Manchester City 3-2 Ipswich Town: result and goals

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Manchester City beat Ipswich Town 3-2 on Sunday 18 October 2026 in the Premier League.

Goals: Phil Foden 19', Daizen Maeda 21', Erling Haaland 34', Erling Haaland 69', Zian Flemming 90' (penalty).

Manchester City sit 1st on 21 points.

Ipswich Town sit 12th on 10 points.

Manchester City have 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat in their last 5 matches.

Ipswich Town have 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats in their last 5 matches.

Last 3 meetings: Manchester City won 3, Ipswich Town won 0, 0 drawn.

Competition: Premier League
Kick-off: Sunday 18 October 2026, 01:00 (AEST)
Venue: Etihad Stadium, Manchester
👥: 60817

Match facts

Stadium: Etihad Stadium · Manchester; Capacity: 61,470 seats · Natural grass

Referee

Farai Hallam

Record: Premier League

Games: 39
Yellows per game: 3.8
Reds: 0
Penalties: 4
Fouls per game: 23.1

Absences

Manchester City

Phil FodenSuspended · Expected back: mid-October 2026

Ipswich Town

Jack TaylorDoubtful

Players ruled out or doubtful according to each club’s latest update.

Goals and cards

19'⚽Phil FodenGoal

21'⚽Daizen MaedaGoal

34'⚽Erling HaalandGoal

69'⚽Erling HaalandGoal

73'Abdoul OuattaraYellow

90'⚽Zian FlemmingPenalty

90'+7'Josko GvardiolYellow

90'+12'Leif DavisYellow

Live commentary

Match ends, Manchester City 3, Ipswich Town 2.
90'+13'Second Half ends, Manchester City 3, Ipswich Town 2.
90'+12'Leif Davis (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+12'Ayyoub Bouaddi (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90'+12'Foul by Leif Davis (Ipswich Town).
90'+11'Attempt blocked. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Enzo Fernández.
90'+10'Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Josko Gvardiol.
90'+7'Offside, Ipswich Town. Dara O'Shea is caught offside.
90'+7'Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+7'Foul by Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City).
90'+7'Abdul Fatawu (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90'+6'Attempt missed. Iliman Ndiaye (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Erling Haaland.
90'+3'Elliot Anderson (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
90'+3'Foul by Zian Flemming (Ipswich Town).
90'+3'Elliot Anderson (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+3'Foul by Dara O'Shea (Ipswich Town).
90'+2'Fourth official has announced 12 minutes of added time.
90'+1'Substitution, Ipswich Town. Jack Clarke replaces Jacob Greaves.
90'Goal! Manchester City 3, Ipswich Town 2. Zian Flemming (Ipswich Town) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
90'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
88'Delay in match (Manchester City). VAR checking.
88'Delay in match (Ipswich Town). VAR checking.
88'VAR Decision: Penalty Ipswich Town.
87'Penalty conceded by Marc Guéhi (Manchester City) after a foul in the penalty area.
87'Penalty Ipswich Town. Abdul Fatawu draws a foul in the penalty area.
85'VAR Decision: No Goal Manchester City 3-1 Ipswich Town.
85'GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Erling Haaland (Manchester City) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
85'Offside, Manchester City. Enzo Fernández is caught offside.
85'Attempt missed. Iliman Ndiaye (Manchester City) header from very close range misses to the left.
85'Iliman Ndiaye (Manchester City) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Erling Haaland with a headed pass.
85'Attempt saved. Enzo Fernández (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Christian Walton (Ipswich Town). Assisted by Erling Haaland.
84'Offside, Manchester City. Antoine Semenyo is caught offside.
82'Elliot Anderson (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
82'Foul by Exequiel Palacios (Ipswich Town).
80'Offside, Ipswich Town. Jacob Greaves is caught offside.
80'Attempt saved. Zian Flemming (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Gianluigi Donnarumma (Manchester City). Assisted by Jacob Greaves with a headed pass.
78'Substitution, Ipswich Town. Chuba Akpom replaces Julio Enciso.
78'Substitution, Ipswich Town. Zian Flemming replaces Emersonn.
77'Substitution, Manchester City. Antoine Semenyo replaces Jérémy Doku.
77'Substitution, Manchester City. Elliot Anderson replaces Phil Foden.
76'Substitution, Manchester City. Abdukodir Khusanov replaces Matheus Nunes because of an injury.
76'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
75'Delay in match because of an injury Matheus Nunes (Manchester City).
73'Abdoul Ouattara (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card.
71'Substitution, Ipswich Town. Abdul Fatawu replaces Daizen Maeda.
71'Substitution, Ipswich Town. Azor Matusiwa replaces Florentino.
69'Goal! Manchester City 3, Ipswich Town 1. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Iliman Ndiaye following a fast break.
67'Attempt missed. Emersonn (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Exequiel Palacios following a fast break.
