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Leeds United Vs Ipswich Town LIVE: Championship Latest Score, Goals And Updates From Fixture
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Follow live coverage as Leeds United face Ipswich Town in the Championship today.
An increasingly competitive second tier in English football remains an intense and exciting competition, with the prize of a place in the Premier League on offer at the end of the season.
Last year Southampton, Leicester City and Leeds United were relegated from the top flight and all are hopeful of making a quick return - but the likes of Norwich City, West Bromwich Albion and Sunderland all have real promotion ambitions too.
At the other end of the table, QPR, Cardiff City and Birmingham City will hope for better campaigns than last year's relegation struggle - while newcomers Sheffield Wednesday will be looking to survive after dramatic progress through the play-offs.
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Leeds United FC 4 - 0 Ipswich Town FC
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Foul by Nathan Broadhead (Ipswich Town).
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Archie Gray (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Crysencio Summerville (Leeds United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Substitution, Leeds United. Wilfried Gnonto replaces Daniel James.
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Axel Tuanzebe (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Axel Tuanzebe (Ipswich Town).
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Crysencio Summerville (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Massimo Luongo.
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Attempt blocked. Archie Gray (Leeds United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Goal! Leeds United 4, Ipswich Town 0. Joël Piroe (Leeds United) right footed shot from the centre of the box.
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Foul by Axel Tuanzebe (Ipswich Town).
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Nathan Broadhead (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Massimo Luongo (Ipswich Town).
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Joël Piroe (Leeds United) hits the woodwork with a right footed shot from the right side of the box.
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Hand ball by Joël Piroe (Leeds United).
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Second Half begins Leeds United 3, Ipswich Town 0.
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First Half ends, Leeds United 3, Ipswich Town 0.
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Offside, Ipswich Town. Wes Burns is caught offside.
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Goal! Leeds United 3, Ipswich Town 0. Crysencio Summerville (Leeds United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
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Penalty conceded by Leif Davis (Ipswich Town) after a foul in the penalty area.
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Wes Burns (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Leif Davis.
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Foul by Sam Morsy (Ipswich Town).
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Daniel James (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Daniel James (Leeds United).
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Foul by Djed Spence (Leeds United).
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Attempt blocked. Archie Gray (Leeds United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Djed Spence.
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Foul by Sam Morsy (Ipswich Town).
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Hand ball by Harry Clarke (Ipswich Town).
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Harry Clarke (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
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Conor Chaplin (Ipswich Town) hits the right post with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Leif Davis.
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Own Goal by Leif Davis, Ipswich Town. Leeds United 2, Ipswich Town 0.
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Foul by Sam Morsy (Ipswich Town).
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Attempt missed. Václav Hladky (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box.
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Attempt missed. Daniel James (Leeds United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Joël Piroe following a fast break.
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Foul by Ethan Ampadu (Leeds United).
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Goal! Leeds United 1, Ipswich Town 0. Pascal Struijk (Leeds United) header from very close range to the centre of the goal following a corner.
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Attempt saved. Joël Piroe (Leeds United) header from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Crysencio Summerville with a cross.
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Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Harry Clarke.
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Offside, Leeds United. Daniel James is caught offside.
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First Half begins.
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Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
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Pundit Claims It Will Be A 'shock' If Raphinha Completes Sensational Leeds United Return
Raphinha returning to Leeds United would be a "shock" as he is "better" than the Championship side.
Speaking exclusively to Football Insider, former West Ham and Celtic striker Frank McAvennie suggested that his £55million move to Barcelona last summer has not been a success.
The Blaugrana are reportedly willing to let the Brazilian leave after underperforming for Xavi's side, notching 3 goals and seven assists this season – far below the expectations of the Spanish giants.
The skilful 27-year-old was a favourite at Elland Road during his two seasons after bagging 17 goals and 12 assists in 67 appearances.
However, McAvennie wouldn't bet on a surprise reunion but claimed there would be plenty of interested clubs if he were to depart Barca.
"It's a hell of a heavy jersey at Barcelona," he told Football Insider.
"He could go back to Leeds or anywhere else and be a star again but when you walk through that door at Barcelona, it's one of those places where you know it's elite.
"Like Celtic or Real Madrid, you've got to be elite to play in these jerseys.
"He may have thought he shouldn't have been there. It's not worked out great but sometimes if you're playing with all these great players you think that you shouldn't.
"It would be great if he went back to Leeds, but, oh my god, it would be a shock. If this happens, everyone will be surprised."
"I don't want to disrespect Leeds but he's better than them at the moment.
"He was a wonderful player there but if he leaves there won't be a shortage of teams looking at him."
In other news, Sources: Leeds United race to sign Hastings.
