Crystal Palace vs Ipswich Town

Selhurst Park
C. Kavanagh
2026/2027

Match Report

Crystal Palace looked set to pick up a routine home win but were undone by a chaotic finish, falling 2-3 to Ipswich Town at Selhurst Park after playing more than an hour with ten men. The standout moment came deep into stoppage time when substitute Zian Flemming reacted quickest to a looping header off the crossbar to snatch all three points. Anan Khalaili put the hosts ahead in the 14th minute with a deflected strike from the edge of the box, but Emersonn equalized nine minutes later with a header from a Leif Davis cross. The game turned on the 34th minute when Axel Disasi was shown a straight red card for catching Jack Clarke with his studs, and Davis punished the extra space with a free header right before the break to put Ipswich 2-1 up at halftime. Jorgen Strand Larsen leveled things for Crystal Palace in the 75th minute before Flemming's 90th-minute strike settled it. The win ended a remarkable 32-match run for Ipswich dating back to December 2001 in which they'd never won after conceding first, and it was their first Premier League away victory since April 2025 — a huge lift for a side fighting to establish itself in the top flight. For Crystal Palace, it's a bitter blow undone by a moment of individual indiscipline that cost them a result they had largely controlled.

Match Events

23'
34'
A. Disasi(Serious foul)
43'
J. Clarke(Holding)
45'
58'
I. Fatawu(Tripping)
70'
S. Lukic(Tripping)
75'
90'
⚽Z. Flemming[2 - 3]
90+4'

Standings

#WDLGDPts
11Ipswich Town203-46
15Crystal Palace113-54

Statistics

47%Possession53%
11Shots12
4Shots on Target6
6Corners3
5Fouls15
0Offsides1
1Yellow Cards3
1Red Cards0
388Passes444
3Saves2