Teddy Bishop, Ellis Harrison and Jack Lankester return to the Town side for this afternoon’s crucial New Year’s Day game against Millwall at Portman Road.

Bishop, who will be making his second start of the season in a young team with an average age of 24.6, comes into midfield for Jon Nolan, who is left out of the 18, while Lankester will be wide on the right, with Gwion Edwards among the subs, and Harrison the central striker. Kayden Jackson also drops to the bench.

Myles Kenlock continues at left-back with the set-to-depart Jonas Knudsen among the subs and Callum Elder’s loan from Leicester set to be formalised tomorrow.

Millwall are forced into two changes with defender and captain Shaun Hutchinson and nine-goal top scorer Lee Gregory missing due to injury with Murray Wallace and Aiden O’Brien coming into the team.

In Hutchinson’s absence Ryan Leonard skippers, while ex-Blues loanee Ryan Tunnicliffe starts.

Town: Gerken, Spence, Pennington, Chambers (c), Kenlock, Chalobah, Downes, Bishop, Lankester, Sears, Harrison. Subs: Bialkowski, Knudsen, Edwards, Jackson, Roberts, Nsiala, Dozzell.

Millwall: Archer, Romeo, Cooper, Wallace, Meredith, Leonard, Wallace, Tunnicliffe, Ferguson, O’Brien, Elliott. Subs: Amos, Webster, Morison, Karacan, Skalak, Brown, White. Referee: Stephen Martin (Staffordshire).

Photo: TWTD

MooseJuice added 14:36 - Jan 1 That's probably the strongest side we can put out (minus Bart), so I'm optimistic! But it's an incredibly young side, I'm not sure I'd fancy our chances holding on to a 1-0 lead with 10 minutes to go.
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Skip73 added 14:47 - Jan 1 The fact that team is the strongest we can put out just goes to show how woeful we are. I'm hoping for a win but just cannot see one. If I'm proved wrong I'll be the first to praise the side later.
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Karlosfandangal added 15:24 - Jan 1 Moose juice t Holding on to 1-0 with 88 mins to go
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runningout added 15:26 - Jan 1 Harrison needs to sharpen up A lot
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