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Hyam in Town Side at Hull - Ipswich Town News

Midfielder Luke Hyam is back in the Town side for the first time since the Carling Cup tie against Northampton in August and for only the second time under Paul Jewell’s management. Ibrahima Sonko, Nathan Ellington and Josh Carson are also back in the XI.

Jimmy Bullard misses out against old club due to the flu bug which kept him out of the Nottingham Forest defeat on Monday, while Lee Martin drops to a seven-man bench, which also includes Michael Chopra. Joe Whight and Tommy Smith and Jason Scotland.

Hull give a start to on-loan Arsenal keeper Vito Mannone, while defender Liam Cooper plays his first game of the season. Paul McShane, Joe Dudgeon, Richard Garcia, Tom Cairney and Robbie Brady are all back in Nicky Barmby’s side. Full match preview here.

Town: Lee-Barrett, Edwards, Delaney, Sonko, Cresswell, Carson, Leadbitter, Hyam, Emmanuel-Thomas, Ellington, Murphy. Subs: Wright, Whight, Ainsley, Smith, Martin, Chopra, Scotland.

Hull City: Mannone, McShane, Hobbs, Cooper, Dudgeon, Garcia, McKenna, Cairney, Stewart, Brady, Mclean. Subs: Peet, Dawson, Chester, Evans, Olofinjana, Cullen, Simpson.

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