Reserves Face Foxes - Ipswich Town News

Town's reserves take on Leicester City this evening at Portman Road (KO 7pm). Steve McCall includes first teamers Dean McDonald, Jaime Peters and Jimmy Juan in his starting line-up.

Scott Barron will also start as he continues his recovery from a groin operation, while Irish striker Billy Clarke is on the bench as he progresses after his summer medial knee ligament operation.

Town's young reserves ought to find the game easier than last week's 4-0 thrashing to an experienced West Ham side with Leicester also fielding a team mainly made up of academy players.

Reserves: Shane Supple, Sammy Moore, Scott Barron,
Jimmy Juan, Chris Casement, James Krause, Jaime Peters, Liam Trotter, Dean McDonald, Danny Haynes, Liam Craig. Subs: Scott Mitchell, Darryl Knights, Cathal Lordan, Billy Clarke, Stuart Ainsley.

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