Garner, Adeyemi and Spence Start Against Canaries - Ipswich Town News
Joe Garner, Tom Adeyemi and Jordan Spence return to the Town starting line-up for this lunchtime’s live-on-Sky derby against Norwich City at Portman Road (KO midday).
Garner looks set to be part of a front three along with Martyn Waghorn and David McGoldrick with Adeyemi, who came through the youth system with the Canaries before making a handful of senior appearances for the Norfolk side, is in a three-man midfield with Cole Skuse and Tristan Nydam.
Spence comes in at right-back for Dominic Iorfa, who drops to the bench along with Grant Ward, while Myles Kenlock is out of the 18.
For the Canaries, Marco Stiepermann replaces James Husband at left-back following a groin injury, while Wes Hoolahan, playing in his 10th derby, returns to midfield for Marco Vrancic.
Town will be looking for their first victory over their deadliest of rivals since the 3-2 victory in April 2009.
Town: Bialkowski, Spence, Chambers (c), Webster, Knudsen, Nydam, Adeyemi, Skuse, Waghorn, Garner, McGoldrick. Subs: Gerken, Iorfa, Celina, Connolly, Ward, Sears, Downes.
Norwich: Gunn, Pinto (c), Zimmermann, Klose, Stiepermann, Reed, Trybull, Hoolahan, Maddison, Wildschut, Jerome. Subs: McGovern, Husband, Vrancic, Oliveira, Murphy, Franke, Hanley. Referee: Tim Robinson (West Sussex).
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