2018–19 Ipswich Town F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was Ipswich Town's 17th consecutive season in the second tier of English football and 141st year in existence.[4] Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup, going out in the third round, and League Cup, in which they were eliminated in the first round.

Ipswich Town

2018–19 season
Owner	Marcus Evans
Manager	Paul Hurst (until 25 October 2018)[1] Bryan Klug (caretaker) (25–27 October 2018)[2] Paul Lambert (from 27 October 2018)[3]
Stadium	Portman Road
Championship	24th (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Gwion Edwards / Freddie Sears (6) All: Gwion Edwards / Freddie Sears (6)
Highest home attendance	25,690 (vs Norwich City, 2 Sep 2018, EFL Championship)
Lowest home attendance	13,612 (vs Middlesbrough, 2 Oct 2018, EFL Championship)
Average home league attendance	17,760
Home colours Away colours

The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Kits

Supplier: Adidas / Sponsor: Magical Vegas (chest), East Anglian Children's Hospices (back), Nicholas Estates (shorts)

Home

Away

Away alt.1

Away alt.2

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Dean Gerken 3 DF  DEN Jonas Knudsen 4 DF  ENG Luke Chambers (captain) 5 DF  ENG Matthew Pennington (on loan from Everton) 6 MF  ENG Trevoh Chalobah (on loan from Chelsea) 7 MF  WAL Gwion Edwards 8 MF  ENG Cole Skuse (vice-captain) 9 FW  ENG Kayden Jackson 10 FW  WAL Ellis Harrison 11 MF  ENG Jon Nolan 12 DF  ENG Jordan Spence 14 FW  ENG Will Keane (on loan from Hull City) 15 MF  ENG Teddy Bishop 16 MF  ENG Tristan Nydam 18 MF  ENG Grant Ward 20 FW  ENG Freddie Sears 21 MF  ENG Flynn Downes

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF  COD Aristote Nsiala 23 MF  ENG Andre Dozzell 24 MF  ENG Tom Adeyemi 25 DF  AUS Callum Elder (on loan from Leicester City) 27 DF  ENG Josh Emmanuel 30 DF  ENG Myles Kenlock 31 MF  IRL Alan Judge 33 GK  POL Bartosz Białkowski 35 FW  ENG Ben Morris 36 MF  ENG Jack Lankester 39 DF  WAL James Collins 41 DF  ENG James Bree (on loan from Aston Villa) 42 MF  TUN Idris El Mizouni 44 MF  WAL Emyr Huws 45 FW  GER Collin Quaner (on loan from Huddersfield Town) 49 MF  JAM Simon Dawkins

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  LCA Janoi Donacien (on loan to Accrington Stanley) 14 MF  ENG Jordan Graham (loan return to Wolverhampton Wanderers) 17 MF  ENG Danny Rowe (on loan to Lincoln City) 19 MF  ENG Jordan Roberts (on loan to Lincoln City)

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 MF  ENG Tayo Edun (loan return to Fulham) 32 DF  ENG Luke Woolfenden (on loan to Swindon Town) 39 FW  IRL Jonathan Walters (loan return to Burnley)

First-team coaching staff

Until 25 October:

Position	Name
Manager	Paul Hurst
Assistant Manager	Chris Doig
Goalkeeping Coach	Darren Smith
Fitness Coach	Nathan Winder
Head Physiotherapist	Matt Byard
Assistant Head Physiotherapist	Alex Chapman
First-team Physiotherapist	Chris Skitt
Kitman	James Pullen

From 27 October:

Position	Name
Manager	Paul Lambert
Assistant Manager	Stuart Taylor
First-team Coach	Matt Gill
Goalkeeping Coach	Jimmy Walker
Head of Athletic Performance & Sports Science	Jim Henry
Strength & Conditioning Coach	Tom Walsh
Head Physiotherapist	Matt Byard
Assistant Head Physiotherapist	Alex Chapman
Head of Performance Analysis	Will Stephenson
First-team Assistant Analyst	George Buckley
Recruitment Analyst	Alex Hood
Kitman	James Pullen

Pre-season

A pre-season friendly with Milton Keynes Dons was announced on 17 May 2018.[5] Further matches with Braintree Town and Crawley Town were announced a day later.[6][7]

