Plymouth fight back to beat Ipswich and top table

Second-half strikes from Bali Mumba and Morgan Whittaker completed a thrilling Plymouth fightback to leapfrog Ipswich at the top of League One.

Mumba’s 69th-minute stunner brought the home side level and turned the tide of the match before Whittaker’s deflected shot into the top corner completed the turnaround six minutes later.

Ipswich goalkeeper Christian Walton hit the crossbar with a header from a corner in the dying moments of a remarkable end to the match.

The game pitted the league’s best home and away records against each other as well as third v first in the table.

And Ipswich looked set to stretch their unbeaten start to the season to 10 games when Ladapo’s angled shot cannoned up off Dan Scarr and over Plymouth goalkeeper Michael Cooper to give the away side the lead.

Ipswich were fortunate to end the half with 11 players as they went in 1-0 up, with Marcus Harness and captain Sam Morsy both escaping with yellow cards for late challenges.

The away side started the second half looking to add to their tally, with on-loan Argyle defender Nigel Lonwijk making a crucial block to deny Janoi Donacien.

Mumba then breathed life into Home Park, drilling home through a crowded penalty area past Walton in the Ipswich goal.

Walton then got down to make a fine save to turn Whittaker’s left-foot strike around the post but he could do nothing about the next one, as the attacker smashed another shot at the Ipswich goal, which flew into the top corner via a deflection.

Ipswich won a corner deep into added time and up came Walton, the goalkeeper rising high to meet the ball and send it crashing against the bar, with Plymouth holding on to all three points.