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Jackson and Woolfenden Start as Blues Host Bristol Rovers - Ipswich Town News

Town boss Paul Cook has made two changes for this afternoon’s home game against Bristol Rovers with Kayden Jackson and Luke Woolfenden coming into a system featuring two strikers.

Cook is forced into one of those changes with Kane Vincent-Young picking up a hamstring injury on his return at Wigan last week. Woolfenden, his replacement from the bench at the DW Stadium, starts in his place.

The Blues boss has been weighing-up whether to move away from his preferred 4-2-3-1 system in recent weeks and appears to have taken the plunge with Jackson likely to line-up alongside James Norwood in a front two - for the first time since February last year - with Freddie Sears dropping to the subs.

Town seem likely to start in a 4-4-2 system but their personnel also allows for 3-5-2. Bristol Rovers start former Town youngster Ed Upson in their midfield.

Town: Holy, Woolfenden, Nsiala, Chambers (c), Ward, Edwards, Dozzell, Bishop, Judge, Jackson, Norwood. Subs: Cornell, McGuinness, Harrop, Dobra, Sears, Parrott, Drinan.

Bristol Rovers: Jaakkola, Leahy (c), Upson, Hanlan, McCormick, Tutonda, Baldwin, Walker, Ayunga, Martinez, Williams. Subs: Day, Little, Hare, Daly, Westbrooke, Oztumer, Barrett. Referee: Stephen Martin (Staffordshire).

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