Ipswich finally break drought with draw against Fulham to earn first point of season

IPSWICH, England - Ipswich clinched their first Premier League point of the season with a solid 1-1 draw against Fulham on Saturday. Liam Delap's first-half goal put Ipswich in the lead, but Fulham fought back with a goal from winger Adama Traore to level the score. Despite the shared spoils, Ipswich will take confidence from their performance against a tough opposition.

Following successive losses to Manchester City and Liverpool, the home side got off the mark as Marco Silva's Fulham followed up their win over Leicester City with another strong performance.

Roared on by an enthusiastic home crowd, Delap put Ipswich ahead in the 15th minute, drifting across the box before lashing in a powerful shot that Fulham keeper Bernd Leno got his gloves to but could not keep out.

The visitors levelled 17 minutes later after Antonee Robinson whipped the ball across the box and Traore stabbed it home with a superb first-time finish to crown Fulham's best attack of the game.

Fulham's Robinson went in the book just before the hour mark for dragging down Chiedozie Ogbene and both sides showed plenty of aggression, especially at set pieces.

Delap almost teed Ogbene up for a second goal for Ipswich in the 68th minute but his pass that sliced through the middle of the Fulham defence was slightly too hard, and Leno beat the winger to the ball.

Fulham's best chances came on the counter and Raul Jimenez forced a fine save from Arijanet Muric as the clock ticked up towards 90 minutes.

Winger Omari Hutchinson almost capped a man-of-the-match display for Ipswich with a stoppage-time goal, but again Leno was equal to the task.