Report & Highlights: Mateta chips Palace to victory at Portman Road – News

Ipswich responded with a triple substitution nevertheless it was Mateta who supplied the menace as he ran in behind once more to satisfy Eze’s clipped go. Solely an outstretched glove from Muric denied Palace a second.

Each managers shuffled their packs quickly thereafter and the sport, albeit missing nothing in ardour, continued to ebb and movement when it comes to possibilities.

Ipswich did pose a few issues as the sport entered its ultimate levels: Omari Hutchinson pressured Henderson into an important punch, and Sam Morsy fired a swerving effort huge of the mark from 30 yards.

And in a season the place Palace have seemingly had valuable little luck up to now, they deserved their slice of it on 86 minutes when Greaves’ header again throughout purpose – from Conor Chaplin’s intelligent set-piece – hit the bottom of the publish, bounced again off Nathan Broadhead and went behind.

Not at all times fairly, however continuously in management, Palace noticed out three minutes of added time to finish their troubles on the street and transfer as much as sixteenth within the Premier League desk.

Ipswich: Muric (GK), H. Clarke, O’Shea, Graves, Davis, Morsy, Cajuste (Taylor, 65), Burns (Broadhead, 65), Hutchinson, J. Clarke (Chaplin, 65), Delap (Al-Hamadi, 80).

Subs: Walton (GK), Johnson, Townsend, Phillips, Szmodics.

Palace: Henderson (GK), Muñoz, Chalobah (Richards, 81), Lacroix, Guéhi, Mitchell, Doucouré (Lerma, 45), Hughes, Sarr (Nketiah, 90), Mateta, Eze (Devenny, 76).

Subs: Turner (GK), Ward, Clyne, Kporha, Schlupp.

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