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Eight Changes For Town at Forest - Ipswich Town News

Town boss Kieran McKenna makes eight changes for this evening’s FA Cup fifth round tie against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground.

Keeper Alex Palmer, right-back Axel Tuanzebe and skipper Sam Morsy are the only survivors from Wednesday’s 3-2 defeat at Manchester United.

Luke Woolfenden and Cameron Burgess, who is making 100th appearance under McKenna, are the centre-halves with Conor Townsend at left-back.

Morsy is joined in central midfield by Massimo Luongo, making only his fourth start of the season.

Ahead of them, Ben Johnson looks set to be on the right, Jack Taylor as the number 10 and Nathan Broadhead on the left with George Hirst the out-and-out striker.

On the bench are one-time Forest loanee Aro Muric, Leif Davis, Jens Cajuste, Liam Delap, Jacob Greaves, Dara O’Shea, Jaden Philogene, Jack Clarke, who has scored three goals in the FA Cup so far this season, and young forward Tommy Taylor, in the senior squad for the first time.

Sammie Szmodics is the only surprise absentee from the 20-man squad having returned to action as a late sub at Old Trafford.

Forest make six changes from the team which drew 0-0 at home to Arsenal last Wednesday with only Matz Sels, Ola Aina, Murillo, Anthony Elanga and Callum Hudson-Odoi keeping their places. Former Blues loanee Chris Wood is on the bench.

Forest: Sels, Morato, Murillo, Sangare, Aina, Danilo, Yates (c), Elanga, Moreno, Hudson-Odoi, Awoniyi. Subs: Hennessey, Williams, Anderson, Gibbs-White, Wood, Dominguez, Jota, Sosa, Boly.

Town: Palmer, Tuanzebe, Woolfenden, Burgess, Townsend, Morsy (c), Luongo, Johnson, J Taylor, Broadhead, Hirst. Subs: Muric, O'Shea, Greaves, Davis, Cajuste, Philogene, T Taylor, Clarke, Delap. Referee: Tony Harrington (Cleveland). VAR: Jarred Gillett.

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