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Luke Hyam’s 20th minute goal, only his third for the club, sees the Blues leading 1-0 at Wigan at half-time.

Conor Sammon has been handed his second start for the Blues in tonight’s live Sky game away against his old club Wigan, while Luke Hyam also returns to the side.

Town boss Mick McCarthy felt his side deserved their 2-1 victory at Wigan despite the home side’s late fightback.

Goals from Luke Hyam and Conor Sammon saw the Blues to a 2-1 victory over Wigan Athletic, their first ever win at the DW Stadium. Hyam turned home the opener on 20 and Sammon netted against his old club in the 63rd minute, before Martyn Waghorn set up a nervy finish for Blues supporters when he pulled one back with eight minutes remaining.

Boss Mick McCarthy believes strike pair Daryl Murphy and David McGoldrick are well capable of reproducing the goalscoring form which took the Blues close to the play-offs last season. McGoldrick netted 16 times before his knee injury curtailed his 2013/14 in February, while Murphy scored 13.

Republic of Ireland scout Steve Guppy was at Portman Road for last night’s 2-0 victory over Brighton running the rule over Blues striker David McGoldrick, TWTD understands.

Second half goals from Jonny Parr and Daryl Murphy saw Town to a 2-0 victory over Brighton at Portman Road. Parr stabbed home a rebound in the 79th minute and Murphy sealed the win two minutes from time.

Striker Daryl Murphy won his 12th full cap as an 85th minute sub as the Republic of Ireland beat Oman 2-0 in a friendly in Dublin this evening. Kevin Doyle and Alex Pearce netted the Irish goals.

Town have confirmed the signing of striker Leon Best on a one-year deal with an option for a further season. Yesterday, TWTD revealed that the 29-year-old was in talks with the Blues regarding a deal having caught manager Mick McCarthys eye while on trial.

Town boss Mick McCarthy will be looking for the Blues to claim their first away win of the season when they take on Birmingham City at St Andrew’s this evening (KO 7.45pm). Only Cameron Stewart (broken jaw) and Stephen Hunt (calf) have missed the trip to the Midlands through injury.