14 July 2018 Friendly	Braintree Town	2–0	Ipswich Town	Braintree
15:00 BST	Tajbakhsh  12', 64'	Report		Stadium: Cressing Road Attendance: 581 Referee: Rob Whitton

17 July 2018 Friendly	Crawley Town	0–1	Ipswich Town	East Grinstead
19:30 BST		Report	Ward  5'	Stadium: East Court

21 July 2018 Friendly	Barnet	0–1	Ipswich Town	Canons Park
15:00 BST		Report	Kenlock  68'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium

24 July 2018 Friendly	Milton Keynes Dons	0–1	Ipswich Town	Milton Keynes
19:45 BST		Report	Sears  57' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadium MK

28 July 2018 Friendly	Ipswich Town	1–2	West Ham United	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Harrison  16'	Report	Anderson  4' Arnautović  70'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 15,246

Competitions

EFL Championship

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
19	Queens Park Rangers	46	14	9	23	53	71	−18	51
20	Reading	46	10	17	19	49	66	−17	47
21	Millwall	46	10	14	22	48	64	−16	44
22	Rotherham United (R)	46	8	16	22	52	83	−31	40	Relegation to EFL League One
23	Bolton Wanderers (R)	46	8	8	30	29	78	−49	32[lower-alpha 1]
24	Ipswich Town (R)	46	5	16	25	36	77	−41	31

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results[9]
(R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Brentford were awarded a 1–0 win over Bolton due to Bolton's inability to hold the fixture.[8]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	5	16	25	36	77	−41	31	3	11	9	22	31	−9	2	5	16	14	46	−32

Last updated: 5 May 2019.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	D	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	W
Position	9	20	16	20	24	23	24	24	23	22	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2019. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

4 August 2018 1	Ipswich Town	2–2	Blackburn Rovers	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Edwards  5' Harrison  35' Chambers  72' Edun  90+1'	Report	Graham  20' Dack  29' Bennett  53' Lenihan  88' Smallwood  90'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 18,940 Referee: Andy Davies

11 August 2018 2	Rotherham United	1–0	Ipswich Town	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Palmer  42' Vaulks  71' Smith  90'	Report		Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 9,460 Referee: David Webb

18 August 2018 3	Ipswich Town	1–1	Aston Villa	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Chalobah  36' Edun  29'  39' Donacien  49'	Report	Kodjia  21' Hutton  65' McGinn  80'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 17,824 Referee: Tim Robinson

21 August 2018 4	Derby County	2–0	Ipswich Town	Derby
19:45 BST	Ledley  59' Lawrence  68'	Report		Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 24,362 Referee: Scott Duncan

25 August 2018 5	Sheffield Wednesday	2–1	Ipswich Town	Owlerton
15:00 BST	João  16', 77'	Report	Nsiala  40'  75'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 22,499 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

2 September 2018 6	Ipswich Town	1–1	Norwich City	Ipswich
12:00 BST	Edwards  57'	Report	Leitner  71'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 25,690 Referee: Robert Jones

15 September 2018 7	Hull City	2–0	Ipswich Town	Kingston-upon-Hull
15:00 BST	Bowen  3' Irvine  89'	Report		Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 11,650 Referee: Tony Harrington

18 September 2018 8	Ipswich Town	1–1	Brentford	Ipswich
19:45 BST	Jackson  73'	Report	Maupay  31'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 14,897 Referee: Darren Bond

22 September 2018 9	Ipswich Town	0–0	Bolton Wanderers	Ipswich
15:00 BST		Report	Wilson  34'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 14,755 Referee: Steve Martin

29 September 2018 10	Birmingham City	2–2	Ipswich Town	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Jutkiewicz  48', 68'	Report	Nolan  26' Pennington  41'  88'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 21,612 Referee: John Brooks

2 October 2018 11	Ipswich Town	0–2	Middlesbrough	Ipswich
19:45 BST		Report	Besic  12' Downing  16'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 13,612 Referee: Andrew Madley

