Paul Anderson's goal deep into first-half stoppage time to cancel out Jonny Howson's earlier opener has ensured that Ipswich Town and Norwich City are locked at 1-1 at the end of the first leg of their playoff semi-final.
A frenetic opening 45 minutes swung both ways, but it was the visitors who took the lead thanks to some impressive work out wide by Cameron Jerome, who burst forward to pick out Howson in a central position.
Substitute Anderson, who came on for the injured Luke Varney, levelled up the contest ahead of a bland second half which lacked any real quality in the attacking third of the field.
Relive how the East Anglian derby unfolded below.
IPSWICH TOWN STARTING XI: Bialkowski, Mings, Chambers, Smith, Berra, Skuse, Murphy, Varney, Bru, Sears, Bishop
NORWICH CITY STARTING XI: Ruddy, Whittaker, Martin, Bassong, Olsson, Tettey, Howson, Dorrans, Redmond, Johnson, Jerome
IPSWICH TOWN SUBS: Gerken, Parr, Anderson, S.Hunt, Tabb, N.Hunt, McGoldrick
NORWICH CITY SUBS: Rudd, Hooper, Hoolahan, E Bennett, R Bennett, O'Neil, Odjidja-Ofoe
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Mick McCarthy: "They have been outstanding since he came in and they beat us [at Carrow Road] 2-0, but we didn't really play against them. I would have thought most people, innocent observers who have no vested interest in the game, will be thinking it is going to be Norwich [who win] so happy days [for us]."
Alex Neil: "I'm excited. I like competing, whoever I'm up against, and we always play to win, whatever's at stake. It will be a tense atmosphere, it will be really vocal, it will be strong, it will be physical, and we've got to start on the front foot and try to implement our game on them. The early kickoff doesn't concern us. We played at lunch-time last week and won."
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IPSWICH TOWN SUBS: Gerken, Parr, S.Hunt, Tabb, N.Hunt, McGoldrick
NORWICH CITY SUBS: Rudd, Hooper, Hoolahan, E Bennett, R Bennett, O'Neil, Odjidja-Ofoe
4 - Ipswich have lost each of their last four derbies against Norwich, their worst ever run against their rivals. Harvested.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) May 9, 2015