Flemming at 90' flips 2-2 into 3-2 for Ipswich at Selhurst

The 90' roar

Time shows 90' and 2-2 feels signed when Zian Flemming steps in and makes it 3-2. It’s a roar and a clenched fist, but also reading the game: the visitors’ pressure peak landed right on 90, and the final stretch (75-90') belonged to Ipswich on the momentum chart. The match swung seven times; the last swing broke the night open.

It stings and it soothes because of the context and the past: at Selhurst Park, with the head-to-head tilted Crystal Palace’s way in 7 of the previous 9 (Ipswich 1, 1 draw), the ending tastes like payback. This time, the last ball did not forgive.

The red that flipped the script

Up to 34' it was Crystal Palace’s game. The 0-15' and 15-30' momentum says so, and so does Anan Khalaili’s 14' opener (assist by Daichi Kamada). Then Axel Disasi sees red and the script flips. Ipswich had already leveled through Emersonn at 23' and struck before the break: Leif Davis at 45' (from Emersonn) for 1-2. From 30-45' and 45-60' the visitors dictated: ball on a string, line-breaks and purpose.

The full-picture numbers fit that feel: 54% possession for Ipswich, 452 total passes to 389 (370 accurate vs 315) and 10 key passes to 8. They also hit the target more (6 shots on goal to 4). With a man up since 34', Ipswich managed the tempo and punched in the right spots.

Palace lived off the edge

Crystal Palace hung in on finishing. With just 0.61 xG they scored 2: Khalaili early and Jörgen Strand Larsen’s 75' equalizer (Kamada again, his second assist). Not much volume on frame (4 on-target from 11 shots), but every look carried threat. The 60-75' segment was theirs and they cashed it.

They also fought: more duels won (50 to 39), more tackles (18 to 12) and more set-piece territory (6 corners to 3). They logged fewer pressure minutes overall (9 to Ipswich’s 12), but when they lit the fuse, they hurt. They just couldn’t carry the surge all the way to the end.

Emersonn, the standout; Davis and the deciding detail

Big night from Emersonn: best rating on the pitch (8.63), a goal (23') and an assist (45'), 3 shots, 1 key pass and 1 successful dribble. Leif Davis was the perfect partner: 1 goal and 1 assist with a 7.44 rating. That partnership unstitched the hosts right around halftime.

Underneath the final roar there’s backbone: Ipswich took 12 shots to 11, posted 1.68 xG to the hosts’ 0.61, and read the game’s rhythm (overall momentum edge and the visitors’ pressure peak at 90). They added interceptions (12 to 7) and, even with more fouls (16 to 6), found the pass that opens the door and the strike that seals it. On a Premier League matchday that smells of mid-table grind, the team that nailed the last detail won.