Birmingham and Ipswich played an exciting 1-1 draw at San Andrews to start the 2025-26 championship campaign.
The first section was Cagey, with a difficult chance of getting into a well-contested match.
Demarai Gray came close to Birmingham just before half-time, but his shot was well saved by Ipswich goalkeeper Alex Palmer.
After the break, Birmingham grew in the game and the advancement came in the 55th minute when Jay Stansfield expertly ended a strike of feet left after Kyogo Furuhashi hit the post.
After the goal, visitors increased their pressure, creating a few promising chances but could not find the net until late.
The turning point came in the 90 + 3 minutes when Lyndon Dykes took care of the ball inside the Birmingham Penalese area, which resulted in a penalty awarded to Ipswich.
George Hirst converted the post-kick, sending the goalkeeper the wrong way to get the score on 1-1.
In the last minutes, the two sides exchanged free kicks and corners, but neither could find a winner.
The match ended with both managers who are able to take positive-Birmingham for promise to attack their return to the championship, and Ipswich for their resilience in what is set to be a tough campaign back in the second division.
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2025-08-08 21:21:16