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Arsenal vs Ipswich Town Live Streams and TV Channels
| Country | Channels |
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| United States | Fox Soccer Plus, FoxSoccer.tv »live stream |
| Other Countries | |
| Australia | Fox Sports 1 Australia |
| Portugal | Sport TV2 |
| United Kingdom | BBC HD |
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Arsenal vs Ipswich Town Delayed and Repeat Broadcasts
| Country | Date/Time (US/Eastern) | Channel |
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| United States | Tue, Jan 25 20:00pm | Fox Soccer Plus |
| Thu, Jan 27 17:00pm | Fox Soccer Plus | |
| Sat, Jan 29 16:00pm | Fox Soccer Plus | |
| Sun, Jan 30 3:00am | Fox Soccer Plus | |
| Australia | Tue, Jan 25 21:30pm | Fox Sports 1 Australia |
| Fri, Jan 28 4:00am | Fox Sports 1 Australia | |
| Fri, Jan 28 12:00pm | Fox Sports 1 Australia | |
| Canada | Tue, Jan 25 17:00pm | Sportsnet World |
| Sat, Jan 29 4:00am | Sportsnet World | |
| Portugal | Tue, Jan 25 18:00pm | Sport TV1 |
| Wed, Jan 26 4:40am | Sport TV1 | |
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Arsenal vs Ipswich Town Match Preview
Arsenal will be looking to overturn a 1-0 deficit when they host Ipswich Town in the Carling Cup Semi-Final Second Leg.
Arsenal and Ipswich Town will both have their sights set on reaching the Carling Cup Final.
Fabregas and his teammates will likely face a similar approach again, and must accept it and break down Ipswich if they hope to make a Cup Final and have a shot at ending their five year trophy drought.
Arsene Wenger was less quick to make excuses, and will be expecting
better of Fabregas and his teammates. Wenger described the 1-0 first leg defeat as “naïve.” Wenger did tell BBC Sport he was confident the Gunners will turn it around in the home leg, though he will be rotating his squad to do so.
Wenger sexplained how the congested fixture list of January has left him with “no choice” but to rotate his squad after the recent 3-0 Premier League win over Wigan Athletic. This means players like Marouane Chamakh, Denilson, Andriy Arshavin and Nicklas Bendtner will all be in contention to start.
Ipswich Town will be led into the game by Paul Jewell, who replaced caretaker manager Ian McParland after the first leg. Jewell has no fresh injury concerns, but is unable to field Lee Martin, who is cup-tied after playing for Charlton Athletic earlier in the competition.
The away goals rule will come into play if this game is level after extra time. This means if Ipswich can score once, then Arsenal must score at least three goals to beat them without penalty kicks.
Arsenal vs Ipswich Town Match Report
Arsenal scored three second half goals to move past Ipswich Town and into the Carling Cup Final.
Cesc Fabregas celebrates giving Arsenal a 3-0 lead over Ipswich Town.
Arshavin created the game sealing goal in the 77th minute when he played in Cesc Fabregas after good work on the edge of the area, and the Spanish midfielder made it 3-0 on the night with a neat finish.
Ipswich arrived at the Emirates stadium defending a 1-0 lead from the first leg, and defended well to keep Arsenal out in the first half. The Tractor Boys were comfortable for the opening 15 minutes, but needed goalkeeper Matron Fulop to save well from Fabregas as the half went on.
Van Persie went even closer when he headed a Bendtner cross against the crossbar in the 23rd minute. Jack Wilshere then opened up the Ipswich defense with a superb pass, but Fabregas fired wide of the target and the teams went in 0-0 at half-time.
Arsenal continued to dominate possession after the break, and their probing paid off just after the hour mark when Bendtner fired the Gunners into a 1-0 lead and leveled the scores on aggregate. Bendtner collected another good pass from Wilshere, and cut inside a defender before burying a fine shot past Fulop.
With Ipswich rattled the Gunners doubled their lead three minutes later when Koscielny got to an Arshavin corner first and buried a header past Fulop.
Ipswich manager Paul Jewell threw on striker Jason Scotland to try and get Ipswich back in the game, but Arsenal continued to have the better of the play and sealed the game with a third goal in the 77th minute.
Fabregas strode clear after being released by Arshavin and make it 3-0 with a good finish beyond Fulop.
Arsenal will now progress to the Carling Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, and have a big chance to win their first major trophy in five years.
SCORING SUMMARY
ARS – Bendtner (Wilshere) 61’
ARS – Koscielny (Arshavin) 64’
ARS – Fabregas (Arshavin) 77’
LINEUPS
ARS – Szczesny, Sagna (Eboue 18), Koscielny, Djorou, Clichy, Fabregas, Denilson, Wilshere, Arshavin (Walcott 84), Van Persie (Nasri 84), Bendtner.
IPS – Fulop, McAuley, Delaney, O’Dea, Leadbitter, Edwards, Norris, Healy (O’Connor 74), Kennedy, Wickham, Priskin (Scotland 63).
Arsenal vs Ipswich Town Videos
Highlights
1-0 Bendtner 61'
2-0 Koscielny 64'
3-0 Fabregas 77'
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