6 October 2018 12	Swansea City	2–3	Ipswich Town	Swansea
15:00 BST	Donacien  9' (o.g.) Celina  79'	Report	Edwards  27' van der Hoorn  31' (o.g.) Chalobah  84'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 18,810 Referee: Oliver Langford

20 October 2018 13	Ipswich Town	0–2	Queens Park Rangers	Ipswich
15:00 BST		Report	Gerken  13' (o.g.) Hemed  45+2' (pen)	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 18,345 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

24 October 2018 14	Leeds United	2–0	Ipswich Town	Leeds
19:45 BST	Roofe  22' Cooper  65'	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 29,082 Referee: Craig Pawson

27 October 2018 15	Millwall	3–0	Ipswich Town	Millwall
15:00 BST	Gregory  26', 51' Leonard  70'	Report	Pennington  57'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 15,386 Referee: Robert Jones

3 November 2018 16	Ipswich Town	1–1	Preston North End	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Chambers  36' Sears  45' (pen.) Edwards  51' Roberts  62' Pennington  90+6'	Report	Maxwell  44'  75' Johnson  45' Pearson  57' Gallagher  73'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 15,129 Referee: Andy Woolmer

10 November 2018 17	Reading	2–2	Ipswich Town	Reading
15:00 BST	Meite  7, 84'		Edwards  5' Sears  11'	Stadium: Madjeski Stadium Attendance: 14,952 Referee: Darren Bond

23 November 2018 18	Ipswich Town	1–2	West Bromwich Albion	Ipswich
19:45 GMT	Jackson  85'	Report	Rodriguez  26' Barnes  77'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 22,995 Referee: Keith Stroud

28 November 2018 19	Ipswich Town	2–3	Bristol City	Ipswich
19:45 GMT	Sears  32, 58'	Report	Bialkowski  55 (o.g.)' Paterson  59' Diedhiou  64'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 13,726 Referee: David Webb

1 December 2018 20	Nottingham Forest	2–0	Ipswich Town	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	Grabban  9',  38' Hefele  54' Pantilimon  82'	Report	Skuse  45'	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 27,873 Referee: James Linington

8 December 2018 21	Stoke City	2–0	Ipswich Town	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT	Ince  45+2' Allen  60'	Report		Stadium: Bet365 Stadium Attendance: 24,694 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

15 December 2018 22	Ipswich Town	1–0	Wigan Athletic	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Chalobah  49' Sears  67' Chambers  73' Roberts  84'	Report	Connolly  50' Burn  90+3'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 14,640 Referee: Scott Duncan

22 December 2018 23	Ipswich Town	1–1	Sheffield United	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Harrison  38' Chalobah  40' Spence  90+2'	Report	Sharp  47' Basham  70' Norwood  84'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 17,942 Referee: Andy Woolmer

22 December 2018 24	Queens Park Rangers	3–0	Ipswich Town	Shepherd's Bush
15:00 GMT	Wszołek  30' Lynch  34' Wells  74'	Report		Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 14,584 Referee: Keith Stroud

29 December 2018 25	Middlesbrough	2–0	Ipswich Town	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT	Hugill  37' (pen.) Tavernier  65'  72'	Report	Chalobah  18' Downes  39'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 23,334 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

1 January 2019 26	Ipswich Town	2–3	Millwall	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Lankaster  2' Jackson  89'	Report	Ferguson  60' (pen.) Morison  66' Cooper  68' Elliott  76'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 16,957 Referee: Steve Martin

12 January 2019 27	Ipswich Town	1–0	Rotherham United	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Keane  31'	Report		Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 20,893 Referee: James Linington

19 January 2019 28	Blackburn Rovers	2–0	Ipswich Town	Blackburn
15:00 GMT	Graham  65' (pen) Nuttall  74'	Report		Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 12,762 Referee: Darren England

26 January 2019 29	Aston Villa	2–1	Ipswich Town	Aston
15:00 GMT	Abraham  6',  61' (pen)	Report	Sears  76'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 33,653 Referee: Keith Stroud

2 February 2019 30	Ipswich Town	0–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Downes  64'	Report	Hutchinson  54' Bannan  61' João  90'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 16,888 Referee: Oliver Langford

