Ipswich Town vs Bolton

Trio set for Blues bow. Leif Davis, Marcus Harness and Freddie Ladapo will all make their competitive debut for Town against Bolton this afternoon.

The trio are all named in the starting XI, while Greg Leigh and Tyreece John-Jules could make their respective Blues bows from the bench. Leif Davis, Marcus Harness and Freddie Ladapo will all make their competitive debut for Town against Bolton this afternoon. Trio set for Blues bow

Ipswich Town began the new campaign with a point after Lee Evans' first-half goal saw the Blues come from behind to draw with Bolton.

An Ipswich break saw Evans play a ball over the top for Ladapo to chase, which Bolton keeper James Trafford only just stretched to reach with his head to remove danger. Fortunately for Bolton, the ball fell safe. Christian Walton was in goal behind Janoi Donacien, George Edmundson and Luke Woolfenden, with player-of-the-year Wes Burns out on the right. Morley made no mistake, as Walton went the right way but couldn’t keep the well-struck shot out. Chaplin and Evans tried the same corner routine which led to the Ipswich goal at the start of the second period, only for Evans’ shot to be blocked behind, before the pair connected again from the following corner, only for the Welshman’s header to be clawed away by Trafford. It was a lead the visitors deserved and looked like they may add to as they continued to apply pressure, though Town were looking dangerous at times on the break, with Chaplin having a shot superbly blocked by George Johnston as the Town attacker let off a rocket which looked destined for the net.

Ian Evatt has named his first team of the League One season.

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Ipswich and Bolton shared the spoils at Portman Road after an entertaining 1-1 draw on the opening day of the Sky Bet League One season.

Ipswich were much improved after the break and Evans went close to putting Ipswich in the lead but his looping header was well-saved by James Trafford. It was one-way traffic in the final stages but Ipswich substitute Tyreece John-Jules fired straight at Trafford before Town skipper Sam Morsy also failed to beat the Wanderers keeper from close range in added time. Bolton deservedly went ahead in the 25th minute after Ipswich debutant Leif Davis clipped Bradley's heels in the box - and Morley expertly dispatched the resultant penalty.

Lee Evans netted Town's first goal of the season as the Blues and Bolton Wanderers drew 1-1 at Portman Road on the opening day.

On 37, Ladapo and Morsy exchanged passes and the former Rotherham man struck a shot which deflected behind. Evans went close again from the subsequent flag-kick. And from the resultant corner, Town levelled. Lee Evans netted Town’s first goal of the season as the Blues and Bolton Wanderers drew 1-1 at Portman Road on the opening day. Moments later, Davis was booked for a foul on Bradley. Referee Samuel Barrott pointed straight to the spot and despite Town protests it looked the right decision. That was the last chance of the game and Town had to be content with a draw on the opening day but were warmly applauded off by the 26,668 crowd, the biggest opening day gate since 2002. The Blues had started nervously with Bolton having had the better of it and deserving to take the lead on the balance of the opening 30 minutes but having got on terms, the momentum was with Town at the break. There was a scare for the Blues at the other end almost immediately when Kieran Lee forced his way into the area and almost made the most of an Edmundson slip inside the area but the centre-half was able to get in front of the former Sheffield Wednesday man and the ball ran through to Walton. Woolfenden was booked in the 75th minute for a foul on halfway after he had played himself into trouble, something Town had been guilty of on a number of occasions over the course of the afternoon. Town started the second period as they had ended the first, taking the game to Bolton and on 54, after a Burns low cross from the right had been cut out, Chaplin and Evans tried their same corner trick but this time the Welshman’s effort was blocked. Bolton had been the better side in the opening 20 minutes or so with the Blues still to get going having looked nervy and with the game having been somewhat stop-start, but with neither side having had a serious chance.

Wanderers boss Ian Evatt is delighted with his side's “resilience” following their 1-1 draw with Ipswich at Portman Road.

But we will work on it and it is a good start. It is just frustrating how a set-play gave them the momentum. He added: “You are always disappointed when you concede from a set-play. We just lacked that in-possession edge and quality, and that is something we will work on. We just need to now add our in-possession identity, which second half we didn’t really show. “They struggled to find solutions, they couldn’t get out and we completely dominated.

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But having given everything, Wanderers had to work over-time to protect what they had and make sure they wouldn’t be undone at the death. With the momentum swinging, Bradley then had to show his defensive qualities to deny Freddie Ladapo a strike at goal and take the sides in level. Wanderers had dealt well with what threat Town had previously managed but were caught out when Wes Burns picked out Lee Evans from a corner for the midfielder to drill a shot into the top corner. It was no more than Wanderers deserved at that stage, although with Ipswich looking to mount a quick reply it took a crucial intervention from George Johnston – so often the right man in the right place at the right time – to block a Conor Chaplin effort. Morley had adopted the penalty taking duties in pre-season and the midfield man showed why he still had the job with a coolly driven effort into the bottom right-hand corner to make it 1-0. But the Whites also had momentum to maintain following their storming end to last term and made sure they wouldn’t leave empty-handed with a never-say-die performance to get up and running.