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{{/primary_category}}Leeds United 4-0 Ipswich Town: Whites Crush Tractor Boys To Boost Promotion Hopes
Georginio Rutter's support play was outstanding, as he helped create Joel Piroe's goal amongst others Leeds United dismantled fellow Championship high-fliers Ipswich Town with a comprehensive victory at Elland Road to stamp their own promotion credentials.
Daniel Farke's side struck four times to leave Ipswich's five-game unbeaten run in tatters in front of a raucous crowd and end their own two-game winless run.
The damage was done in the first half, kick-started when Pascal Struijk headed in after Town goalkeeper Vaclav Hladky had palmed away Joel Piroe's attempt from a Crysencio Summerville corner.
It was an unfortunate return to former surroundings for Ipswich's ex-Whites defender Leif Davis, who inadvertently bundled a Summerville cross past his own keeper after a quickfire counter, and then brought down the same player, who converted the subsequent penalty kick.
Little changed after a chastening half-time break for the visitors. Within two minutes of the restart Piroe hit the bar, and then made sure of the points and his place on the scoresheet moments later when he smashed the ball beyond Hladky.
The game was over by that stage, and Leeds' control was evident as their noisy support basked in the glory of a thumping success which lifted them to within seven points of second-placed Ipswich.
The visitors enjoyed only fleeting moments, such as when Conor Chaplin smacked a post with a first-half drive, but Ilian Meslier had little to do in the home goal.
Farke tactics pay off as old foes flounderHaving been frustrated by Coventry and beaten by Sunderland in their past two outings, the pressure was on Leeds to come up with a response against one of the division's top two sides this season, and Farke's side matched the expectation.
The Tractor Boys have ploughed through most of their Championship opponents this season, but have found Leeds to be their Achilles heel, having lost 4-3 at home to the same opponents in August.
They were not allowed to harness the talents of Chaplin, Broadhead and Wes Burns in particular, as the home press shut down space, nullified their ample possession and usual fluid movement in keeping them at arm's length.
Kieran McKenna's side had never lost by such a margin in his time in charge, but Leeds are only one of two second-tier sides they have lost to this season and they have swiftly bounced back on both previous occasions.
Credit for Leeds' dominance must go to Ethan Ampadu and Glen Kamara, whose industry ensured they got the better of the busy Sam Morsy and Massimo Luongo in midfield and created the platform for their array of attacking talent to perform so devastatingly.
Summerville and James provided the width that caused Davis and Harry Clarke a host of problems, while Georginio Rutter's link play continually opened the visitors up.
The second goal in particular showed the best of that, with the rapid Summerville set away by cute interchanges of possession between Piroe and Rutter before his cross went in via Davis.
It means Farke, who never lost an East Anglian derby in his time at Ipswich's rivals Norwich, remains a thorn in the side of his old foes.
Leeds United boss Daniel Farke told BBC Radio Leeds:
"It's not possible to have a perfect performance in football, but it was probably our most mature performance of the season, regarding that we played one of the top sides at this level, we were all over them and fully deserved our 4-0 win.
"In the first-half they had two half-chances with shots from distance, but second half 'expected goals' was zero for them. I can't recall that in any game, it was incredible work from my players.
"In all phases, we were outstanding. In our possession, we had many good spells and we were controlling and dominating without the ball".
"After 80 minutes you are 4-0 up, and we still did not want to give any chance away. My most impressive topic and aspect of the game was the clean sheet."
Ipswich Town boss Kieran McKenna told BBC Radio Suffolk:
"It was a tough afternoon. The game didn't go how we wanted it to go, there's disappointment in that and for the fans who travelled.
"But that's football and it's a long season, you're going to have days that don't go your way, we know the strength of the opposition we're playing and all the moments in the first half went their way.
"I didn't think the disparity between the teams was that great in the first-half, I thought we started the game well, disappointed to have conceded on the first set-play to defend, I felt there was a stonewall foul on Conor Chaplin in the build up to that but we should have defended the corner better.
"It's always going to be a difficult game then, it was a stable game but they were clinical in their moments and we didn't defend well enough, but when you go in 3-0 down it'll be difficult second-half, all you can do is stick in the game and stick together and the players did that."
Line-ups LeedsFormation 4-2-3-1
1Meslier
22Gray14Rodon21Struijk39Spence
4Ampadu8Kamara
20James7Piroe10Summerville
24Rutter
Formation 4-2-3-1
31Hladky
2Clarke40Tuanzebe15Burgess3Davis
5Morsy25Luongo
7Burns10Chaplin33Broadhead
27Hirst
Match ends, Leeds United 4, Ipswich Town 0.
Second Half ends, Leeds United 4, Ipswich Town 0.
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