench.  

82' - Rob Ednie plays a short pass to Lorcan MacQueen.  Lorcan MacQueen tries to strike a long range shot into the top of the net...but the shot sails over the bar!

84' - Bruce Moffit spots a run from Andy Ralston.  He tries to release him with a long ball over the top, and Andy Ralston runs on to the ball.  Andy Ralston hits the ball towards goal...but Arnie Andrew stops the shot!  He can't hold it though...Declan Braddick gets to the ball first and clears.

85' - There is going to be a subsitution.  Neil Smylie will come off.  Peter Leishman joins the game from the bench.  

87' - Spencer Haughey tries to hit a long range shot...but its wide!

91' - The referee blows the whistle for full time. 



The match has ended Ipswich 1 - 0 Bristol City.