Town have confirmed that they will be without loanees Stephen Henderson and Bradley Orr for Saturday’s FA Cup third round tie at Aston Villa. Neither West Ham nor Blackburn have given permission for their players to be involved in the competition.
The Blues’ season-long loanees Daryl Murphy and Guirane N’Daw are both available, while DJ Campbell, who is expected to play for QPR in their tie against West Brom, Danny Higginbotham, who signed for Sheffield United yesterday, and Bilel Mohsni have now left the club.
The absence of Henderson is likely to see Scott Loach return to the side with Arran Lee-Barrett coming into the squad as sub keeper.
Elliott Hewitt looks set to make his first start at right-back in place of Orr, while Michael Chopra will come into the side in Campbell’s absence.
Manager Mick McCarthy may well make other changes, perhaps handing Luke Hyam and Jay Emmanuel-Thomas starts.
Midfielder Andy Drury is a doubt having missed yesterday's game after picking up a virus, while recent signing Tyrone Mings is cup-tied having played in the early stages of the competition.