Boss Mick McCarthy has made five changes to his side for this evening’s game against Sheffield Wednesday with Freddie Sears, as expected, handed his full debut.
Kieran Lee’s 20th minute goal, the result of a mix-up between Bartosz Bialkowski and Christophe Berra, has given Sheffield Wednesday a 1-0 lead over the Blues at half-time. Town have been pushing for an equaliser with Daryl Murphy hitting the post shortly before the break.
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 boss Mick McCarthy warns that Saturday’s opponents Wigan Athletic will still be a threat, despite the Latics current position of second-bottom of the Championship, eight points from safety.