10 February 2019 31	Norwich City	3–0	Ipswich Town	Norwich
12:00 GMT	Hernández  2' Lewis  60' Pukki  65', 80' Trybull  76' Stiepermann  79' Cantwell  90'	Report	Skuse  32' Nolan  45+4' Downes  90'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 27,040 Referee: Peter Bankes

13 February 2019 32	Ipswich Town	1–1	Derby County	Ipswich
19:45 GMT	Nolan  55' Bishop  57' Chalobah  63' Pennington  90+4'	Report	Lawrence  2' Waghorn  21' Holmes  57' Bennett  85' Johnson  90+4'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 18,604 Referee: Andrew Madley

16 February 2019 33	Ipswich Town	1–1	Stoke City	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Keane  90+2'	Report	McClean  33'  42'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 15,924 Referee: Scott Duncan

23 February 2019 34	Wigan Athletic	1–1	Ipswich Town	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Garner  90+1'	Report	Knudsen  25' Keane  32' (pen.)	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 10,835 Referee: Lee Probert

2 March 2019 35	Ipswich Town	1–2	Reading	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Edwards  83'	Report	Oliveira  19' Barrow  90'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 23,003 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

9 March 2019 36	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	Ipswich Town	West Bromwich
15:00 GMT	Johansen  4' Murphy  70' Field  87' Morrison  90'	Report	Knudsen  33' Edwards  47' Nolan  48'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 23,973 Referee: Andy Woolmer

12 March 2019 37	Bristol City	1–1	Ipswich Town	Bristol
19:45 GMT	Webster  32' Hunt  90'	Report	Dozzell  30' Kelly  68' (o.g.) Edwards  76' El Mizouni  83'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 18,411 Referee: Darren Bond

16 March 2019 38	Ipswich Town	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Quaner  5'	Report	Nolan  31' (o.g.) Colback  84' Benalouane  90+4'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 16,709 Referee: Keith Stroud

30 March 2019 39	Ipswich Town	0–2	Hull City	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Edwards  29'	Report	Grosicki  14', 49' Marshall  64' de Wijs  79'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 15,720 Referee: John Brooks

6 April 2019 40	Bolton Wanderers	1–2	Ipswich Town	Bolton
15:00 BST	Emmanuel  90+4' (o.g.)	Report	Quaner  33', 44'	Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium Attendance: 17,811 Referee: Peter Bankes

10 April 2019 41	Brentford	2–0	Ipswich Town	Brentford
19:45 BST	Maupay  20' Watkins  28' Sørensen  74'	Report	Nsiala  54'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 10,039 Referee: Andy Davies

13 April 2019 42	Ipswich Town	1–1	Birmingham City	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Edwards  31'  46' Collins  42' Skuse  44' Chambers  45+2' Nsiala  81'	Report	Jutkiewicz  7' Davis  80'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 17,248 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

19 April 2019 43	Preston North End	4–0	Ipswich Town	Preston
15:00 BST	Robinson  6', 22' Nmecha  56', 75'	Report	Kenlock  78'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 12,546 Referee: Stephen Martin

22 April 2019 44	Ipswich Town	0–1	Swansea City	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Nsiala  29' Bree  61'	Report	Byers  16' Fulton  20' Routledge  57' Dyer  90'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 17,247 Referee: Darren England

27 April 2019 45	Sheffield United	2–0	Ipswich Town	Sheffield
17:15 BST	Hogan  24' O'Connell  71'	Report	Judge  45+2'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 30,140 Referee: Tim Robinson

5 May 2019 46	Ipswich Town	3–2	Leeds United	Ipswich
12:30 BST	Downes  30' Dozzell  47' Jackson  75' Chambers  79' Nsiala  84' Quaner  90'	Report	Casilla  28' Klich  45' Dallas  76'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 20,895 Referee: Gavin Ward

FA Cup

The third round draw was made live on BBC by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018.[10]

5 January 2019 Third round	Accrington Stanley	1–0	Ipswich Town	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Kee  76'	Report	Downes  25'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,869 Referee: Dean Whitestone

EFL Cup

On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam.[11]

