Hull come from behind to lead before Enciso levels for Ipswich

Thomas Kirk refereed in front of a crowd of 24,459. Sergej Jakirovic set Hull City out in a five-four-one, with Coyle, wearing the armband, and Giles as wing-backs either side of Ajayi, Egan and Mendy, and Belloumi, Iroegbunam, Slater and Stroud behind McBurnie. Gary O'Neil picked a four-two-three-one for Ipswich Town: Palacios and Florentino as the holding pair, with Fatawu, Enciso and Philogene supporting Emersonn.

Florentino put Ipswich in front in the 22nd minute, Ouattara credited with the assist, and Palacios picked up a yellow card in the 28th. That was the sum of the first half's recorded events. Jakirovic made his first change at half-time, Crooks for Egan.

Stroud was booked in the 52nd minute, and in the 58th Hull were level, McBurnie supplying Iroegbunam. Jakirovic withdrew Stroud for Cho in the 60th, the same minute Crooks was shown a yellow card. McBurnie then found the net himself in the 68th, and a home side that had gone in behind were leading.

O'Neil made three changes in the 70th minute, sending on Clarke for Philogene, Maeda for Fatawu and Matusiwa for Florentino, his scorer. Matusiwa set up Enciso's equaliser in the 74th. Jakirovic replaced Iroegbunam with Morita and Coyle with Norton-Cuffy in the 77th, the minute O'Neil swapped Emersonn for Flemming. Enciso was booked in the 81st, Ajayi in the 88th and Diop at 90+2. Gelhardt came on for Slater in the 90th, and Akpom replaced Enciso last of all.

Ipswich kept the ball for 62 per cent of the game and attempted 560 passes to Hull's 335, completing 489 at 87.3 per cent against 245 at 73.1 per cent. They had 15 shots to 9, 26 touches in the opposition box to 17 and expected goals of 1.02 against 0.68. The return on all that was modest. Each side managed 3 shots on target, and each goalkeeper was credited with a single save.

Hull went about it another way, longer and wider. They played 64 long balls to 56, delivered 16 crosses to 11 and won 6 corners to 3, while making 20 tackles to 8 and winning 57 duels to 45. Ipswich made 34 clearances to Hull's 22. For the side with 62 per cent of the ball, that is a lot of time spent sweeping out their own kitchen.

Six of Ipswich's 15 shots were blocked, against one of Hull's 9, and that is where the possession leaked away. A share of the points from 3 shots on target apiece is the reading the numbers support most plainly. Both managers can point to their changes: Hull scored twice after Jakirovic's half-time switch, and Ipswich's leveller came from a substitute's pass. Expected goals of 1.02 against 0.68 is not the kind of margin that turns a draw into a grievance.

Ipswich won two of the three meetings listed here and Hull none, with one draw, all of them in the Championship. Ipswich won 1-0 at home in March 2026, and the November 2025 meeting at Hull ended Hull City 0-2 Ipswich Town. The game at Hull in April 2024 finished 3-3.

In the table as it stood at 17:45 on the day, with this match included, Hull City were eighth and Ipswich Town 12th, and both had 11 points after nine games. Hull's goal difference was 1 and Ipswich's was -4.