Four Changes For Blues Against Watford - Ipswich Town News
Town boss Kieran McKenna makes four changes for this evening’s home game against Watford, which could see the Blues return to the top of the Championship.
Harry Clarke comes in at right-back, George Edmundson at right centre-half, Jack Taylor in the centre of midfield and Kayden Jackson wide on the right for Axel Tuanzebe, Luke Woolfenden, Massimo Luongo and Conor Chaplin, who are all on the bench.
Watford make two changes from the side which drew 0-0 at home to Preston on Saturday with Mattie Pollock and Giorgi Chakvetadze coming in for Francisco Sierralta and Emmanuel Dennis. Former Town loanee Jake Livermore is on the Hornets’ bench.
Town: Hladky, Clarke, Edmundson, Burgess, Davis, Morsy (c), Taylor, Jackson, Hutchinson, Broadhead, Moore. Subs: Walton, Woolfenden, Tuanzebe, Travis, Luongo, Harness, Chaplin, Sarmiento, Al-Hamadi.
Watford: Bachmann, Hoedt (c), Porteous, Lewis, Pollock, Chakvetadze, Asprilla, Bayo, Dele-Bashiru, Kayembe, Andrews. Subs: Hamer, Sierrata, Ince, Livermore, Rajovic, Kone, Dennis, Martins, Morris. Referee: Sam Barrott (West Riding).
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