14 August 2018 First round	Exeter City	1–1 (4–2 p)	Ipswich Town	Exeter
19:45 BST	Brown  64' Taylor  67'	Report	Jackson  37' Knudsen  82' Nsiala  83'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 3,675 Referee: Brett Huxtable
	Penalties
	Taylor Sweeney Abrahams Collins Martin		Bishop Chambers Jackson Chalobah

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	LM		Jordan Roberts	Crawley Town	Free transfer	[12]
17 July 2018	LW		Gwion Edwards	Peterborough United	Undisclosed[lower-alpha 1]	[13]
23 July 2018	CF		Ellis Harrison	Bristol Rovers	Undisclosed[lower-alpha 2]	[14]
8 August 2018	CM		Jon Nolan	Shrewsbury Town	Undisclosed[lower-alpha 3]	[15]
8 August 2018	CB		Aristote Nsiala	Shrewsbury Town	Undisclosed[lower-alpha 3]	[15]
9 August 2018	CF		Kayden Jackson	Accrington Stanley	Undisclosed[lower-alpha 4]	[16]
3 January 2019	CB		Janoi Donacien	Accrington Stanley	Undisclosed[lower-alpha 5]	[17]
9 January 2019	LW		Simon Dawkins	Free agent	Free transfer	[18]
11 January 2019	CB		James Collins	Free Agent	Free transfer	[19]
14 January 2019	AM		Alan Judge	Brentford	Undisclosed	[20]

1. Fee reported as £700,000
2. Initial fee reported as £750,000, could potentially rise to £1,250,000 with add-ons
3. Combined fee reported as £2,000,000 for Jon Nolan and Aristote Nsiala
4. Initial fee reported as £1,600,000, could potentially rise to £2,000,000 with add-ons
5. Fee reported as £750,000

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
1 July 2018	CB		Trevoh Chalobah	Chelsea	31 May 2019	[21]
31 July 2018	CB		Janoi Donacien	Accrington Stanley	3 January 2019	[22][17]
3 August 2018	DM		Tayo Edun	Fulham	31 December 2018	[23]
28 August 2018	LW		Jordan Graham	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2 January 2019	[24][25]
30 August 2018	RW		Jonathan Walters	Burnley	31 December 2018	[26]
31 August 2018	CB		Matthew Pennington	Everton	31 May 2019	[27]
2 January 2019	LB		Callum Elder	Leicester City	31 May 2019	[28]
4 January 2019	CF		Will Keane	Hull City	31 May 2019	[29]
8 January 2019	CF		Collin Quaner	Huddersfield Town	31 May 2019	[30]
31 January 2019	RB		James Bree	Aston Villa	31 May 2019	[31]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
28 June 2018	CB		Adam Webster	Bristol City	£3,500,000[lower-alpha 1]	[32]
1 July 2018	CM		James Blanchfield	Dagenham & Redbridge	Free transfer	[33][34]
1 July 2018	CM		Kévin Bru	Apollon Limassol	Free transfer	[35][36]
1 July 2018	LW		Mustapha Carayol	Apollon Limassol	Free transfer	[37][38]
1 July 2018	GK		Michael Crowe	Preston North End	Free transfer	[33][39]
1 July 2018	CM		Stephen Gleeson	Aberdeen	Free transfer	[37][40]
1 July 2018	GK		Nicholas Hayes	Free agent	Released	[33]
1 July 2018	CM		Luke Hyam	Southend United	Free transfer	[41][42]
1 July 2018	CF		David McGoldrick	Sheffield United	Free transfer	[43][44]
1 July 2018	LW		Monty Patterson	OKC Energy	Free transfer	[45]
1 July 2018	AM		Mohammed Sagaf	Barking	Free transfer	[46]
1 July 2018	CB		Chris Goteni	Free agent	Released	[47]
1 July 2018	AM		Ben Knight	Manchester City	Undisclosed[lower-alpha 2]	[48]
8 August 2018	CF		Martyn Waghorn	Derby County	£5,000,000[lower-alpha 3]	[49]
9 August 2018	CF		Joe Garner	Wigan Athletic	£1,250,000	[50]
31 January 2019	AM		Shane McLoughlin	AFC Wimbledon	Free transfer	[51]
11 March 2019	CM		Marcelo Flores	Arsenal	Compensation	[52]

