After a sticky patch, the Tractor Boys are back on the right track again. Kieran McKenna’s side have shown a propensity to make things difficult for themselves as they chase the second automatic promotion spot and so it proved again after they found themselves trailing after just 42 seconds to Greg Docherty’s strike.
Charlton looked like they might do their south London rivals Millwall a favour until Darnell Furlong scored his first goal since joining last summer with a brilliant strike before Jaden Philogene sealed the points rather fortunately from the spot. With two more away games to come in the next five days that will define their season, this was the perfect response from an Ipswich team that has found things difficult on the road since being relegated last year. While defeat here means Nathan Jones’s side still need a point from their final two matches to guarantee they and not Oxford will play Championship football next year, a third promotion in four seasons is in touching distance for McKenna.
