Bersant Celina replaces Freddie Sears in an otherwise unchanged Town side facing Burton Albion at Portman Road.
Celina will be on the left side of the trio behind lone out-and-out striker Joe Garner with Grant Ward on the right and Martyn Waghorn in the centre.
For Burton, former Blues loanee Stephen Bywater is in goal, while ex-Town striker Darren Bent is up front.
Town: Bialkowski, Spence, Carter-Vickers, Chambers (c), Knudsen, Skuse, Connolly, Ward, Waghorn, Celina, Garner. Subs: M Crowe, Iorfa, Webster, Hyam, Sears, Gleeson, Carayol.
Burton: Bywater, Brayford (c), Allen, McFadzean, Bent, Akins, Dyer, Naylor, Davenport, Samuelsen, Akpan. Subs: Campbell, McCrory, Sordell, Buxton, Barker, Sbarra, Boyce. Referee: David Webb (Lancashire).