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Wolves vs Ipswich Town
 1 - 1 
Date: 
19/04/2008
Venue: 
Molineux
Attendance: 
26,072
Referee: 
S Mathieson

Wolves 1 (Ebanks-Blake 72)

Ipswich Town 1 (Miller 90)

Ipswich's Tommy Miller delivered a kick in the teeth to Wolves' play-off aspirations with an equaliser five seconds from the end of added time.

Mick McCarthy's men had finally broken through a stubborn Town rearguard in the 72nd minute with Sylvan Ebanks-Blake's tenth goal of the season for Wolves looking enough to secure the three points until Miller struck.

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David Edwards was named in midfield in place of Darron Gibson whilst, as expected, Michael Kightly took a place on the bench. There was no place, however, for regular substitute Freddy Eastwood.

Wolves made a bright start after kicking-off attacking the South Bank end of a blustery Molineux. But, after a Michael Gray corner had been cleared, the first real chance of the game fell to Town's Jon Walters who fired an angled shot over the bar after running on to Miller's short through ball.

Edwards was injured and had to receive for treatment after a midfield challenge, and whilst he was off the field Ebanks-Blake fired wide with a shot on the turn from just outside the area.

Although Edwards returned to the pitch he was clearly struggling and after a few minutes he was replaced by Gary Breen who took up his normal position in central defence with Neill Collins dropping to right-back and Kevin Foley moving into midfield.

Matt Jarvis pushed a pass through to Andy Keogh to the left of the Ipswich goal, but the striker's shot was too high before, in the 21st minute, Ebanks-Blake blazed the ball over the bar from point blank range after George Elokobi's low centre.

Seyi Olofinjana's attempted chip got caught in the wind and drifted wide after Jarvis and Keogh had created the chance and, within a minute, Ebanks-Blake saw his drive deflected wide after Keogh had laid the ball into his path.

From Jarvis's corner, Breen headed the ball back into the six-yard box where Jody Craddock, with an overhead kick, hit the side netting.

Ipswich looked odds on to take the lead when Pablo Counago ran onto David Wright's short cross but Breen, in a nick of time, took the ball off the striker's foot.

Two further scares for the home supporters followed in quick succession with Wayne Hennessey making a smart save at his near post after Walters' shot on the turn, and then the Welsh keeper had to turn behind a long range effort from Alan Quinn.

Wolves were soon back on the attack and when Ebanks-Blake helped on Jarvis's cross to Foley his first-time shot flew into the arms of Stephen Bywater.

Play swept straight to the other end where Hennessey saved a low drive from Counago.

Keogh was only just off target with a bullet header at the far post after a Jarvis corner, and then the Irishman set up Olofinjana who hit a volley wide from 20-yards.

Half-Time: Wolves 0 Ipswich 0

Kightly was a half-time replacement for Gray and one of his first duties was to take a free-kick from the edge of the area after Alex Bruce had tripped Keogh. The defender was booked and when Kightly's kick curled into the area it took a deflection before being hacked clear from inside the six-yard box by a defender.

A teasing cross from Jarvis was cleared from in front of goal by Wright and from another precision centre by the Wolves' winger, Keogh's diving header was deflected over the bar.

From the corner, taken by Jarvis, Kightly's header was palmed out by Bywater and Ebanks-Blake's follow up shot smacked against team-mate Collins and bounced clear.

But the relief for Town was brief for seconds later Ebanks-Blake struck. He chested down a long punt into the box from Elokobi and let the ball bounce before hitting a low shot on the turn past Bywater.

Olofinjana was booked after a collision with Counago, then a Bruce foul on Kightly 22-yards out led to a free-kick that was taken by the popular midfielder with the ball hitting the wall and looping up onto the roof of the net.

Foley joined Olofinjana in the book after he had pulled back Jordan Rhodes before, in the final seconds of the three added minutes, Breen was penalised for a shove on Alan Lee 22-yards out.

Miller planted the free-kick over wall and into the net to stun the large Molineux crowd. Just five seconds after the restart, the referee blew for time.

Wolves: Hennessey, Foley, Elokobi, D. Edwards (Breen 18), Craddock (capt), Collins, Jarvis, Keogh, Ebanks-Blake (Kyle 86), Olofinjana, Gray (Kightly 45).

Unused subs: Elliott, Stack.

Bookings: Ebanks-Blake (72 - taking shirt off after scoring), Olofinjana (77 - foul), Foley (87 - foul).

Ipswich: Bywater, De Vos (capt), Walters, Miller, Garvan, Bruce, Quinn, Haynes (Lee 77), Simpson, Wright, Counago (Rhodes 84).

Unused subs: Colgan, Sito, Williams.

Booking: Bruce (52 - foul).

Referee: S. Mathieson.

Attendance: 26,072.

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 Match Information
 
  Wolverhampton Ipswich
Goals : 1 1
Possession : 50% 50%
Shots On Target : 7 7
Shots Off Target : 6 5
Corners : 9 4
Fouls : 15 13
Most Fouls : Olofinjana (4) Walters (3)
Yellow Cards : 2 1
Red Cards : 0 0
 
Scorers :
Ebanks-Blake 73
Miller 90 + 4
 
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