Town Return to Team Which Beat Newcastle and Burton - Ipswich Town News
Town boss Mick McCarthy has returned to the team which beat Newcastle United and Burton Albion for today’s final home match of the season against Sheffield Wednesday.
Bartosz Bialkowski will be in goal - having been one of nine changes ahead of last week’s dead rubber at Rotherham - with Jordan Spence at right-back, Myles Kenlock on the left and skipper Luke Chambers and Christophe Berra at the heart of the defence.
Cole Skuse, Emyr Huws and Grant Ward will be in midfield with Tom Lawrence, David McGoldrick and Freddie Sears up front. For the Owls, ex-Blues striker Jordan Rhodes is among the substitutes.
Town: Bialkowski, Spence, Chambers (c), Berra, Kenlock, Skuse, Huws, Ward, Lawrence, McGoldrick, Sears. Subs: Gerken, Pitman, Dozzell, Moore, Emmanuel, Rowe, Samuel.
Sheffield Wednesday: Westwood, Hunt, Pudil, Lees, Loovens (c), Bannan, Lee, Wallace, Reach, Fletcher, Hooper. Subs: Wildsmith, McManaman, Rhodes, Semedo, Sasso, Nuhiu, Forestieri. Referee: David Coote (Nottinghamshire).
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