Ipswich Town 4-3 Rotherham United: Tractor Boys snatch win in stoppage time

Ipswich Town scored a dramatic 95th-minute winning goal to deny bottom side Rotherham United a point and move up to third in the Championship table.

Tom Eaves’ calm finish gave the Millers a surprise early lead, only for Wes Burns to score either side of Kieffer Moore’s effort.

Having gone 3-1 down, Rotherham thought they had rescued a draw through Hakeem Odoffin’s strike and Cafu’s penalty before Hutchinson’s late intervention.

The win moved Ipswich, who host Birmingham next on Saturday, level on points with second-placed Leeds but with an inferior goal difference.

Rotherham stunned the home crowd by finding the net with the first chance of the game.

Sam Clucas got his toe to the ball in midfield and poked it through for Eaves, who showed great composure to find the bottom corner.

The advantage lasted seven minutes before Sam Morsy’s floated cross from the left found Burns, who headed home from close range.

Kieran McKenna’s Ipswich then seemed to kick into action, with Burns whipping in a dangerous cross from the right and Moore getting great contact on the ball to steer it in.

Burns also had a hand in creating his second goal. His initial shot was palmed away by Rotherham goalkeeper Viktor Johansson, who did the same with left-back Leif Davis’ follow up, leaving winger Burns to tap into an empty net.

The Millers did not give up hope, though, and Odoffin drove in a low volley to reduce the deficit to one goal after the home defence failed to deal with Clucas’ ball into the penalty area.

Ipswich looked the more likely side to score as Burns produced a smart reaction save from Johansson, before the late drama at Portman Road.

Cafu chipped in a Panenka-style penalty to make it 3-3 in the 94th minute, yet Rotherham allowed Hutchinson time and space to curl in a neat left-footed finish and win the game for Ipswich in the most dramatic fashion.

Rotherham have now lost 20 Championship games this season and go to fellow strugglers QPR on Saturday, knowing they have seven away games left to avoid going a whole Championship season without a win on their travels.