Ipswich Town's relegation from the Premier League was confirmed as the 10-man Tractor Boys lost 3-0 at Newcastle United, who climbed to third in the table on Saturday.

Ben Johnson received two first-half bookings – the first for simulation as he threw himself over Dan Burn's outstretched leg – to make the visitors' task even more daunting.

Ipswich had initially restricted Newcastle to half chances, with Sandro Tonali striking the crossbar from range, but Johnson's 37th-minute dismissal changed the game.

Newcastle penned the Tractor Boys back and were awarded a penalty in the fourth minute of first-half stoppage time, with a VAR review seeing Julio Enciso's pull on Jacob Murphy penalised.

Alexander Isak, who had earlier missed two good chances, sidefooted past Alex Palmer to get the Magpies up and running.

Burn headed Kieran Trippier's hanging cross in at the far post to make it 2-0 in the 56th minute, as Ipswich were forced to defend their area for the entirety of the second half.

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And Newcastle had the third goal their pressure warranted when substitute William Osula nodded Trippier's corner home 10 minutes from time, netting for the first time in the Premier League.

The result means Ipswich are mathematically unable to catch 17th-placed West Ham, who remain 15 points clear of Kieran McKenna's men despite losing 3-2 at Brighton on Saturday.

Newcastle fell out of the top five after Chelsea's 1-0 victory over Everton earlier on Saturday, but this win takes them back into the Champions League qualification spots, albeit just two points above sixth-placed Nottingham Forest, who have a game in hand.

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Data debrief: History made as relegation battle over

Ipswich's defeat confirmed that all three promoted teams have been relegated from the Premier League for the second successive season. 

That had never previously occurred in back-to-back campaigns, with 1997-98 the only other instance of all three promoted sides going straight back down.

This is also the first time in Premier League history that all three relegated teams have been confirmed with as many as four games to go, and the second time all three have been official before the end of April, after 2005-06.

Newcastle, meanwhile, have now attained 62 points after 34 games this season, the second time in the last three campaigns they have amassed 60 or more points by this stage (also 65 in 2022-23) – they only did so once in their last 17 top-flight campaigns beforehand (in 2011-12).

It all amounted to a successful return to the dugout for Eddie Howe, who had missed Newcastle's last three games but was back on Saturday after recovering from pneumonia.