1. Fee could potentially rise to £8,000,000 with add-ons
2. Initial fee reported as £700,000, could potentially rise to £1,000,000 with add-ons
3. Fee could potentially rise to £7,500,000 with add-ons

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
26 July 2018	CB		Chris Smith	Aldershot Town	21 September 2018	[53]
1 August 2018	CF		Aaron Drinan	Sutton United	1 January 2019	[54]
2 August 2018	LB		Patrick Webber	Braintree Town	29 December 2018	[55]
28 August 2018	CM		Tristan Nydam	St Johnstone	1 January 2019	[56]
31 August 2018	RB		Josh Emmanuel	Shrewsbury Town	31 May 2019	[57]
31 August 2018	CF		Ben Morris	Forest Green Rovers	3 January 2019	[58]
31 August 2018	CB		Luke Woolfenden	Swindon Town	31 May 2019	[59]
13 September 2018	LW		Conor McKendry	Lowestoft Town	14 November 2018	[60]
14 November 2018	RB		Kian Ronan	Mildenhall Town	15 December 2018	[61]
17 January 2019	LW		Danny Rowe	Lincoln City	31 May 2019	[62]
18 January 2019	CB		Janoi Donacien	Accrington Stanley	31 May 2019	[63]
23 January 2019	LM		Jordan Roberts	Lincoln City	31 May 2019	[64]
13 February 2019	CF		Aaron Drinan	Waterford	31 May 2019	[65]
22 March 2019	GK		Harry Wright	Chelmsford City	31 May 2019	[66]

Squad statistics

All statistics updated as of end of season

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Dean Gerken	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK		Bartosz Białkowski	30	0	28	0	1	0	1	0
Defenders
3	DF		Jonas Knudsen	29	0	27+1	0	0	0	1	0
4	DF		Luke Chambers	44	0	43	0	0	0	1	0
5	DF		Matthew Pennington	24	1	23	1	1	0	0	0
12	DF		Jordan Spence	19	0	16+1	0	1	0	0+1	0
22	DF		Aristote Nsiala	24	1	17+5	1	1	0	1	0
25	DF		Callum Elder	5	0	3+1	0	1	0	0	0
27	DF		Josh Emmanuel	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF		Myles Kenlock	19	0	18+1	0	0	0	0	0
39	DF		James Collins	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
41	DF		James Bree	14	0	13+1	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF		Trevoh Chalobah	44	2	35+8	2	0	0	1	0
7	MF		Gwion Edwards	34	6	24+9	6	1	0	0	0
8	MF		Cole Skuse	34	0	32+2	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF		Jon Nolan	28	3	23+3	3	1	0	1	0
15	MF		Teddy Bishop	20	0	13+5	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
16	MF		Tristan Nydam	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Grant Ward	15	0	11+3	0	0	0	1	0
21	MF		Flynn Downes	30	1	21+8	1	1	0	0	0
23	MF		Andre Dozzell	20	1	10+9	1	1	0	0	0
24	MF		Tom Adeyemi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF		Alan Judge	19	0	19	0	0	0	0	0
42	MF		Idris El Mizouni	4	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0
44	MF		Emyr Huws	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
49	MF		Simon Dawkins	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW		Kayden Jackson	38	4	14+22	3	1	0	1	1
10	FW		Ellis Harrison	17	1	9+7	1	0+1	0	0	0
14	FW		Will Keane	12	3	9+2	3	0+1	0	0	0
20	FW		Freddie Sears	24	6	19+3	6	1	0	1	0
35	FW		Ben Morris	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
36	FW		Jack Lankester	11	1	5+6	1	0	0	0	0
45	FW		Collin Quaner	16	4	13+3	4	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
2	DF		Janoi Donacien	11	0	9+1	0	0	0	1	0
32	DF		Luke Woolfenden	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Jordan Graham	4	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Danny Rowe	4	0	0+3	0	0	0	0+1	0
19	MF		Jordan Roberts	12	0	6+6	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF		Tayo Edun	7	1	3+3	1	0	0	1	0
39	FW		Jonathan Walters	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: end of season
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Championship	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
7	MF		Gwion Edwards	6	0	0	6
20	FW		Freddie Sears	6	0	0	6
9	FW		Kayden Jackson	3	0	1	4
45	FW		Collin Quaner	4	0	0	4
11	MF		Jon Nolan	3	0	0	3
14	FW		Will Keane	3	0	0	3
6	MF		Trevoh Chalobah	2	0	0	2
5	DF		Matthew Pennington	1	0	0	1
10	FW		Ellis Harrison	1	0	0	1
21	MF		Flynn Downes	1	0	0	1
22	DF		Aristote Nsiala	1	0	0	1
23	MF		Andre Dozzell	1	0	0	1
25	DF		Tayo Edun	1	0	0	1
36	FW		Jack Lankester	1	0	0	1
Own goal				2	0	0	2
Total				36	0	1	37

