Town boss Mick McCarthy has named an unchanged side for today’s game at QPR. Midfielder Cole Skuse is fine to keep his place despite suffering a minor hip problem in training in midweek.
Academy second-year scholar Michael Crowe, 17, is on the bench for the senior side in the competitive fixture for the first time with second-choice keeper Dean Gerken ruled out with the dead leg he suffered in a collision with Frank Nouble in training.
QPR, who make three changes, include former Blues keeper Brian Murphy amongst their substitutes, while ex-Town loanee Danny Simpson starts. Full match preview here.
QPR: Green, Simpson, Onuoha, Dunne, Hill, Barton, Henry, Wright-Phillips, Hoilett, Zamora, Austin. Subs: Murphy, Suk-Young, Jenas, Ehmer, Hitchcock, Shariff, O’Neil.
Town: Loach, Hewitt, Chambers, Smith, Cresswell, Edwards, Skuse, Hyam, Tabb, McGoldrick, Murphy. Subs: Crowe, Veseli, Berra, Tunnicliffe, Anderson, Taylor, Nouble.