Town Make One Change for Burnley Clash - Ipswich Town News

Town make one change for this evening’s home game against Burnley with Lee Bowyer taking over from Andy Drury in the centre of midfield.

Drury drops to the bench alongside Josh Carson, who returns to the 16 for the first time since he started the 2-2 home draw with Blackpool in January.

The Clarets make three changes with Jay Rodriguez over his groin injury and another former Town target Charlie Austin and midfielder Marvin Bartley taking over from Danny Ings, who is injured, and Ross Wallace and Martin Paterson, who drop to the bench. Full match preview here.

Town: McCarthy, Edwards, Smith, Delaney, Cresswell, Bowyer, Leadbitter, Emmanuel-Thomas, Martin, Murphy, Chopra. Subs: Lee-Barrett, Sonko, Drury, Stevenson, Carson.

Burnley: Grant, Trippier, Duff, Edgar, Lafferty, McCann, Marney, Bartley, Stanislas, Rodriguez, Austin. Subs: Paterson, McQuoid, Wallace, Mee, Jensen.

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