Ipswich Town 1-3 Fulham: Cottagers through to Carabao Cup quarter-finals

Fulham moved into the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup for the primary time since 2004-05 with a convincing win at Championship high-flyers Ipswich City.

The guests hit the woodwork twice earlier than they made it 2-0 as Wilson’s low cross was completed by Rodrigo Muniz.

Tom Cairney added a 3rd, however Elkan Baggott headed in a late comfort.

The draw for the quarter-finals takes place afterward Wednesday, on Sky Sports activities, following the conclusion of the fourth-round tie between Manchester United and Newcastle.

Fulham too good for hosts

Ipswich, second within the Championship, modified their whole beginning 11 from the aspect that beat Plymouth 3-2, whereas Fulham made eight modifications from the staff that started the 1-1 draw with Brighton on the weekend.

Walton was making his first look of the season following a foot harm however dashed out of his penalty space and noticed Wilson take the ball round him earlier than slotting into an unguarded internet to provide the guests an early lead.

Marco Silva’s staff, 14th within the Premier League, had been the higher aspect all through and Fode Ballo-Toure’s deflected cross hit the crossbar earlier than Walton obtained fortunate when he fumbled Calvin Bassey’s shot, however the ball bounced off the submit.

City had received their final six residence matches however fell additional behind early within the second half, with Wilson’s deflected cross transformed by Muniz on the again submit.

Ipswich had fought again from two targets right down to beat Wolves 3-2 within the third spherical however couldn’t do the identical once more at Portman Street.

Cairney stretched Fulham’s benefit with a low strike from the sting of the penalty space with De Cordova-Reid getting his second help of the night.

The Suffolk aspect had scored in 31 video games in a row they usually prolonged that streak when substitute Baggott headed in from Jack Taylor’s nook from the left, however that didn’t show the spark for a fightback as Fulham eased by means of.

The Cottagers additionally reached the final eight of the competitors in 1967-68, 1970-71, 1999-00, 2000-01 and 2004-05 however misplaced at that stage whenever and have by no means made the semi-finals.