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Ipswich vs Coventry carries a clear Ipswich edge, yet the meetings remain engaging because Coventry can make the contest direct and uncomfortable. Ipswich won 3–0 at Portman Road on 6 December 2025 and 2–0 at the Coventry Building Society Arena on 29 December 2025. Those dated results underline Ipswich’s advantage in the matchup. A future meeting will ask whether Coventry can disrupt that control or Ipswich can dictate the game again.
Past matches, Ipswich vs Coventry
Match center
Starting eleven
Substitutes Coventry
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13G
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8M
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20D
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9F
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22D
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21D
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54M
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28M
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41D
Ipswich Substitutes
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G
1
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D
15
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D
18
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M
30
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F
7
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M
12
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M
20
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F
11
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F
29
Match events
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18'Liam Kitching Yellow Card
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63'Jack Taylor Yellow Card
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72'⚽J. Clarke Normal Goal (Asst: M. Nunez)
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75'J. Allen V. Torp
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75'J. Eccles J. Rudoni
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78'C. Akpom I. Azon
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78'W. Burns S. W. Egeli
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78'W. Burns S. W. Egeli
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78'C. Akpom I. Azon
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79'E. Simms H. Wright
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83'⚽W. Burns Normal Goal (Asst: M. Nunez)
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87'J. Philogene J. Clarke
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87'J. Cajuste J. Taylor
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87'J. Cajuste J. Taylor
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87'J. Philogene J. Clarke
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88'Darnell Furlong Yellow Card
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90' +4C. Humphreys M. Nunez
Stats for this game
Matchup Ipswich VS Coventry
Ipswich set the reference point
Ipswich have taken the stronger position in this pairing through repeated wins in contrasting settings. They won 2–1 at Coventry on 30 April 2024, 2–1 at Portman Road on 2 December 2023, then recorded a 3–0 home victory on 6 December 2025 and a 2–0 success at Coventry on 29 December 2025. Together, those dated results show an advantage built on both home authority and away efficiency.
Coventry’s route back
Coventry’s interest lies in finding a response to Ipswich’s ability to score first and protect the game state. The sides have met across changing competition contexts, which gives the fixture a challenger-versus-favourite quality without assigning either club a permanent division identity. Ipswich’s established edge sets the expectation, while Coventry can still change the rhythm through pressure at the Coventry Building Society Arena. A future encounter will test whether Ipswich’s control travels again or Coventry can turn territory into the decisive moments that have eluded them in the matchup.