Ipswich Town have been agonisingly near selecting up their first three factors of the Premier League marketing campaign in opposition to Leicester Metropolis, just for the Foxes to rain on the Tractor Boys parade proper on the demise.
Jordan Ayew would find yourself being the Leicester participant that will jab the dagger into Ipswich’s hearts, because the ex-Crystal Palace man managed to mix effectively with Jamie Vardy underneath stress, earlier than ending confidently previous an in any other case rock-solid Arijanet Muric who had made four saves within the sport previous to this sucker punch strike.
Ipswich will nonetheless be capable to take away some positives from this crushing draw, notably within the efficiency of standout defender Leif Davis who scored what he thought was going to be a dramatic winner early into the second 45 minutes, however Kalvin Phillips had one other afternoon to neglect for his new employers to additional pile on the early distress of his mortgage spell.
Phillips would not even see out the total contest for Kieran McKenna‘s males, because the ten males battled onerous late on after his dismissal, however in the end got here up quick of their mission to gather an elusive league win.
Phillips’ efficiency in numbers
The ex-Leeds United midfielder has discovered it tough to acclimatise to his new environment at Portman Highway, however McKenna has stood agency in his choice decisions relating to his new quantity eight, who had began seven Premier League games in a row for Ipswich heading into this one.
In fact, this streak of beginning video games week in week out will now be damaged owing to a suspension, as Phillips acquired his marching orders on the 77-minute mark for a excessive boot on Ricardo Pereira, which noticed a second yellow card come his method.
Away from some doubtful refereeing selections that bought underneath the pores and skin of each Phillips and McKenna, the 28-year-old did battle within the sport, with the Manchester Metropolis loanee squandering possession 14 times, on prime of solely profitable 5 of his 13 duels within the contest.
Phillips’ suspension will enable his supervisor to consider options within the holding midfield positions, alongside additionally now having meals for thought as to who he ought to choose down the left wing, as Sammie Szmodics by no means bought going in opposition to Steve Cooper’s males from down this flank.
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Szmodics’ efficiency in numbers
It has been an up-and-down journey for Szmodics since his arrival to Suffolk this summer time, with an unbelievable begin seeing him rating a blistering strike away at Manchester Metropolis all the best way again in August.
He has backed that up since with one other league strike in Ipswich’s current frenetic 4-3 loss to Brentford in October, however the ex-Blackburn Rovers man was nameless for big spells in opposition to Leicester when his group wanted extra creativity and aptitude to essentially push on to a primary league win of the marketing campaign.
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Szmodics’ numbers vs Leicester |
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Stat |
Szmodics |
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Minutes performed |
74 |
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Targets scored |
0 |
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Assists |
0 |
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Touches |
20 |
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Correct passes |
6/8 |
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Photographs |
1 |
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Huge possibilities missed |
1 |
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Whole duels received |
2/6 |
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Stats by Sofascore |
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Szmodics noticed the sport move him by all too usually, because the likes of Conor Chaplin bought much more pleasure simply working on the Leicester defence from a central attacking midfield place, over laying it off to the Ipswich quantity 23 down the left.
As could be seen glancing on the desk above, the Republic of Eire worldwide solely mustered up 20 touches of the ball within the 1-1 draw – which was lower than Muric’s rely for the day at 34 – while additionally solely registering a meagre six correct passes, as Szmodics failed to go away his mark on the back-and-forth affair.
He did handle to overlook one massive likelihood, which was his solely shot of the afternoon, however McKenna should be tempted to vary issues up on the left wing after this quiet exhibiting, with Jack Clarke one apparent choice who’s extra of a pure down the left over Szmodics anyway.
McKenna will simply pray no matter modifications he does make for Ipswich’s subsequent Premier League contest means a primary league win of the season edges nearer, however an away journey to Tottenham Hotspur will likely be an almighty problem for his low on confidence group.
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