64'Attempt missed. Enzo Fernández (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
63'Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
63'Foul by Daizen Maeda (Ipswich Town).
61'Substitution, Manchester City. Josko Gvardiol replaces Nico O'Reilly.
60'Offside, Ipswich Town. Abdoul Ouattara is caught offside.
60'Handball by Leif Davis (Ipswich Town).
57'Attempt blocked. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Enzo Fernández.
56'Attempt missed. Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Phil Foden with a cross following a corner.
56'Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Florentino.
55'Attempt missed. Emersonn (Ipswich Town) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Leif Davis with a cross following a corner.
54'Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Marc Guéhi.
54'Foul by Marc Guéhi (Manchester City).
54'Emersonn (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
52'Attempt missed. Abdoul Ouattara (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Emersonn.
51'Ayyoub Bouaddi (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
51'Foul by Julio Enciso (Ipswich Town).
50'Substitution, Manchester City. Enzo Fernández replaces Mateo Kovacic because of an injury.
50'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
49'Delay in match because of an injury Mateo Kovacic (Manchester City).
49'Attempt missed. Jacob Greaves (Ipswich Town) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Leif Davis with a cross following a corner.
48'Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Matheus Nunes.
48'Ayyoub Bouaddi (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
48'Foul by Florentino (Ipswich Town).
47'Foul by Jérémy Doku (Manchester City).
47'Dara O'Shea (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
46'Marc Guéhi (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
46'Foul by Emersonn (Ipswich Town).
45'Second Half begins Manchester City 2, Ipswich Town 1.
45'+3'First Half ends, Manchester City 2, Ipswich Town 1.
45'+2'Foul by Rúben Dias (Manchester City).
45'+2'Julio Enciso (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
45'+1'Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
43'Attempt saved. Rúben Dias (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner by Christian Walton (Ipswich Town). Assisted by Marc Guéhi.
40'Attempt blocked. Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
40'Attempt blocked. Iliman Ndiaye (Manchester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mateo Kovacic.
36'Mateo Kovacic (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
36'Foul by Emersonn (Ipswich Town).
34'Goal! Manchester City 2, Ipswich Town 1. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mateo Kovacic with a cross.
34'Attempt blocked. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rúben Dias.
33'Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Jacob Greaves.
33'Attempt blocked. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Phil Foden with a through ball.
31'Iliman Ndiaye (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
31'Foul by Florentino (Ipswich Town).
29'Attempt missed. Emersonn (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Christian Walton.
26'Matheus Nunes (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
26'Foul by Julio Enciso (Ipswich Town).
24'Offside, Ipswich Town. Dara O'Shea is caught offside.
24'Foul by Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City).
24'Abdoul Ouattara (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
23'Attempt missed. Phil Foden (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nico O'Reilly with a cross.
21'Goal! Manchester City 1, Ipswich Town 1. Daizen Maeda (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Abdoul Ouattara.
19'Goal! Manchester City 1, Ipswich Town 0. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jérémy Doku following a fast break.
17'Attempt saved. Rúben Dias (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Christian Walton (Ipswich Town). Assisted by Mateo Kovacic.
14'Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
14'Foul by Abdoul Ouattara (Ipswich Town).
9'Offside, Ipswich Town. Emersonn is caught offside.
9'Foul by Rúben Dias (Manchester City).
9'Emersonn (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
8'Foul by Ayyoub Bouaddi (Manchester City).
8'Jacob Greaves (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
6'Attempt missed. Rúben Dias (Manchester City) header from very close range is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Phil Foden with a cross following a set piece situation.
5'Iliman Ndiaye (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
5'Foul by Jacob Greaves (Ipswich Town).
4'Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
4'Foul by Florentino (Ipswich Town).
2'Mateo Kovacic (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
2'Foul by Jacob Greaves (Ipswich Town).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Commentary: ESPN

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