Central defender Tommy Smith is handed his first start of the Mick McCarthy era as the new Blues boss goes into his first home game as Town manager. Midfielder Guirane N’Daw also returns to the XI with Lee Martin suspended and Andy Drury dropping to the bench.
Smith’s inclusion is likely to see Aaron Cresswell move to left midfield as he did late on at Crystal Palace on Tuesday with the New Zealand international at left-back.
Alternatively, Luke Chambers could move to right-back and skipper Carlos Edwards into wide midfield.
Elsewhere, Daryl Murphy is likely to move up front alongside DJ Campbell, while Elliott Hewitt is on the bench for the senior side for the first time. Burnley make one change at left-back with Danny Lafferty coming in for Ben Mee, who has a foot injury. Full match preview here.
Town: Henderson, Edwards, Chambers, Higginbotham, Smith, Cresswell, Reo-Coker, Wellens, N'Daw, Murphy, Campbell. Subs: Loach, Hewitt, Emmanuel-Thomas, Drury, Mohsni, Scotland, Chopra.
Burnley: Grant, Lafferty, Shackell, Duff, Trippier, Stock, Marney, McCann, Wallace, Paterson, Austin. Subs: Jensen, Edgar, Ings, Vokes, Bartley, Stanislas, Mills.