Delaney Replaces Collins - Ipswich Town News
Damien Delaney is the man given the nod to replace the departed Danny Collins at the centre of the defence as the Blues face the Irishman’s first English club Leicester City at the King Power Stadium this afternoon. Town are otherwise unchanged.
The match is Delaney's first since undergoing surgery on a foot injury sustained in the Crystal Palace match in October.
Skipper Grant Leadbitter again misses out on a place on the bench, while Ãvar Ingimarsson, the man thought most likely to replace Collins, is also not in the 16.
Town: Lee-Barrett, Edwards, Sonko, Delaney, Cresswell, Martin, Bowyer, Andrews (c), Murphy, Chopra, Scotland. Subs: Wright, Wabara, Emmanuel-Thomas, Bullard, Ellington.
Leicester: Schmeichel, Peltier, Konchesky, Mills (c), Bamba, Gallagher, Dyer, Wellens, Beckford, Abe, Nugent. Subs: Howard, King, Weale, Danns, Schlupp.
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