Fulham moved into the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup for the first time since 2004-05 with a convincing win at Championship high-flyers Ipswich Town.
Harry Wilson put Fulham ahead in the ninth minute when he collected Bobby de Cordova-Reid’s pass and took it around advancing goalkeeper Christian Walton.
The visitors hit the woodwork twice before they made it 2-0 as Wilson’s low cross was finished by Rodrigo Muniz.
Tom Cairney added a third, but Elkan Baggott headed in a late consolation.
Fulham have an away tie again in the last eight as they take on fellow Premier League side Everton, in a match that will be played in the week commencing 18 December, 2023.
Fulham too good for hosts
Ipswich, second in the Championship, changed their entire starting 11 from the side that beat Plymouth 3-2, while Fulham made eight changes from the team that began the 1-1 draw with Brighton at the weekend.
Walton was making his first appearance of the season following a foot injury but dashed out of his penalty area and saw Wilson take the ball around him before slotting into an unguarded net to give the visitors an early lead.
Marco Silva’s team, 14th in the Premier League, were the better side throughout and Fode Ballo-Toure’s deflected cross hit the crossbar before Walton got lucky when he fumbled Calvin Bassey’s shot, but the ball bounced off the post.
Town had won their last six home matches but fell further behind early in the second half, with Wilson’s deflected cross converted by Muniz at the back post.
Ipswich had fought back from two goals down to beat Wolves 3-2 in the third round but could not do the same again at Portman Road.
Cairney stretched Fulham’s advantage with a low strike from the edge of the penalty area with De Cordova-Reid getting his second assist of the evening.
The Suffolk side had scored in 31 games in a row and they extended that streak when substitute Baggott headed in from Jack Taylor’s corner from the left, but that did not prove the spark for a fightback as Fulham eased through.
The Cottagers also reached the last eight of the competition in 1967-68, 1970-71, 1999-00, 2000-01 and 2004-05 but lost at that stage on every occasion and have never made the semi-finals.
Line-ups
Ipswich
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Walton
- 44DonacienSubstituted forHutchinsonat 69′minutes
- 40Tuanzebe
- 15BurgessSubstituted forBaggottat 60′minutes
- 2Clarke
- 12Ball
- 14TaylorBooked at 38mins
- 19Jackson
- 23AlukoSubstituted forHumphreysat 61′minutes
- 11HarnessBooked at 32mins
- 9LadapoSubstituted forHirstat 69′minutes
Substitutes
- 4Edmundson
- 10Chaplin
- 13Slicker
- 20Hutchinson
- 25Luongo
- 26Baggott
- 27Hirst
- 30Humphreys
- 48Carr
Fulham
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Rodák
- 21CastagneSubstituted forTantonat 90+5′minutes
- 44De Fougerolles
- 3Bassey
- 12Ballo-Touré
- 28LukicBooked at 38mins
- 10Cairney
- 8WilsonSubstituted forIwobiat 69′minutes
- 18PereiraSubstituted forReedat 68′minutesBooked at 89mins
- 14De Cordova-Reid
- 19Muniz CarvalhoSubstituted forJiménezat 69′minutesBooked at 86mins
Substitutes
- 6Reed
- 7Jiménez
- 13Ream
- 22Iwobi
- 23Benda
- 26João Palhinha
- 30Carlos Vinícius
- 33Robinson
- 41Tanton
- Referee:
- Lewis Smith
- Attendance:
- 28,221
Match Stats
Live Text
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Match ends, Ipswich Town 1, Fulham 3.
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Second Half ends, Ipswich Town 1, Fulham 3.
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Offside, Ipswich Town. Cameron Humphreys tries a through ball, but George Hirst is caught offside.
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Substitution, Fulham. Devan Tanton replaces Timothy Castagne.
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Attempt missed. Dominic Ball (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high following a set piece situation.
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Hand ball by Sasa Lukic (Fulham).
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Attempt blocked. Kayden Jackson (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcus Harness.
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Attempt missed. Omari Hutchinson (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
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Attempt blocked. Omari Hutchinson (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cameron Humphreys with a cross.
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Foul by Luc De Fougerolles (Fulham).
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Marcus Harness (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Harrison Reed (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Harrison Reed (Fulham).
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Kayden Jackson (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Corner, Fulham. Conceded by Dominic Ball.
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Corner, Fulham. Conceded by Axel Tuanzebe.
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Attempt blocked. Bobby De Cordova-Reid (Fulham) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tom Cairney.
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Attempt blocked. Jack Taylor (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Raúl Jiménez (Fulham) is shown the yellow card.
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Attempt saved. Bobby De Cordova-Reid (Fulham) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alex Iwobi.
