Ipswich found their first home win of the Premier League season at the 10th time of asking as they saw off Chelsea at Portman Road.
Liam Delap won and converted a first-half penalty before Omari Hutchinson – who started his career with the Blues – drove in a second.
Chelsea had their chances, with Cole Palmer twice hitting the woodwork and Joao Felix having a goal ruled out for offside.
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But Enzo Maresca’s side were unable to find a way past Christian Walton on his return to the Ipswich goal and missed the chance to go second in the table.
It’s now just one point from three games for Chelsea as they stutter over the festive period and they stay in fourth.
Ipswich climb above Leicester but stay in the relegation zone in 18th – but they are now just a point behind Wolves and two behind Everton.
Delap has been a shining light for Ipswich this season and he did superbly well to reach a pass into the area before Chelsea goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen – though the contact looked slight.
The striker buried the penalty – the first one scored in the top flight by Ipswich since November 2001.
Palmer saw a free-kick hit the post and a shot turned onto the crossbar by Walton before his cross was finished well by Felix. However, the Portuguese was offside.
And Ipswich stole a second on the break after Axel Disasi lost the ball, Delap carried it on and found Hutchinson for a clever reversed finish.
Chelsea ended the night with 20 shots but failed to score in consecutive away league games for the first time in over five years.