New Boys Make Debuts But No Place for Chopra - Ipswich Town News
New loan signings Richie Wellens and DJ Campbell are in the Town side facing Cardiff City at Portman Road this evening (Sky Sports Two, KO 5.20pm). There is no place in the 18 for striker Michael Chopra or midfielder Guirane N’Daw.
The former Cardiff frontman appears to have been rested after this week’s off-field issues, while N’Daw was spotted leaving the ground carrying his boots an hour before kick-off. Town’s third new loan signing Bilel Mohsni is amongst the subs. Full match preview here.
Town: Loach, Edwards, Chambers, Higginbotham, Cresswell, Emmanuel-Thomas, Wellens, Drury, Martin, Campbell, Murphy. Subs: Lee-Barrett, Ainsley, Smith, Mohsni, Luongo, Carson, Scotland.
Cardiff: Marshall, McNaughton, Taylor, Hudson, Connolly, Whittingham, Gunnarsson, Cowie, Noone, Helguson, Mason. Subs: Lewis, Kiss, Turner, Velikoja, Conway, Kim, Gestede.
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