Hutchinson and Davis Miss Out at Auxerre - Ipswich Town News

Omari Hutchinson and Leif Davis are absent from the Blues squad facing AJ Auxerre in their final pre-season friendly this evening (KO 6pm local time, 5pm BST).

Davis is understood to have a minor knock, while Hutchinson’s absence is unexplained. Brentford were reported yesterday to be ready to renew their interest in the Blues’ forward.

Nathan Broadhead is back on the bench having been left out of the squad which faced Charlton at Colchester with Wrexham having made an approach but with the Blues still to accept an offer.

Harry Clarke (leg injury) and Wes Burns (recovering from ACL) remain unavailable.

Alex Palmer starts in goal with Ben Johnson and Conor Townsend the full-backs and Dara O’Shea, again wearing the captain’s armband, and Jacob Greaves the centre-halves.

Azor Matusiwa and Jack Taylor are in the middle of midfield with Jack Clarke, Sammie Szmodics and Jaden Philogene the trio behind lone striker George Hirst.

Town: Palmer, Johnson, O’Shea (c), Greaves, Townsend, Matusiwa, Taylor, J Clarke, Szmodics, Philogene, Hirst. Subs: Walton, Button, Woolfenden, Baggott, Kipre, Barbrook, Humphreys, Young, Ogbene, Chaplin, Broadhead, Al-Hamadi.

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