Ipswich 2-2 Aston Villa: Delap double delights Portman Road

When you enter the Premier League as a promoted club, your chances of survival are increased greatly if you have a striker who can contribute important goals to your cause regularly.

The early signs are that Ipswich could have that in Liam Delap.

Signed for an initial fee of about £15m from Manchester City in July, the 21-year-old has netted three goals in his first six Premier League appearances for the Tractor Boys - including two in Sunday's 2-2 draw with Aston Villa.

Delap has already shown that he can score different types of goals, too.

He got off the mark with a powerful long-range shot against Fulham, his first against Villa was a first-time finish from 12 yards, while his second on Sunday was created by a wonderful piece of individual skill.

Allowed to carry the ball from the halfway line, Delap strode into the box and his stepover got the better of Diego Carlos before he thumped home past Emi Martinez.

A first Premier League victory of the season may still elude Ipswich, but manager Kieran McKenna will take plenty of positives from his side's fourth successive league draw - not least the goalscoring form of his centre forward.