Assists

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	League One	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
20	FW		Freddie Sears	4	0	0	4
45	FW		Collin Quaner	3	0	0	3
4	DF		Luke Chambers	2	0	0	2
7	MF		Gwion Edwards	2	0	0	2
9	FW		Kayden Jackson	2	0	0	2
18	MF		Grant Ward	2	0	0	2
25	DF		Tayo Edun	1	0	1	2
6	MF		Trevoh Chalobah	1	0	0	1
8	MF		Cole Skuse	1	0	0	1
10	FW		Ellis Harrison	1	0	0	1
19	MF		Jordan Roberts	1	0	0	1
21	MF		Flynn Downes	1	0	0	1
30	DF		Myles Kenlock	1	0	0	1
31	MF		Alan Judge	1	0	0	1
33	GK		Bartosz Białkowski	1	0	0	1
39	FW		Jonathan Walters	1	0	0	1
41	DF		James Bree	1	0	0	1
Total				25	0	1	26

Clean sheets

Number	Nation	Name	Championship	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1		Dean Gerken	3	0	0	3
Total			3	0	0	3

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Name	Championship		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Total
2	DF	Janoi Donacien	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF	Jonas Knudsen	4	1	0	0	1	0	5	1
4	DF	Luke Chambers	8	1	0	0	0	0	8	1
5	DF	Matthew Pennington	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	1
6	MF	Trevoh Chalobah	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
7	MF	Gwion Edwards	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
8	MF	Cole Skuse	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
9	FW	Kayden Jackson	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
10	FW	Ellis Harrison	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
11	MF	Jon Nolan	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
12	DF	Jordan Spence	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
14	MF	Jordan Graham	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15	MF	Teddy Bishop	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19	MF	Jordan Roberts	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
20	FW	Freddie Sears	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
21	MF	Flynn Downes	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
22	DF	Aristote Nsiala	6	1	0	0	1	0	7	1
23	MF	Andre Dozzell	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
25	MF	Tayo Edun	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
30	DF	Myles Kenlock	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
31	MF	Alan Judge	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
39	DF	James Collins	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
41	DF	James Bree	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
42	MF	Idris El Mizouni	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total			74	5	1	0	2	0	77	5

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions[67]

No. Pos. Nat. Name MS Notes 33 GK Bartosz Białkowski 30 12 RB Jordan Spence 47 James Bree has 13 starts 4 CB Luke Chambers 44 5 CB Matthew Pennington 24 Aristote Nsiala has 19 starts 3 LB Jonas Knudsen 28 Myles Kenlock has 18 starts 8 CM Cole Skuse 32 6 CM Trevoh Chalobah 36 11 CM Jon Nolan 25 Flynn Downes has 22 starts 7 RW Gwion Edwards 25 20 LW Freddie Sears 21 Alan Judge has 19 starts 9 CF Kayden Jackson 16 Collin Quaner has 13 starts

4–3–3 Formation Białkowski Spence Chambers(C) Pennington Knudsen Skuse Nolan Chalobah Sears Edwards Jackson

Awards

Player awards

Award	Player	Ref
Player of the Year	Luke Chambers	[68]
Young Player of the Year	Jack Lankester	[68]
Goal of the Season	Freddie Sears	[69]

EFL Championship Goal of the Month

Award	Player	Ref
January	Freddie Sears	[70]

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