Defenders on top at Ipswich

Last updated : 26 December 2007 By Tony Scholes
David Unsworth
David Unsworth - into second place
The same four players took the top positions in both the man of the match vote and the player ratings via the message board and all scored points, whilst Wade Elliott claimed fifth place in both.

Goalkeeper Gabor Kiraly made two superb saves in the first half and was immaculate in both his general goalkeeping and his time wasting in the second half. He's proved to be a convincing winner in the man of the match poll with 35.1% of the vote.

That gives him the three points whilst the other two are shared by the two central defenders. David Unsworth is second with 22.0% and captain Steven Caldwell, on his return to the side from injury, takes third place with 20.6% of the vote. They score two points and one point respectively.

One the player ratings Unsworth won it with a rating of 9.25 out of 10. This is the highest rating by any player in any game this season beating the previous best of 8.88 scored by Clarke Carlisle at Watford.

Back in the side since November Jon Harley took second place to score his first two points of the season and he too beat Carlisle's previous best with a rating of 9.13 whilst 8.75 was enough to give Caldwell third place.

The five points scored by Unsworth have proved significant, they have moved him up two places in the table to second, and he's now just one point behind leader Robbie Blake having passed both Carlisle and Alan Mahon. The full table reads:

40: Robbie Blake
39: David Unsworth
38: Clarke Carlisle
35: Alan Mahon
27: Wade Elliott
25: Gabor Kiraly
23: Andy Gray
20: Chris McCann
19: Kyle Lafferty
14: Steven Caldwell
13: John Spicer
12: Brian Jensen
3: Graham Alexander, Michael Duff & Joey Gudjonsson
2: Ade Akinbiyi, Jon Harley & Wayne Thomas
1: Stephen Jordan