Ipswich Town bid farewell to the Premier League with a loss to West Ham United, as Jarrod Bowen starred in a 3-1 affair at Portman Road on Sunday.
WATCH — Ipswich vs West Ham full match replay
West Ham finish the season in 14th place with 43 points, while Ipswich Town head to the Championship as the 19th-place team on the table.
The Tractor Boys won just four games, finishing with 22 points and a minus-46 goal differential.
Jarrod Bowen is everything to West Ham
For all of the big names on West Ham’s team, there’s no one like Jarrod Bowen. The 28-year-old attacker was good through 19 weeks of the season before missing a month, then really turned it on down the stretch. Bowen scored six times with three assists in West Ham’s last eight games of the season, and he’s posted double-digit goals and assists in all comps over three of the last four seasons. Graham Potter needs to find a way to get the most out of Bowen’s prime — West Ham are 2W-1D-5L without Bowen in Premier League play the last two seasons, good for 0.88 points per game over eight games. When Bowen does play? West Ham earns 1.29 points per game. That’s the difference between relegation and the top half.
Ipswich vs West Ham player ratings
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How to watch Ipswich vs West Ham live, stream link and start time
Kick off time: 11 am ET Sunday (May 25)
Venue: Portman Road — Ipswich
TV Channel: Peacock
Streaming: Watch live on Peacock
Ipswich vs West Ham final score: 1-3
James Ward-Prowse 43', Nathan Broadhead 52', Jarrod Bowen 55', Mohammed Kudus 87'
Ipswich vs West Ham live updates — by Nick Mendola
Mohammed Kudus goal — Ipswich Town 1-3 West Ham (87th minute)
Jarrod Bowen goal — Ipswich Town 1-2 West Ham (55th minute)
Bowen has a goal to go with his assist, this time set up by Aaron Wan-Bissaka as the Irons strike back to retake the lead.
Nathan Broadhead goal — Ipswich Town 1-1 West Ham (52nd minute)
Lukasz Fabianski gives the ball away, and Nathan Broadhead has us level!
James Ward-Prowse goal — Ipswich Town 0-1 West Ham United (43rd minute)
Sam Morsy’s bad back pass is picked off by Jarrod Bowen, who cues up James Ward-Prowse for a straight-forward finish into the side netting.
Ipswich Town lineup
Palmer, Tuanzebe, O’Shea, Greaves, David, Morsy, Cajuste, Hutchinson, Chaplin, Broadhead, Hirst
West Ham lineup
Fabianski, Wan-Bissaka, Todibo, Kilman, Mavropanos, Scarles, Alvarez, Ward-Prowse, Soucek, Bowen, Fullkrug
Ipswich team news, focus
OUT: Kalvin Phillips (achilles), Nathan Broadhead (thigh), Jaden Philogene-Bidace (knee) Arijanet Muric (shoulder), Wes Burns (knee), Chiedozie Ogbene (achilles - out for season) | QUESTIONABLE: Conor Townsend (thigh), Sammi Szmodics (ankle), Cameron Burgess (thigh)
West Ham team news, focus
OUT: Michail Antonio (MORE), Crysencio Summerville (hamstring)
Ipswich vs West Ham preview — by Andy Edwards
Kieran McKenna’s side (22 points - 19th) ended the club’s 22-year drought from top-flight football when they finished 2nd in the Championship, joined back in the PL by Leicester and Southampton, both of whom join them in being relegated. There were signs that Ipswich might be able to stay up early in the season (9 points from their first 12 games), but narrow defeats turned to blowouts and draws (four of their first six games this season) turned to loss after loss (18 of their last 25), and relegation was confirmed before April ended.
West Ham (40 points - 15th) will, in some ways, be thanking Ipswich for their part in the PL. The Hammers haven’t been above 15th in the table since matchweek 23 back in late January, as the new-manager bounce following Graham Potter’s arrival (3W-1D-3L in his first seven games) wore off and they won just one of their last 10 games heading into Championship Sunday. Simply surviving the season and avoiding relegation won’t fill West Ham fans with much joy heading into a massive summer transfer window, but at least they’ll still be in the PL come August.
Ipswich vs West Ham prediction
A proper send-off for the home side. Ipswich 1-0 West Ham.
