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14th · 1-1-3 · 4 pts · -4

Ugh, no.

Sunderland lost to Ipswich Town

0-0-1 1 – 2

1-0-0

FT · Sat, Aug 22

Match Details

Portman Road (Ipswich) · 29,669 fans · Peacock

Recap

Ipswich Town mark Premier League return with win over Sunderland as Jack Clarke pops up late

Jack Clarke fired newly-promoted Ipswich to an opening-day victory with a 90th-minute winner to down old club Sunderland.

Recap via ESPN

Commentary

·Match ends, Ipswich Town 2, Sunderland 1.
90'+5'Second Half ends, Ipswich Town 2, Sunderland 1.
90'+5'Foul by Reinildo Mandava (Sunderland).
90'+5'Kjell Scherpen (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+4'Attempt blocked. Habib Diarra (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
90'+2'Attempt missed. Jack Clarke (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Abdoul Ouattara following a fast break.
90'Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
90'Goal! Ipswich Town 2, Sunderland 1. Jack Clarke (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sasa Lukic.
88'Reinildo Mandava (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88'Foul by Kasey McAteer (Ipswich Town).
87'Foul by Dan Ballard (Sunderland).
87'Dara O'Shea (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Line Score

	1	2	T
SUN	1	0	1
IPS	1	1	2

Match Leaders

Sunderland

NA Nilson Angulo · 1Goals
TM Thomas Meunier · 2Total Shots
Robin Roefs · 1Saves
RM Reinildo Mandava · 9Defensive Interventions
GX Granit Xhaka · 68Accurate Passes

Ipswich Town

E Emersonn · 1Goals
JE Julio Enciso · 3Total Shots
Kjell Scherpen · 2Saves
DO Dara O'Shea · 21Defensive Interventions
MN Marcelino Núñez · 38Accurate Passes

League Table · 2026-27 English Premier League

	Team	GP	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Man City	5	5	0	0	+8	15
2	Arsenal	5	4	0	1	+4	12
3	Brighton	5	3	1	1	+11	10
4	Brentford	5	2	3	0	+6	9
5	Leeds	5	2	3	0	+4	9
6	Liverpool	5	2	3	0	+3	9
7	Everton	5	2	3	0	+3	9
8	Hull	5	2	2	1	+2	8
9	Newcastle	5	2	2	1	0	8
10	Chelsea	5	2	1	2	-2	7
11	Ipswich	5	2	0	3	-4	6
12	Man United	5	1	2	2	0	5
13	Nottm Forest	5	1	2	2	-1	5
14	Sunderland	5	1	1	3	-4	4
15	C Palace	5	1	1	3	-5	4
16	Aston Villa	5	1	1	3	-5	4
17	Bournemouth	5	0	3	2	-2	3
18	Coventry	5	1	0	4	-9	3
19	Fulham	5	0	2	3	-3	2
20	Spurs	5	0	2	3	-6	2

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Key Events

90'Goal! Ipswich Town 2, Sunderland 1. Jack Clarke (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sasa Lukic.

80'Substitution, Ipswich Town. Sindre Egeli replaces Marcelino Núñez.

80'Substitution, Ipswich Town. Abdoul Ouattara replaces Daizen Maeda.

80'Substitution, Sunderland. Habib Diarra replaces Enzo Le Fée.

80'Substitution, Sunderland. Chris Rigg replaces Trai Hume.

71'Substitution, Ipswich Town. Jack Clarke replaces Julio Enciso because of an injury.

67'Substitution, Sunderland. Wilson Isidor replaces Brian Brobbey.

67'Substitution, Sunderland. Omar Alderete replaces Luke O'Nien.

66'Substitution, Ipswich Town. Chuba Akpom replaces Emersonn.

66'Substitution, Ipswich Town. Kasey McAteer replaces Abdul Fatawu.

63'Luke O'Nien (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

59'Substitution, Sunderland. Chemsdine Talbi replaces Nilson Angulo.

55'Nilson Angulo (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card.

39'Goal! Ipswich Town 1, Sunderland 1. Nilson Angulo (Sunderland) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.

36'Dan Ballard (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card.

24'Goal! Ipswich Town 1, Sunderland 0. Emersonn (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Julio Enciso following a fast break.