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Pre-season Friendlies

Jul 28, 2018 at 3pm UK

Ipswich Ipswich Town
1-2
West Ham West Ham United

Harrison (15')

FT(HT: 1-1)

Anderson (3'), Arnautovic (70')

Match Report

Football

West Ham United get the better of Ipswich Town in Portman Road friendly

By Giuseppe Labellarte, Reporter | 28 July 2018

Premier League West Ham United have recorded a 2-1 win over Championship side Ipswich Town in Saturday's pre-season friendly at Portman Road.

West Ham United have recorded a 2-1 win over Ipswich Town in Saturday's pre-season friendly at Portman Road.

The visitors began brightly and were rewarded with the opening goal just three minutes into the game.

A surge upfield saw Andriy Yarmolenko play Ryan Fredericks down the right before the ball was eventually whipped into the box for Felipe Anderson to head home.

The hosts did not have to wait long to draw level, however, Andre Dozzell splitting the Hammers defence with a through-ball to Ellis Harrison, who deftly poked past Lukasz Fabianski in the 15th minute.

Ipswich stepped up a gear following their equaliser as Gwion Edwards fired straight at Fabianski, Harrison struck the post and Jonas Knudsen also came close soon after.

West Ham, however, finished the half strongly as only a combination of Bartosz Bialkowski and Luke Woolfenden stopped Yarmolenko from adding a second for the visitors.

Both sides continued to trade blows, but the game's third goal would be scored by the Hammers on 70 minutes as Marko Arnautovic burst through the middle and calmly slotted past Bialkowski.

Pablo Zabaleta then made a late crucial intervention to stop Grant Ward's corner from being turned in by Flynn Downes as the East Londoners secured victory in East Anglia.

IPSWICH TOWN: Bialkowski, Spence (Emmanuel 82'), Woolfenden, Chambers, Knudsen (Kenlock 71'), Downes, Dozzell (Ward 79'), Edwards (Roberts 82'), Nydam (Chalobah 75'), Sears, Harrison (Lankester 82')

WEST HAM UNITED: Fabianski, Fredericks, Balbuena (Diop 71'), Ogbonna, Masuaku (Zabaleta 71'), Obiang (Rice 71'), Kouyate (Noble 46'), Yarmolenko (Haksabanovic 63'), Wilshere (Snodgrass 46'), Anderson (Martinez 63'), Arnautovic (Cullen 81')