Ipswich Town 0
Wolves 2 (Ebanks-Blake 21, Edwards 77)
Wolves continued their unbeaten start to the season and moved up to second place in the Championship table after a well deserved win at Ipswich.
But the victory was marred by a serious injury to defender George Elokobi who was carried off on a stretcher with his left leg in a splint.
There was just the one change to the Wolves starting line-up with Neill Collins continuing in place of Jody Craddock who was injured in the early stages of the home win over Sheffield Wednesday.
A third minute corner from Michael Kightly was headed down by Collins before being booted clear by Ben Thatcher.
Kightly volleyed wide when Richard Naylor's misplaced header dropped at his feet, before Kevin Lisbie took Ipswich's first corner of the contest with Collins' powerful header clearing the danger.
Wolves were playing the better football and in the 17th minute Chris Iwelumo's run took him past two challenges before his 20-yard shot was parried by Richard Wright.
Then it was Karl Henry's turn to power through the heart of the Town defence. His shot from the edge of the box bounced off a defender to Matt Jarvis but he was unable to prevent the ball from going behind.
But the pressure paid off in the 21st minute when a flowing Wolves move ended with Sylvan Ebanks-Blake heading past Wright after connecting with Jarvis's accurate cross.
Three minutes later Gareth McAuley clearly tugged at Ebanks-Blake's shirt as he went for another Jarvis centre but the referee ignored the justified penalty appeals from the Wolves striker.
In a rare Ipswich attack, Richard Stearman got in a crucial tackle on Lisbie to deflect the ball narrowly wide of Wayne Hennessey's goal. Then Veliche Shumulikoski was shown the yellow card for tripping Ebanks-Blake.
Wright saved a Jarvis drive at the near post but the keeper was a spectator as Collins powered a header inches wide following a free-kick from Kevin Foley wide on the right.
The former England international then dived to keep out Iwelumo's shot on the turn before Jon Walters volleyed a foot over the bar with Town's best effort of the half.
Three minutes before the break there was a suspicion of hands from Naylor as he went up to challenge Iwelumo for a Foley cross - the big striker's header going into the arms of Wright.
In stoppage time Henry's challenge on Alan Lee resulted in an Ipswich free-kick to the left of the visitors area. Tommy Miller fired the ball into the middle and it was headed out to Danny Haynes whose shot was way too high.
Half-Time: Ipswich 0 Wolves 1
Within two minutes of the restart, the ball dropped to the unmarked Walters but from 10-yards his low shot was too close to Hennessey who fell forwards to make the save.
Ipswich were looking a far more potent force following the break and they went close to equalising through Haynes who was a fraction too high with his shot after taking a pass from Lisbie.
Hennessey pulled off a fine one-handed to deny Miller before Kightly just missed out on the chance of a second Wolves goal when he shot inches wide of the far post after Iwelumo had nodded down Collins' deep free-kick.
Disaster struck on the hour mark when Elokobi suffered what looked to be a serious leg injury. He went down after what appeared to be a shove from Haynes who crossed to Miller.
The striker's shot ballooned up in the air off a defender and when Hennessey, under pressure, failed to punch clear, the ball dropped once again to Miller whose close range effort was cleared off the line by Stearman.
Elokobi received lengthy treatment before he was carried off on a stretcher. Henry, who clearly felt his team-mate had been fouled, was booked for dissent and then Mick McCarthy made a double switch sending David Edwards on for Ebanks-Blake and Darren Ward for Elokobi.
On 70 minutes a reflex save from Wright kept out Stearman's header following a Jones free-kick. The ball looped behind the keeper and was about to cross the line when Naylor hooked it clear.
Ipswich's hopes of salvaging anything from the game were hit by a double blow in the space of two minutes.
First they lost the services of Alex Bruce for what looked to be a double footed challenge on Dave Jones. And the defender could only just have reached the dressing room when Wright failed to hold on to Jarvis's angled shot and Edwards was there to sweep the rebound into the net from close in.
Edwards almost helped himself to a hat-trick in the minutes that followed with Wright making a fine save from a 15-yard volley before taking another effort from the midfielder in his midriff with Kightly having set up both chances.
The pair combined again in the 84th minute but although Edwards beat Wright to Kightly's through pass and left the keeper stranded outside the area, McAuley had spotted the danger and was in position to clear.
In stoppage time Jarvis clipped the outside of the far post after he had cut in from the left and shot from the corner of the Ipswich box.
Town: Wright, McAuley (capt), Bruce, Naylor, Miller, Lisbie, Lee (Counago 45), Haynes (Trotter 70), Walters, Shumulikoski (Garvan 54), Thatcher.
Unused subs: Supple, Balkestein.
Bookings: Shumulikoski (27 - foul), Counago (86 - foul).
Sent-Off: Bruce (76 - dangerous play).
Wolves: Hennessey, Foley, Elokobi (D. Ward 63), Henry (capt), Stearman, Collins, Kightly (Keogh 90), David Jones, Ebanks-Blake (Edwards 63), Iwelumo, Jarvis.
Unused subs: Vokes, Ikeme.
Bookings: Henry (60 - dissent), Edwards (81 - kicking ball away).
Referee: S. Tanner.
Attendance: 21,483.
Milton Keynes Dons under 18s 1 Wolves 2 (Rooney, Malone)
