A young Ipswich Town reserves take on Derby County at Portman Road today with the chance for several players to push themselves into contention for Town's promotion run-in.

A young Ipswich Town reserves take on Derby County at Portman Road today with the chance for several players to push themselves into contention for Town's promotion run-in.

Centre-halves Gerard Nash and Aidan Collins, on-loan Monaco midfielder Jimmy Juan, and highly-rated Irish youngsters Owen Garvan and Billy Clare are included for Town.

The Derby side includes more players with first-team experience including strikers Tommy Smith and Marcus Tudgay, Jamie Vincent, Mohammed Konjic and on-loan keeper Kevin Miller. And Ipswich-based Bury Town player Tom Bullard gets a second start for Derby during his trial period.

Squads

Ipswich: Supple, Mitchell, Krause, Collins, Nash, Manning, McDonald, Juan, Clarke, Garvan, Trotter, Lordan, Casement, Haynes and Moore.

Derby: Miller, Booth, Vincent, Turner, Konjic, Bullard, Taylor, Bisgaard, Junior, Smith, Tudgay, Young, Atkins, Cassidy, Mills and Ainsworth.