Morsy, Hutchinson, Delap and Johnson Return Against Leicester - Ipswich Town News
Skipper Sam Morsy, Omari Hutchinson, Liam Delap and Ben Johnson all return to the Town starting XI as the still winless Blues host Leicester City.
Morsy missed last week’s 4-3 defeat at Brentford due to a hamstring problem, but rejoins Kalvin Phillips in the centre of midfield.
Johnson, who has been out with a thigh injury, comes in for Harry Clarke at right-back, with the former Arsenal youngster unavailable due to his red card last week.
Hutchinson is over the illness which sidelined him at the Gtech Community Stadium and looks set to start on the right with Conor Chaplin in the centre and Sammie Szmodics on the left. Delap gets the nod ahead of former Leicester frontman George Hirst as the lone striker.
Hirst is among the subs alongside Jens Cajuste and Jack Clarke, who started last week, Nathan Broadhead, who is yet to appear for Town this season, and Massimo Luongo, back from an ankle injury.
Leif Davis is making his 100th appearance for the club at left-back and Cameron Burgess his 100th start for the Blues at the centre of the defence.
Leicester make two changes from the team which lost 3-1 at home to Nottingham Forest last week with James Justin and Caleb Okoli dropping to the bench and Victor Kristiansen and Jannik Vestergaard coming into the XI.
Town: Muric, Johnson, O’Shea, Burgess, Davis, Morsy (c), Phillips, Hutchinson, Chaplin, Szmodics, Delap. Subs: Walton, Woolfenden, Burns, Cajuste, Townsend, Luongo, Hirst, Broadhead, J Clarke.
Leicester: Hermansen, Pereira, Faes, Vestergaard, Kristiansen, Ndidi, Winks, Fatawu, Buonanotte, Mavididi, Vardy (c). Subs: Ward, Justin, Coady, Okoli, El Khannouss, Ayew, Skipp, Soumare, McAteer. Referee: Tim Robinson (West Sussex), VAR: Stuart Attwell (Nuneaton).
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