05-10-2023, 21:12
Who’s Available?
Both Alan Browne and Jordan Storey missed Wednesday night’s defeat to Leicester City through illness, so their health will need to be assessed ahead of Saturday.
Andrew Hughes also didn’t make the matchday squad at the King Power Stadium due to a tight calf, and manager Ryan Lowe was expecting to hear the results of a scan on Thursday.
Everybody else who featured against Leicester is expected to be available for the weekend.
Opposition Focus
You wouldn’t know it’s Ipswich Town’s first season back in the Championship since the 2018/19 campaign, given the start they’ve made which has seen them take 25 points from their opening ten matches.
Kieran McKenna and his side earned plenty of plaudits for their exploits in League One last season, with the Tractor Boys playing an attractive style of football and accumulating 98 points, which remarkably wasn’t enough to win the title.
Having strengthened significantly in the summer, the Portman Road side have made a stunning start to the campaign, and sit in the automatic promotion places at this early stage of the season.
A Recent Clash
Two goals each for Callum Robinson and Lukas Nmecha earned PNE a 4-0 victory over an already-relegated Ipswich Town side in April 2019.
Match Officials
Referee: David Webb
Assistant Referees: Rob Smith and Andrew Dallison
Fourth Official: Will Finnie
David Webb – the man in the middle for North End’s season opener at Bristol City – will take charge of Saturday’s fixture.
So far this season, he’s shown 33 yellow cards and one red in eight Sky Bet Championship matches.
M55/M6/M6TOLL/M6/A14 Junction 53 can't wait another half a day on the coach, park up near the station and wander up the hill to the ground arrive home in another time zone probably with sod all
Another difficult game they will have had a day's extra rest and won't have travelled many miles this week, done well since they returned to this level, depends if anyone wants the manager could go close the Tractors this season but we'll see. International break will have to find somewhere to go next Saturday
Both Alan Browne and Jordan Storey missed Wednesday night’s defeat to Leicester City through illness, so their health will need to be assessed ahead of Saturday.
Andrew Hughes also didn’t make the matchday squad at the King Power Stadium due to a tight calf, and manager Ryan Lowe was expecting to hear the results of a scan on Thursday.
Everybody else who featured against Leicester is expected to be available for the weekend.
Opposition Focus
You wouldn’t know it’s Ipswich Town’s first season back in the Championship since the 2018/19 campaign, given the start they’ve made which has seen them take 25 points from their opening ten matches.
Kieran McKenna and his side earned plenty of plaudits for their exploits in League One last season, with the Tractor Boys playing an attractive style of football and accumulating 98 points, which remarkably wasn’t enough to win the title.
Having strengthened significantly in the summer, the Portman Road side have made a stunning start to the campaign, and sit in the automatic promotion places at this early stage of the season.
A Recent Clash
Two goals each for Callum Robinson and Lukas Nmecha earned PNE a 4-0 victory over an already-relegated Ipswich Town side in April 2019.
Match Officials
Referee: David Webb
Assistant Referees: Rob Smith and Andrew Dallison
Fourth Official: Will Finnie
David Webb – the man in the middle for North End’s season opener at Bristol City – will take charge of Saturday’s fixture.
So far this season, he’s shown 33 yellow cards and one red in eight Sky Bet Championship matches.
M55/M6/M6TOLL/M6/A14 Junction 53 can't wait another half a day on the coach, park up near the station and wander up the hill to the ground arrive home in another time zone probably with sod all
Another difficult game they will have had a day's extra rest and won't have travelled many miles this week, done well since they returned to this level, depends if anyone wants the manager could go close the Tractors this season but we'll see. International break will have to find somewhere to go next Saturday
Why should a man go to work, if he has the health and strength to stay in bed?