Brighton & Hove Albion vs Ipswich Town LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Brighton 0-0 Ipswich Town: It finished goalless despite chances for both teams
Brighton & Hove Albion kept up their unbeaten start to the season but dropped their first home points as a plucky Ipswich Town held out for a fortunate goalless draw in the Premier League.
Brighton stayed in third place with eight points from four matches but will consider this an opportunity missed as they dominated proceedings but failed to find the net.
Goalkeeper Arijanet Muric proved key for newly promoted Ipswich as they won their second point of the season to add to the first that they picked up in their last league game at home to Fulham before the international break.
Muric made a series of saves as desperate defending kept their hosts at bay.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Ipswich Town
Can those Ipswich changes give the visitors a different option? Szmodics and Delap are the only players to score a Premier League goal for them this season and they are now off the field.
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Yellow Card: Hinshelwood goes into the referee's note book.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Ipswich Town
Substitution Delap is replaced by Hirst
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Ipswich Town
Substitution Szmodics is off for Clarke
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Substitution: Burns is replaced by Ogbene
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Ipswich Town
Yellow Card: Hutchinson picks up a booking as he catches Dunk with a high boot mid-way inside the Ipswich half.
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SO CLOSE FOR IPSWICH! From nowhere Ipswich almost catch Brighton out as Liam Delap storms away from half-way. Van Hecke closes the angle but he fires a brilliant effort off Veerbruggen's post!
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The pattern of the second half is mirroring the first 45 so far and Ipsiwch boss McKenna needs to find a way to get his attacking players involved. Szmodics had just 6 touches in the first half and the visitors are struggling to find him.
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Brighton are attakcing at will now as Rutter turns and smashes an effort wide from 15 yards.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Ipswich Town
Yellow Card Kalvin Mark Phillips
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