Chambers Back as Blues Host Sunderland - Ipswich Town News
Skipper Luke Chambers returns to an otherwise unchanged Blues line-up facing Sunderland in their opening home game of the season.
Chambers, suspended last week at Burton, replaces James Wilson at the heart of the defence with the Wales international dropping to the bench.
Alan Judge and Emyr Huws are also among the subs, as is Andre Dozzell, who missed the game at the Pirelli Stadium due to a knee problem.
Sunderland make two changes with Luke O’Nien and Aiden McGeady both starting, while Elliot Embleton and Will Grigg drop to the bench. Ex-Blues skipper Grant Leadbitter is also among the subs.
Town: Holy, Donacien, Woolfenden, Chambers (c), Kenlock, Skuse, Downes, Rowe, Garbutt, Jackson, Norwood. Subs: Norris, Wilson, Judge, Roberts, Dozzell, El Mizouni, Huws.
Sunderland: J McLaughlin, C McLaughlin, Willis, Flanagan, Gooch, McGeouch, O'Nien, Hume, Dobson, McGeady, McNulty. Subs: Burge, Ozturk, Power, Maguire, Embleton, Grigg, Leadbitter. Referee: Neil Hair (Cambridgeshire).
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