Town boss Mick McCarthy has made four changes ahead of today’s game at Nottingham Forest, with David McGoldrick, Cole Skuse, Freddie Sears and Ainsley Maitland-Niles all starting.
The Blues are set to line up in a 4-3-3 formation with McGoldrick - like skipper Luke Chambers a former Forest player - and Sears either side of Daryl Murphy. It's the first time the trio of strikers have all started a game since Sears signed in January.
Giles Coke, Jonathan Douglas, Larsen Touré and Jonny Parr all drop to the bench.
Former Town midfielder Liam Trotter is handed his debut for Forest having joined on loan from Bolton earlier today, while ex-Blues loanee Jonny Williams is also in the Tricky Trees’ midfield.
Nottingham Forest: De Vries, Lichaj, Wilson (c), Hobbs, Pinillos, Trotter, Williams, Mendes, Ward, Oliveira. Subs: Evtimov, Blackstock, Burke, O’Grady, Walker, Grant, Iacovitti.
Town: Gerken, Chambers (c), Smith, Berra, Knudsen, Skuse, Bru, Maitland-Niles, Sears, Murphy, McGoldrick. Subs: Bialkowski, Malarczyk, Parr, Douglas, Coke, Touré, Pitman. Referee: Paul Tierney (Lancashire).