Boss Mick McCarthy has named an unchanged side for today’s game at Nottingham Forest and looks set to stick with the 4-3-3 formation employed in last week’s 2-1 victory over Huddersfield.

Town include former Forest men Luke Chambers and David McGoldrick from the start, while Paul Anderson is on the bench along with Scott Loach, who was with their academy. Ex-Blues left-back Dan Harding starts for the home side.

Striker Paul Taylor didn't make the trip, due to illness, while young right-back Elliott Hewitt is sidelined with an ankle injury.

The Blues will be looking to record four wins on the trot for the first time since January 2012 and win at the City Ground for the first time in 14 years. Full preview here.

Nottingham Forest: Darlow, Halford, Lascelles, Hobbs, Harding, Chalobah, Mackie, Lansbury, Reid (c), Abdoun, Cox. Subs: De Vries, Lichaj, Jara, Paterson, Majewski, Derbyshire, Henderson.

Town: Gerken, Chambers (c), Berra, Smith, Cresswell, Skuse, Hyam, Tunnicliffe, Murphy, Nouble, McGoldrick. Subs: Loach, Mings, Tabb, Hunt, Edwards, Anderson, Graham. Referee: Scott Mathieson (Cheshire).

Photo: Action Images

cromwellblue added 14:19 - Dec 14 Good man Mick. The only way is forward
0

Langdon_Blue added 14:20 - Dec 14 It would be great to see us in the Play off places tonight, after struggling at the bottom for so many years. It would also be a fitting tribute to Mick McCarthy who took us from relegation candidates to possibly as high as 4th tonight in just 13 months. Come on you blues!
0

gibbo added 14:20 - Dec 14 Please we are going for all out attack the only downside is it shows how small our squad is that out of 7 subs 4 of them are wingers
0

irishtim added 14:35 - Dec 14 Best of luck lads. A win today and the table would be a pretty sight. The draw in the Leicester Burnley game keeps the automatic spots within reach for alot of clubs including us.
0

jrebrooklands added 14:39 - Dec 14 Langdon_Blue- 4th Place (Derby ) are 5 points above us would love to see us go above them somehow tonight, on the other hand we have to stop and be proud of the achievements of the squad so far where most of the comments lately have been about getting in to the play-offs the only way is up COYB !
0

Langdon_Blue added 15:06 - Dec 14 jrebrooklands - what can I say, I aimed for the 5 and hit the 4 by mistake....I knew I shouldn't have asked Chopra to teach me how to type. I think you follow my point, regardless...
0

Blogs 298 bloggers

Ipswich Town Polls