Town boss Mick McCarthy has made five changes to his team for this afternoon’s FA Cup third round tie against Vanarama National League leaders Lincoln City at Portman Road with Dean Gerken, Jonas Knudsen, Andre Dozzell, Freddie Sears and Grant Ward all starting, while youngsters George Fowler, Adam McDonnell, Shane McLoughlin, Ben Morris and Pat Webber are all among the subs.
Skipper Luke Chambers and Cole Skuse drop out of the squad having been doubts with knee problems, while Myles Kenlock also misses the game having suffered a calf injury at QPR.
Also not in the 18 is striker David McGoldrick, who is understood to have suffered a groin injury in training on Friday.
Christophe Berra skippers in Chambers’s absence, while another striker Leon Best is unwell.
The Blues bench includes 17-year-old left-back Pat Webber, who signed from Worthing at the end of last season, 19-year-old central defender or right-back George Fowler, who is from Ashfield near Debenham, Irish U19 international midfielder Adam McDonnell, 19, who made his league debut at Derby on the final day of last season, and strikers Shane McLoughlin, 19, an Irish U18 international, and England U18 international Ben Morris, 17.
Town: Gerken, Emmanuel, Webster, Berra (c), Knudsen, Bru, Ward, Dozzell, Sears, Pitman. Subs: Bialkowski, Fowler, Webber, McDonnell, Douglas, McLoughlin, Morris.
Lincoln: Farman, Wood, Habergham, Waterfall (c), Power, Rhead, Hawkridge, Raggett, Arnold, Woodyard, Robinson. Subs: Walker, Muldoon, Marriott, Long, Miles, Fixter, McCombe.