Moore Starts at Norwich - Ipswich Town News
Kieffer Moore starts for the Blues in this lunchtime’s East Anglian derby against Norwich City at Carrow Road (KO 12.30pm).
Striker Moore had been a doubt with a back problem suffered in Monday’s 3-2 defeat of Southampton at Portman Road.
The Blues are otherwise unchanged aside from from Nathan Broadhead replacing Kayden Jackson.
Norwich make one change from the team which lost 3-1 at Leicester on Monday with Shane Duffy replacing Jacob Sørensen at the centre of the defence. Former Town midfielder Liam Gibbs is on the bench.
Norwich City: Gunn, Stacey. Gibson, Duffy, McCallum, McLean (c), Nunez, Sainz, Sara, Sargent, Barnes. Subs: Long, Gibbs, van Hooijdonk, Fassnacht, Batth, Fisher, Welch, Aboh, Montoia.
Town: Hladky, Tuanzebe, Woolfenden, Burgess, Davis, Morsy (c), Luongo, Hutchinson, Chaplin, Broadhead, Moore. Subs: Walton, Clarke, Ball, Travis, Taylor, Harness, Sarmiento, Jackson, Al-Hamadi. Referee: Matthew Donohue (Manchester).
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