January signing Barry Cotter is handed his Town debut from the start as the Blues face Barnsley at Portman Road. Manager Mick McCarthy makes five changes from the team which lost 1-0 at Brentford on Saturday.

Cotter, who joined the Blues from Limerick on deadline day, is set to line up on the right of a back three with Cameron Carter-Vickers and Jonas Knudsen with skipper Luke Chambers and Adam Webster both ruled out by injury. Myles Kenlock comes in at left wing-back with Jordan Spence on the right.

Cole Skuse returns to the midfield and wears the captain’s armband as the Blues line-up in a 3-4-3 system, while Mustapha Carayol and Bersant Celina are back in the front three either side of Martyn Waghorn.

Former Blues striker Kieffer Moore and ex-Town loanee Zeki Fryers both start for the Tykes.

Town: Bialkowski, Cotter, Carter-Vickers, Knudsen, Spence, Skuse (c), Connolly, Kenlock, Carayol, Waghorn, Celina. Subs: M Crowe, Ward, Hyam, Sears, Nydam, Gleeson, Folami.

Barnsley: Davies, Fryers, Lindsey, Hammill, Isgrove, McBurnie, Yiadom (c), Jackson, Moore, Potts, Gardner. Subs: Walton, McCarthy, Bradshaw, Mallan, Pinnock, Mahoney, Hedges. Referee: James Linington (Newport Isle-of-Wight).

Photo: ITFC

Skip73 added 19:30 - Apr 10 Thank God Sears isn't starting.
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TimmyH added 19:35 - Apr 10 Webster injured too!...great, attack should be best form of defence tonight, expecting goals (he said).
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RobITFC added 20:11 - Apr 10 McCarthy is on the bench for Barnsley!
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muccletonjoe added 21:25 - Apr 10 Very good debut
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Roystheboy added 22:50 - Apr 10 Well done, you were a bright light on a dark gloomy night. Hope to see you lots next season
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DebsyAngel added 00:02 - Apr 11 Very impressive debut - hope to see you in the team more often!!
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