Caretaker Klug Switches System as Blues Face Millwall - Ipswich Town News
Andre Dozzell, Grant Ward and Trevoh Chalobah are recalled to caretaker-manager Bryan Klug’s starting line-up at Millwall with the Blues set to switch to 3-5-2. New boss Paul Lambert will keep a watching brief from the stands.
Ward returns to the right wing-back role he occupied during the first two games of Klug’s stint as caretaker-boss last season, having previously played there during the academy head of coaching and development’s time working at Spurs, while Chalobah lines up at the centre of the defence alongside Matt Pennington and skipper Luke Chambers with Jonas Knudsen on the left.
In midfield, Dozzell joins Cole Skuse and Flynn Downes while Freddie Sears and Kayden Jackson are up front.
For Millwall skipper Shaun Hutchinson returns from injury for James Meredith, while Jiri Skalak comes in for Jed Wallace. Ex-Blues loanee Ryan Tunnicliffe is on the bench.
Millwall: Amos, Hutchinson (c), Cooper, Williams, Gregory, Ferguson, Romeo, Elliott, M Wallace, Skalak, Leonard. Subs: Archer, McLaughlin, Meredith, Bradshaw, Tunnicliffe, Morison, O’Brien.
Town: Bialkowski, Ward, Pennington, Chambers (c), Chalobah, Knudsen, Skuse, Downes, Dozzell, Sears, Jackson. Subs: Gerken, Edwards, Nolan, Spence, Rowe, Nsiala, Lankester. Referee: Robert Jones (Merseyside).
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