Town have made two changes for this evening’s live Sky game against Nottingham Forest at Portman Road.

Abdul Fatawu and Jaden Philogene return to the XI as the Blues move back to their usual 4-2-3-1 system. Jacob Greaves and Daizen Maeda drop to the bench.

Forest also make two changes from the team which was beaten 1-0 by Arsenal at the City Ground last Sunday with England midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White and defender Nikola Milenkovic back in the side after injury. Ousmane Diomande moves to the bench, while Nicolas Dominguez is left out of the 20.

Former Town striker Liam Delap starts, while ex-Blues loanee Chris Wood is among the visitors’ substitutes.

Town: Walton, Ouattara, Diop, O’Shea (c), Davis, Palacios, Florentino, Fatawu, Philogene, Enciso, Emersonn. Subs: Scherpen, Furlong, Matusiwa, Flemming, Greaves, Akpom, Nunez, Maeda, Clarke.

Nottingham Forest: Sels, Murillo, Cunha, Milenkovic, Williams, Munoz, Schlager, McAtee, Gibbs-White (c), Ndoye, Delap. Subs: Victor, Diomande, Sangare, Hudson-Odoi, Wood, Kalimuendo, Yates, Netz, Aina. Referee: Tom Bramall (Sheffield). Assistants: Timothy Wood, Craig Taylor. Fourth official: Gavin Ward. VAR: Constantine Hatzidakis. AVAR: James Mainwaring.

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