Town boss Kieran McKenna has made the expected wholesale changes for this evening’s Carabao Cup tie against Colchester United with only Cameron Burgess remaining from Saturday’s 2-1 win at Forest Green Rovers.
Vaclav Hladky is in goal with Kane Vincent-Young on the right of the back three with Luke Woolfenden returning in the centre having been ill at the weekend with Burgess on the left.
Kyle Edwards and Greg Leigh are the wing-backs with Cameron Humphreys and Rekeem Harper in the centre of the midfield.
Sone Aluko, who skippers, and Tyreece John-Jules look set to be behind Kayden Jackson.
For Colchester, ex-Blues Luke Chambers, who captains, Cole Skuse, Tom Eastman and Frank Nouble are all in the starting line-up. If the game is level at 90 minutes, it goes straight to penalties.
Town: Hladky, Vincent-Young, Woolfenden, Burgess, Edwards, Humphreys, Harper, Leigh, Aluko (c), John-Jules, Jackson. Subs: Hayes, Edmundson, Donacien, Penney, El Mizouni, Evans, Burns, Chaplin, Harness.
Colchester: Hornby, Chambers (c), Hannant, Skuse, Chilvers, Ashley, Eastman, Tchamadeu, Kazeem, Miranda, Nouble. Subs: Collins, Clampin, Dallinson, Newby, Akinde, Coxe, Tovide. Referee: Sam Purkiss (Surrey).