Full-back Moritz Volz has ruled himself out of Saturday's trip to Chelsea due to a groin injury. The German defender, on loan from Fulham for the season, will however be at the game.
The ex-Arsenal trainee, who celebrated his 26th birthday yesterday, told his volzy.com website that it's an ongoing problem: "I'm still not able to train at the moment due to my injury. It's an inflammation of the pubic bone and is a recurrence of a problem I've had before, but in this case I think it was brought about by the frosty conditions we've had recently.
"It's been pretty sore so this morning I was up in London for an injection into my groin in the hope it'll settle it down so I can get back into training as soon as possible - hopefully by the beginning of next week.
"The injection was pretty painful to say the least - not really the kind of present I was looking for on my birthday morning! But hopefully it'll do the trick.
"It's rest for me over the weekend so I'll be missing the Chelsea game unfortunately, and I'm obviously gutted about that. I was already disappointed to have missed out on the win over Palace at the weekend. It was another good result for us though.
"Unbeaten in five, two away wins on the bounce - that's good form in my book and puts us in good shape for the next three Championship games, not to mention the weekend's trip to Stamford Bridge.â€Â
Volz says he will be at the game giving his backing to his team-mates: "Even though I'm not playing I'll certainly be at the game - it is on my doorstep after all! With my Fulham background, and obviously being an Ipswich player, there's only one team I want to see lose.â€Â
David Wright is available for selection after his recent hamstring problem and looks likely to come back into the side at right-back with Alex Bruce expected to return to the centre of the defence alongside Gareth McAuley.