Town skipper Matt Holland hopes that his knee injury will be OK for him to make his return against Derby at Portman Road on Saturday. Holland was injured in a collision with Stoke's Tommy Mooney last weekend and missed out against Brighton on Tuesday.

Holland told the club site: "I've tweaked my medial ligament apparently, and have been having pretty intensive treatment all week but it's improving and I'm confident that I will be available for Saturday."

The Town skipper has made 329 consecutive league appearances for the Blues since joining from Bournemouth for £800,000 in the summer of 1997.

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