Bishop Starts at Boro - Ipswich Town News
Teddy Bishop replaces Richard Chaplow in an otherwise unchanged Town side ahead of this lunchtime’s live Sky game at Middlesbrough (KO 12.15pm).
Bishop, man of the match in the Blues' 2-0 home win against the Teessiders in December, is set to start in the centre of midfield with Jay Tabb moving to the left and Jonny Parr to the right.
Dean Gerken, whose wife gave birth yesterday, continues in goal with Bartosz Bialkowski on the bench with Paddy Kenny also having made the trip.
Chaplow drops to the bench alongside Kevin Bru, who is back after his knee injury. Stephen Hunt travelled having recovered from his hamstring problem but is not in the 18, but David McGoldrick remained in Suffolk but is likely to be in the squad for the home game against Bolton on Tuesday.
Middlesbrough: Konstantopoulos, Kalas, Ayala, Gibson, Friend, Leadbitter, Clayton, Adomah, Reach, Bamford, Vossen. Subs: Ripley, Woodgate, Forshaw, Nsue, Whitehead, Tomlin, Kike.
Town: Gerken, Chambers (c), Mings, Smith, Berra, Skuse, Bishop, Parr, Tabb, Murhy, Sears. Subs: Bialkowski, Clarke, Anderson, Chaplow, Bru, Varney, Wood. Referee: Mike Jones (Chester).
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