Four Changes For Blues Against Swans - Ipswich Town News
Town boss Kieran McKenna has made four changes for this afternoon’s game at home to Swansea City.
Luke Woolfenden returns at centre-half for Axel Tuanzebe, who drops to the bench, while Jack Taylor starts in central midfield alongside skipper Sam Morsy with Massimo Luongo also among the subs.
Omari Hutchinson and Nathan Broadhead, who missed the game against the Millers due to illness, return to the starting line-up with Kayden Jackson and Marcus Harness on the bench.
Wes Burns returns to the 20-man squad having suffered a shoulder injury while on Wales duty last month.
For Swansea, Jay Fulton returns to the XI for on-loan Arsenal midfielder Charlie Patino, who is suspended having been red-carded last week.
Town: Hladky, Clarke, Woolfenden, Burgess, Davis; Morsy (c), Taylor, Hutchinson, Chaplin, Broadhead, Hirst. Subs: Walton, Tuanzebe, Luongo, Humphreys, Burns, Harness, Jackson, Scarlett, Ladapo.
Swansea: Rushworth, Fulton, Darling, Grimes (c), Yates, Lowe, Paterson, Tymon, Cullen, Ashby, Humphreys. Subs: Fisher, Cabango, Tjoe-A-On, Naughton, Walsh, Cooper, Parker, Congreve, Wilson. Referee: Sunny Gill (Bracknell).
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