Hirst Returns to Ipswich Starting XI for Blackburn Visit
Kieran McKenna names seven changes with the striker fit after a groin injury.
Overview
- Ipswich start George Hirst at number nine against his former loan club Blackburn Rovers.
- Christian Walton, Darnell Furlong, Dara O’Shea, Leif Davis, Sindre Walle Egeli and Marcelino Núñez also come back into the team.
- Alex Palmer, Ashley Young, Ben Johnson, Jacob Greaves, Wes Burns and Jack Clarke drop to the bench.
- Kasey McAteer misses out through illness and Cedric Akpom is absent from the 20-man squad.
- Blackburn make five changes, bringing in Sondre Tronstad, Todd Cantwell, Sean McLoughlin, Yuki Ohashi and Moussa Baradji.