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Manchester United F.C. 9–0 Ipswich Town F.C.

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Manchester United F.C. 9–0 Ipswich Town F.C.

The football match between Manchester United and Ipswich Town played at Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, on 4 March 1995 as part of the 1994–95 FA Premier League finished in a 9–0 victory for the home team. The result is the biggest winning margin in the Premier League, which was later matched when Southampton subsequently lost by the same scoreline at home to Leicester City in 2019 and away at Manchester United in 2021, while Bournemouth also lost 9–0 to Liverpool in 2022. The two teams went into the match at opposite ends of the table; Manchester United were second, while Ipswich Town were second-last. In the corresponding fixture at Ipswich's Portman Road ground earlier in the season, they had beaten United 3–2. Manchester United were missing Eric Cantona, their French international forward who was serving a nine-month suspension, and their attacking partnership of Andy Cole and Mark Hughes was not well regarded by pundits. Playing in front of the highest attendance in the league to that point in the season, United scored three times in the first half; Roy Keane opened the scoring, before Cole added two more. In the second half, United scored four times in the first twenty minutes; Cole scored his third and fourth, while Hughes also scored two. Paul Ince scored United's eighth with a free kick into an empty net while Ipswich's goalkeeper Craig Forrest argued with the referee, before Cole scored a Premier League-record fifth goal, United's ninth, in the 89th minute. Ipswich finished the season in last place and were relegated by 18 points, while Manchester United finished second behind champions Blackburn Rovers. Despite the record score at Old Trafford, Ipswich's victory at Portman Road proved to be the more significant result with regard to the final placings, as Manchester United missed out on the title by a single point.

Infobox

Event
1994–95 FA Premier League
Manchester United
Manchester United Ipswich Town 9 0
Date
4 March 1995
Venue
Old Trafford, Trafford, Greater Manchester
Referee
Graham Poll (Tilehurst)
Attendance
43,804

Tables

Statistics[24] · Match › Statistics
Goals scored
Goals scored
Col 1
Goals scored
Manchester United
9
Ipswich Town
0
Shots on target
Shots on target
Col 1
Shots on target
Manchester United
14
Ipswich Town
1
Shots off target
Shots off target
Col 1
Shots off target
Manchester United
7
Ipswich Town
5
Free kicks
Free kicks
Col 1
Free kicks
Manchester United
8
Ipswich Town
10
Offside
Offside
Col 1
Offside
Manchester United
3
Ipswich Town
2
Fouls committed
Fouls committed
Col 1
Fouls committed
Manchester United
7
Ipswich Town
6
Corner kicks
Corner kicks
Col 1
Corner kicks
Manchester United
8
Ipswich Town
4
Yellow cards
Yellow cards
Col 1
Yellow cards
Manchester United
0
Ipswich Town
2
Red cards
Red cards
Col 1
Red cards
Manchester United
0
Ipswich Town
0
Manchester United
Ipswich Town
Goals scored
9
0
Shots on target
14
1
Shots off target
7
5
Free kicks
8
10
Offside
3
2
Fouls committed
7
6
Corner kicks
8
4
Yellow cards
0
2
Red cards
0
0

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