Leigh Starts as Davis Misses Out at Derby - Ipswich Town News

Greg Leigh replaces Leif Davis at left-back in an otherwise unchanged Town side facing Derby County at Pride Park.

Davis is absence from the 18 having presumably picked up a knock during the Blues’ fortnight without a match.

Leigh makes only his third league start for Town having last been in the XI in League One for the 1-1 draw at Lincoln on January 2nd.

For Derby, former Blues striker David McGoldrick starts with Conor Hourihane among the substitutes.

Derby: Wildsmith, Forsyth, Cashin, Bird (c), Collins, McGoldrick, Mendez-Laing, Smith, Roberts, Rooney, Knight. Subs: McGee, Davies, White, Hourihane, Barkhuizen, Sibley, Dobbin.

Town: Walton, Clarke, Woolfenden, Burgess, Burns, Morsy (c), Luongo, Leigh, Chaplin, Broadhead, Hirst. Subs: Hladky, Donacien, Ball, Edwards, Harness, Jackson, Ladapo. Referee: Anthony Backhouse (Cumbria).

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