Central defender Tommy Smith is handed his first start of the Mick McCarthy era as the new Blues boss goes into his first home game as Town manager. Midfielder Guirane N’Daw also returns to the XI with Lee Martin suspended and Andy Drury dropping to the bench.

Smith’s inclusion is likely to see Aaron Cresswell move to left midfield as he did late on at Crystal Palace on Tuesday with the New Zealand international at left-back.

Alternatively, Luke Chambers could move to right-back and skipper Carlos Edwards into wide midfield.

Elsewhere, Daryl Murphy is likely to move up front alongside DJ Campbell, while Elliott Hewitt is on the bench for the senior side for the first time. Burnley make one change at left-back with Danny Lafferty coming in for Ben Mee, who has a foot injury. Full match preview here.

Town: Henderson, Edwards, Chambers, Higginbotham, Smith, Cresswell, Reo-Coker, Wellens, N'Daw, Murphy, Campbell. Subs: Loach, Hewitt, Emmanuel-Thomas, Drury, Mohsni, Scotland, Chopra.

Burnley: Grant, Lafferty, Shackell, Duff, Trippier, Stock, Marney, McCann, Wallace, Paterson, Austin. Subs: Jensen, Edgar, Ings, Vokes, Bartley, Stanislas, Mills.

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RedDust added 14:43 - Nov 10 That shirt is a lovely blue!
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TimmyH added 14:44 - Nov 10 Nice to see Tommy getting a start after a bit of a break but anybody know why Hyam isn't even in the squad?
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jollyroger added 14:44 - Nov 10 are we going to play with wing backs today ? very interesting
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Wacko added 15:10 - Nov 10 Late on against Palace, Cresswell and Edwards were wingbacks, not midfielders.
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muccletonjoe added 15:21 - Nov 10 Its a change and an improvement defensively . Lets see what happens now
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bluemikey100 added 16:50 - Nov 10 oh yes loan players brilliant cmon almost final whistle
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irishtim added 16:58 - Nov 10 Thank God & Mick & the lads.
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kerryblue added 17:03 - Nov 10 What a difference a decent manager makes,keep it up Mick,we can make the top six
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Elizabeth added 17:14 - Nov 10 Wonderful much needed result!!!! Listening to the commentary ,the balance of the team seemed to work better. So pleased that Carlos has returned to a position where he is more effective.Let's hope we can build on this and it's nice to see that we have climbed a couple of places up the table. N 'Daw seems to make a difference and I look forward to the next home match which I shall attend .Keep the faith!! I am confident that Mick will make our team good again .

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warksonwater added 17:16 - Nov 10 Just love your optimism kerryblue! Anyway, great result. One win in the first 13. Two wins in the last three. Says it all. So psychologically important to be off the bottom.
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bluemikey100 added 17:21 - Nov 10 two wins out three promotion form 2 goals in a match at last and first home win since march edwards in midfield four proper defenders wot all fans been crying out for
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Lightningboy added 18:36 - Nov 10 Great win,much needed..we're within touching distance of safety now..Mick's already doubled our win tally in a week and almost doubled our points tally too! Also good to see Mick's taken just 2 games to realise that Edwards is not a defender!..what on earth Jewell was thinking playing him at RB for 22 months is beyond me.
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greentractorboy added 20:39 - Nov 10 timmy h. hyam not in the team because he is up to whats required at this level
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