Town face third-placed Reading at Portman Road on Saturday looking for only their second win of 2017 and hoping to avoid falling to back to back defeats for the first time this season.
Town boss Mick McCarthy is expecting a backlash from his old club Wolves when they visit Portman Road on Saturday, the Championship leaders having fallen to a rare defeat - only their fourth in the league this season - at home to Nottingham Forest last weekend.
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