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Camara and Leigh Start Against Pompey - Ipswich Town News

Panutche Camara and Greg Leigh both start for the Blues in this evening’s Papa Johns Trophy round-of-32 tie against Portsmouth at Portman Road.

Town boss Kieran McKenna makes seven changes from the team which won 2-0 at Exeter on Saturday with Vaclav Hladky in goal and Richard Keogh coming into the backline as does George Edmundson alongside Luke Woolfenden.

Kane Vincent-Young is on the right and Leigh, making his first appearance since his compression fracture of his leg, is on the left.

Skipper Sam Morsy and Cameron Humphreys look set to be the central midfield pair with full Town debutant Camara and Marcus Harness, facing his old club, behind lone central striker Kayden Jackson.

Pompey also make seven changes with ex-Blues loanee Ryan Tunnicliffe, Josh Oluwayemi, Kieron Freeman, Bury St Edmunds-born Michael Morrison, who skippers, Denver Hume, Reeco Hackett and Ronan Curtis all starting.

The tie has to be settled on the night, either over 90 minutes or on penalties with the draw for the round of 16, the final regionalised round, live on Sky Sports News on Thursday at 4.30pm.

Town: Hladky, Keogh, Woolfenden, Edmundson, Vincent-Young, Morsy (c), Camara, Leigh, Humphreys, Harness, Jackson. Subs: Coleman, Burgess, Agbaje, Armin, Siziba, Burns, Ladapo.

Portsmouth: Oluwayemi, Hume, Ogilvie, Tunnicliffe, Curtis, Freeman, Dale, Hackett, Scarlett, Mingi, Morrison (c). Subs: Griffiths, Swanson, Robertson, Bishop, Raggett, Koroma, Gifford. Referee: Tom Nield (West Yorkshire).

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