Ipswich Town 1-0 Hull City: McKenna´s side boost promotion hopes with narrow win

Ipswich Town boosted their Championship promotion hopes as Azor Matusiwa secured a narrow 1-0 victory over play-off rivals Hull City.

Matusiwa’s stunning long-range strike sealed the win 19 minutes from time to move Kieran McKenna’s side three points behind second-place Middlesbrough, with a game in hand.

Ipswich carried the greater threat during the first half in the battle between fourth and fifth in the Championship, going close through Jack Taylor and George Hirst.

Yet, it was not until the 71st minute that they found the breakthrough, as Matusiwa beat Hull goalkeeper Ivor Pandur with a stunning effort that flashed in off the underside of the crossbar.

Pandur came to the visitors’ rescue soon after with a smart save to deny Clarke, but the single goal was enough to seal the Tractor Boys’ 12th home win of the campaign.

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Data Debrief: Ton up for McKenna

McKenna secured his 100th win from 210 games in charge of Ipswich, beating the record set by 1966 World Cup winner Alf Ramsey, and did so in impressive fashion as his side produced 1.54 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Hull’s 0.27 from six attempts.

The Tractor Boys registered their 13th clean sheet of the season, a tally only bettered by Millwall (14) in the Championship.

Meanwhile, Hull failed to record a single shot on target, doing so in a Championship game for the first time since January 2025, against Middlesbrough.