Downes Back for Blues at Hull - Ipswich Town News

Flynn Downes returns to the Blues starting line-up at Hull City in an otherwise unchanged Town team still looking for their first win of the season.

Downes replaces Kayden Jackson in the XI and will be in midfield with Cole Skuse with Jon Nolan taking the more advanced central role behind Jon Walters, who is the lone striker.

Jackson is on the bench where Danny Rowe is included for the first time in the Championship this season. Janoi Donacien is again the loanee missing out on a place in the 18.

Hull City: Marshall, De Wijs, Burke, Evandro, Kane, Batty, Bowen, Henriksen (c), Kingsley, Campbell, Elphick. Subs: Long, Stewart, Dicko, Grosicki, Irvine, McKenzie, Martin.

Town: Gerken, Spence, Chambers (c), Pennington, Knudsen, Skuse, Downes, Edwards, Nolan, Graham, Walters. Subs: Bialkowski, Chalobah, Jackson, Harrison, Rowe, Ward, Edun. Referee: Tony Harrington (Cleveland).

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