Mick McCarthy has named an unchanged side for today’s game at Middlesbrough with Paul Taylor starting in a three-man attack.
Luke Hyam and Jonny Williams return from hamstring injuries to take a place on the bench. Academy second-year scholar Teddy Bishop travelled with the senior side for the first time — Anthony Wordsworth having suffered a back problem in Thursday training - but is not included in the 18.
Frazer Richardson is unavailable against his parent club, while club captain Carlos Edwards also didn’t make the trip.
Boro make six changes from the side which lost 1-0 at Sheffield Wednesday last week with former Blue Grant Leadbitter returning and skippering the side.
Middlesbrough: Konstantopolous, Gibson, Chalobah, Varga, Carayol, Leadbitter (c), Friend, Tomlin, Graham, Omeruo, Ledesma. Subs: Steele, Kamara, Butterfield, Williams L, Main, Atkinson, Morris.
Town: Gerken, Chambers (c), Cresswell, Berra, Smith, Skuse, Tabb, Green, Taylor, Murphy, Nouble. Subs: Loach, Anderson, Hunt, Mings, Hyam, Williams, Ebanks-Blake.