Frank Nouble, Dean Gerken and Jay Tabb are all named in Mick McCarthy’s starting line-up as the Blues take on Championship leaders Leicester at the King Power Stadium.

As expected, Nouble is the man replacing injured top scorer David McGoldrick alongside Daryl Murphy up front, while Gerken returns in goal, despite Scott Loach’s impressive display in last week’s 0-0 draw with Blackpool.

Tabb takes over in midfield from Luke Hyam, who is out for a fortnight with the hamstring injury he suffered in the early stages against the Seasiders.

For Leicester, Jeffrey Schlupp replacing the suspended Paul Konchesky at left-back is the only change from the side which started the 2-2 draw with Nottingham Forest in midweek.

Leicester: Schmeichel, De Laet, Wasilewski, Morgan (c), Schlupp, Knockaert, James, Drinkwater, Dyer, Nugent, Vardy. Subs: Hammond, King, Moore, Logan, Mahrez, Phillips, Wood.

Town: Gerken, Chambers (c), Berra, Smith, Cresswell, Green, Skuse, Tabb, Hunt, Murphy, Nouble. Subs: Loach, Mings, Richardson, Anderson, Wordsworth, Taylor, Ebanks-Blake.

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bluey123 added 15:39 - Feb 22 Just for ITFC fans who love McCarthy his love children Tabb and Gerken costing us big time we will be lucky to keep it to 6 CRAP manager a disgrace and we thought Keane and Jewell bad god this idiot makes them all look good
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Jimmy86 added 16:00 - Feb 22 Not anti MM but for me his selection today is very poor and dropping loach is disgusting. Man of the match last weekend and saved us from a defeat at home to a lowly team, due to negative team selection then too. Mick's mantra of getting into the team and then playing well enough to keep your place seems a bit far fetched!!!
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BlueMachines added 16:01 - Feb 22 Why can the commentator pronounce Knockaert's name normally??
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chicorytwin added 16:11 - Feb 22 Mick has stabilised the club but is too set in his ways. We need a young forward thinking manager who would encourage the players to play with a bit of flair and set the team up to be positive from the off. Wingers .balls into the box, one touch football, a belief, a passion. Take cover and wait for the abuse... : (
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bluey123 added 16:17 - Feb 22 chicorytwin well said he is so negative as the Blackpool game shows Jack Marriott just scored AGAIN still Nouble is better than him
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blueboy1981 added 16:47 - Feb 22 Alfromcol ....... I think it's about time you understood the difference between your classification of 'moaning' and 'constructive comment'. This goes for a few others too.
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blueboy1981 added 16:52 - Feb 22 ........ this team selection has around three players not up to Championship standard - add another three playing out of position - and you have a 0 -3 defeat. So darn predictable, as we drop to mid table mediocrity, like it or not.
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bluey123 added 16:56 - Feb 22 Be lucky to avoid relegation poor team selection poor tactics add up to poor manager week after week
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battyblue added 17:10 - Feb 22 Crap team selection crap tactics Taylor did more in 15 minutes than Nouble in 65
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