Murphy in for Barnett - Ipswich Town News
Blues boss Mick McCarthy has made one change for today’s home game against his old club Millwall with Daryl Murphy coming in up front for Tyrone Barnett, who drops to the bench.
Luke Hyam (calf) and Nigel Reo-Coker (hamstring) are both still absent, while Luke Chambers (illness) and Bradley Orr (stiff neck) keep their places despite having been doubts.
For Millwall, ex-Blue Liam Trotter and one-time Town target James Henry return after injury. Full match preview here
Meanwhile, there’s a switch of referee, David Coote from Nottingham taking over from Carl Boyeson. Coote has shown 48 yellow and three red cards in 16 games so far this season. His last Town match was the 2-1 defeat at Hull City in October in which he booked four players, all from Town.
Town: Henderson, Orr, Chambers, Smith, Cresswell, Edwards, N'Daw, Drury, Martin, Murphy, Campbell. Subs: Loach, Hewitt, Higginbotham, Carson, Emmanuel-Thomas, Chopra, Barnett.
Millwall: Forde, A Smith, Shittu, Beevers, Lowry, Henry, Abdou, Trotter, C Taylor; Keogh, Wood. Subs: M Taylor, J Smith, Osborne, Malone, Wright, Feeney, N'Guessan.
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