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El Mizouni Starts as Bonne Skippers - Ipswich Town News

Idris El Mizouni is handed his first league start of the season as skipper Lee Evans misses out and striker Macauley Bonne wears the armband as the Blues take on Sheffield Wednesday at Portman Road.

Academy product El Mizouni joins Tom Carroll in the centre of midfield with Rekeem Harper on the bench.

Matt Penney comes in for the injured Hayden Coulson at left-back with Town otherwise unchanged from last week’s 1-0 win at Lincoln.

Vaclav Hladky continues in goal with Christian Walton, who has an adductor problem, again missing from the 18. Bersant Celina makes his second home debut in the number 10 role.

For Wednesday, Marvin Johnson and Lewis Wing come into the side for Jack Hunt and Chey Dunkley, who drop to the bench.

Town: Hladky, Donacien, Edmundson, Burgess, Penney, Carroll, El Mizouni, Burns, Celina, Fraser, Bonne (c). Subs: Holy, Woolfenden, Vincent-Young, Harper, Aluko, Chaplin, Pigott.

Sheffield Wednesday: Peacock-Farrell, Palmer, Hutchinson, Iorfa, Shodipo, Adeniran, Gregory, Bannan (c), Johnson, Berahino, Wing. Subs: Wildsmith, Brown, Paterson, Dele-Bashiru, Dunkley, Hunt, Sow. Referee: Andy Davies (Hampshire).

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