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Town Unchanged at Portsmouth - Ipswich Town News

Town have named an unchanged side for this evening’s game against Portsmouth at Fratton Park, despite illness concerns ahead of the trip to Hampshire.

Blues boss Kieran McKenna said yesterday that two players had been unwell prior to the 3-0 Boxing Day home win against Oxford and another seven had subsequently reported symptoms.

Conor Chaplin and Marcus Harness start as the Blues' number 10s against their old club.

Portsmouth, who have also had illness worries this week, make four changes from the 0-0 draw at Exeter on Monday with Ipswich-born Joe Morrell, Zak Swanson, Josh Koroma and Connor Ogilvie coming into the side for on-loan Blues striker Joe Pigott, who is ineligible, and former Town loanee Ryan Tunnicliffe, Denver Hume and Reeco Hackett, who all drop to the bench.

Portsmouth: Griffiths, Morrison, Raggett, Robertson (c), Swanson, Morrell, Pack, Ogilvie, Dale, Bishop, Koroma. Subs: Oluwayemi, Hume, Tunnicliffe, Curtis, Hackett, Jacobs, Scarlett.

Town: Walton, Donacien, Woolfenden, Burgess, Burns, Evans, Morsy (c), Davis, Chaplin, Harness, Ladapo. Subs: Hladky, Edmundson, Leigh, Humphreys, Edwards, Aluko, Jackson. Sam Allison (Wiltshire).

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