Town man of the matchRichard Wright

Ipswich Town Cardiff City

Town man of the matchTown man of the match

Richard Wright

Ipswich Town 4-4-2

1 Richard Wright 7

22 Moritz Volz 5

4 Gareth McAuley 7

6 Richard Naylor 5

33 Ben Thatcher 4

19 Jon Walters 6

10 David Norris 6

26 Veliche Shumulikoski 6

20 Darren Ambrose 6

9 Pablo Counago 6

14 Jon Stead 7

Subs

7 Owen Garvan (for Shumulikoski, 61) 6

18 Danny Haynes (for Stead, 70) 7

15 Pim Balkestein (for Counago, 70) 6

11 Kevin Lisbie

27 Shane Supple

Goals: Stead, 41.

Bookings: Thatcher(fouls, 66 and 68) Garvan (foul, 88) Balkestein (foul, 90)

Sent off: Thatcher (68, two cautions)

Cardiff City 4-4-2

1 Peter Enckelman 6

2 Kevin McNaughton 7

6 Gabor Gyepes 8

12 Roger Johnson 8

21 Mark Kennedy 7

14 Wayne Routledge 8

4 Gavin Rae 8

16 Joe Ledley 8

11 Paul Parry 8

18 Michael Chopra 7

8 Jay Bothroyd 7

Subs:

9 Eddie Johnson (for Chopra, 46) 6

10 Steve McPhail (for E Johnson, 83) 6

19 Riccardo Scimeca

15 Miguel Comminges

13 Tom Heaton

Goals: Bothroyd, 8. Gyepes, 26

The Referee: Andy Woolmer (Kettering) 7

Attendance: 19,665

Pitch: Very good. Weather: Cold and wet