Enciso earns Ipswich Town a 2-2 draw at Hull City
Hull City came from behind to lead through Iroegbunam and McBurnie, but Julio Enciso levelled for Ipswich Town in a second half that turned twice.
By Harvey Watkins,
Hull City and Ipswich Town shared the points in a 2-2 draw at the MKM Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Premier League fixture on matchday 9 turned twice in the second half. Florentino gave Ipswich a first-half lead, Tim Iroegbunam and Oli McBurnie put Hull in front, and Julio Enciso levelled with 16 minutes remaining.
How the goals came
Ipswich struck first, Florentino scoring in the 22nd minute. That was the only goal of the first half, and the lead lasted 36 minutes in all before Hull found a reply.
When the reply came, it came quickly. Iroegbunam equalised in the 58th minute, and ten minutes later McBurnie scored to turn the match around. For a side that had started the second half a goal down, a 2-1 lead with 22 minutes to play was a strong position to have reached.
It held for six minutes. Enciso scored in the 74th minute to bring Ipswich level, and there were no further goals over the final quarter of an hour. Three of the four goals came in a 16-minute spell after the hour mark, which tells most of the story of the afternoon.
Reading the result
A draw can be read from both sides, and this one more than most. For Hull, there was the recovery from a goal down and the two goals in ten minutes that briefly put them ahead. There was also the lead that slipped away almost as soon as it was established.
For Ipswich, the picture is a mirror image. They led for more than half an hour and then found themselves behind. To respond within six minutes of going behind, and then see out the remaining time without conceding again, was a useful answer. The scoreline alone does not say which side had the better of the play, and it would be a stretch to claim otherwise. What it does show is that neither team could hold an advantage for long once the match opened up.
The recent meetings
The wider record between these clubs has leaned towards Ipswich. Before Saturday they had won three of the four most recent meetings: 3-0 at home in October 2023, 2-0 at Hull in November 2025 and 1-0 at home in March 2026. The exception was a 3-3 draw at Hull in April 2024. Hull have now gone five meetings without beating Ipswich.
There is a more encouraging thread for Hull in the goals column. They had failed to score in three of those four previous meetings, and the two here matched their best return against Ipswich since that six-goal draw. Ipswich, for their part, have now scored in all five meetings.
At Hull's ground, two of the last three meetings have ended level, both of them with plenty of goals. That is a small sample spread across more than two years, so it is better treated as a curiosity than a pattern. On this occasion, though, it held true again: another open game at the MKM Stadium, and once more nothing to separate the sides at the end.