Town boss Kieran McKenna makes four changes for this evening’s game at Southampton with Brandon Williams, Jack Taylor and Omari Hutchinson making their full league debuts for the Blues and George Hirst coming back into the XI.

Wes Burns is OK to continue in his wide right role despite feeling his hamstring during Saturday’s 1-0 win at Sheffield Wednesday, while Nathan Broadhead, Massimo Luongo and Freddie Ladapo drop to the bench.

As expected, Leif Davis misses out with the ankle problem he suffered at Hillsborough, while Kayden Jackson is also absent from the 20-man squad.

For the Saints, former Blues midfielder Flynn Downes misses out having picked up a knock in Friday’s 4-1 home defeat to Leicester and is replaced by Joe Aribo.


Former Town loanee Ryan Fraser starts, while Alex McCarthy and James Bree are among the home side’s subs.

Southampton: Bazunu, Walker-Peters, Harwood-Bellis, Charles, Manning, Smallbone, Aribo, Fraser, Edozie, Adams, A Armstrong. Subs: McCarthy, Bree, S Armstrong, Mara, Sulemana, Alcaraz, Amo-Ameyaw, Bednarek.

Town: Hladky, Clarke, Woolfenden, Burgess, Burns, Morsy (c), Taylor, Williams, Chaplin, Hutchinson, Hirst. Subs: Slicker, Ball, Humphreys, Evans, Luongo, Harness, Broadhead, Scarlett, Ladapo. Referee: Josh Smith (Peterborough).

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Gforce added 19:28 - Sep 19 Surprised to see Broadhead on the bench, but hopefully Hutchinson grab his opportunity and make the most of his first league start. COYB
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Karlosfandangal added 19:40 - Sep 19 For me Broadhead make things happen…. But I am bias as I like watching him play. KMK knows what his doing
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BeattiesBackPocket added 19:47 - Sep 19 Love Broadhead but he’s been in the wars recently so maybe doesn’t want to be risked. Definitely right decision Saturday to play morsy and mass as you get blood and thunder from Wednesday whereas today should be about the football from both sides so Taylor coming in makes sense.
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RobsonWark added 20:00 - Sep 19 Anyone else paid £10 to watch the match on Town TV but can not see it? All I'm getting is a minute by minute update. Bring back iFollow. I never had any issues with that.
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TimmyH added 20:37 - Sep 19 Robson - you did click on the appropriate package? there was 2 choices I think, one which was an audio and pre-match programme and the other which included the live game...yes a tad confusing on IpswichTV.
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RobsonWark added 21:52 - Sep 19 Timmy, Yes I did pay for the match. I couldn't get to the match on Google Chrome despite logging off and on again. Then tried Microsoft Edge after my post and it took me straight to the game.
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