Town boss Mick McCarthy says he’d take 16 repeats of last week’s performance against Reading between now and the end of the season, starting at Aston Villa on Saturday. Although the game against the Royals ended 2-2 the Blues were a significantly better prospect than they had been during the 3-0 home drubbing by Derby a few days earlier.
Boss Kieran McKenna is looking forward to taking on West Brom at a packed Portman Road in Saturday’s live-on-Sky, fourth-v-fifth clash with the Baggies one of only three teams to have beaten the Blues in the Championship this season (KO 12.30pm).
Town visit seventh-placed Sunderland on Saturday aiming to continue this season s impressive away form and looking to return to winning ways after two defeats.
Skipper Luke Chambers and five-goal joint-top scorer Gwion Edwards are dropped to the bench as manager Paul Lambert hands debuts to new loan signings Luke Matheson and Troy Parrott in this afternoon’s home game against Blackpool.