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Iorfa's Return Only Change Against Forest - Ipswich Town News

Dominic Iorfa comes back into the team for suspended skipper Luke Chambers as the Blues face Nottingham Forest at Portman Road.

Iorfa looks set to start at right-back with Jordan Spence joining Adam Webster at the centre of the defence.

Otherwise the Blues are unchanged from the team which won 1-0 at Derby on Tuesday. Myles Kenlock is on the bench having overcome a hamstring injury which saw him miss training earlier in the week.

Like Chambers, Flynn Downes is also banned for one game having picked up his fifth booking.

Forest include ex-Blues striker Daryl Murphy from the start and former loanee Stephen Henderson on the bench. They make one change from the team which lost 2-0 at Cardiff last weekend with Liam Bridcutt returning from suspension and replacing Barrie McKay in midfield.

Town: Bialkowski, Iorfa, Spence, Webster, Knudsen, Skuse (c), Connolly, Ward, Huws, Celina, Waghorn. Subs: Gerken, Bishop, Sears, Nydam, Bru, Kenlock, Morris.

Forest: Smith, Lichaj, Mancienne (c), Traore, Bridcutt, Murphy, Osborn, Dowell, Vaughan, Walker, Worrall. Subs: Henderson, Mills, McKay, Clough, Carayol, Bouchalakis, Cummings. Referee: Darren Bond (Lancashire).

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