Diagouraga, Emmanuel and Smith Start Against Wolves - Ipswich Town News

Town boss Mick McCarthy makes three changes to his team for tonight’s home game against his old club Wolves with Toumani Diagouraga, Josh Emmanuel and Tommy Smith returning to the starting line-up and Emyr Huws dropping out due to the hamstring injury he suffered on Saturday and Jordan Spence and Myles Kenlock moving to the bench.

Diagouraga comes into the three-man midfield alongside Cole Skuse and Grant Ward, while Smith makes his first start since undergoing surgery in September on the left of the back three with Jonas Knudsen switching to left wing-back. Emmanuel takes over from Spence at right wing-back.

Wolves make five changes from the team which lost 2-1 at Reading at the weekend, bringing in Danny Batth, Matt Doherty, Jack Price, Andreas Weimann and Jon Dadi Bodvarsson for Mike Williamson, who is suspended, Dominic Iorfa, Conor Coady, Helder Costa and Nouha Dicko.

Town: Bialkowski, Emmanuel, Chambers (c), Berra, Smith, Knudsen, Skuse, Diagouraga, Ward, Lawrence, McGoldrick. Subs: Gerken, Pitman, Spence, Bru, Sears, Moore, Kenlock.

Wolves: Ikeme, Doherty, Edwards, Batth (c), Saville, Price, Bodvarsson, Saiss, Hause, Weimann, Marshall. Subs: Lonergan, Stearman, Dicko, Coady, Costa, Iorfa, Cavaleiro. Referee: Darren Deadman (Cambridgeshire).

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