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Armando Dobra comes into the team for his full league debut and Jon Nolan, Aaron Drinan, Jack Lankester and Mark McGuinness return to the line-up as Blues boss Paul Lambert makes five changes for this evening’s game at Oxford.

Town visit Oxford United this evening aiming to bounce back after back-to-back home defeats to Hull City and Charlton but with 13 players potentially missing due to injury.

Town host Arsenal U21s in the second round of the Papa John’s Trophy on Wednesday evening with manager Paul Cook looking to record a morale-boosting three wins in a week.

Blues boss Paul Lambert says it would be great to win Sunday’s second-round FA Cup tie against Coventry City at St Andrew’s and the draw one of the “big guns” in the third round. Town ended their near-10-year 15-game winless FA Cup run by beating Lincoln 1-0 in their first-round replay just over a week ago.

Town boss Paul Lambert says referees’ chief Mike Jones agreed that the Blues’ goal against Wycombe Wanderers on Tuesday shouldn’t have been ruled out and that the Chairboys’ penalty was outside the area.

Town boss Paul Lambert says he’ll speak to referees chief Mike Jones regarding official Alan Young’s performance during the Blues’ 0-0 home draw with Wycombe Wanderers.

The Blues had a goal just before half-time controversially disallowed to leave the scoreline against Wycombe Wanderers 0-0 at Portman Road.

Town had a goal controversially ruled out just before half-time and Tomas Holy saved a second-half penalty as the Blues and Wycombe drew 0-0 in a top-v-second clash at Portman Road. Just before half-time, Luke Chambers’s header was diverted into his own net by Curtis Thompson but referee Alan Young wrongly disallowed it having consulted his linesman with the players already lined-up for the restart. In the second half, Holy stopped Joe Jacobson’s spotkick after Chambers had fouled David Whee...

Town’s post-international break blues continued after they were held to a 2-2 home draw by Blackpool. The Blues, who have now not won a league game after an international break for 22 matches stretching back to September 2014, went in front on eight via Gwion Edwards but the Tangerines levelled through Joe Nuttall on 22. Blackpool took the lead from a disputed penalty converted by Jay Spearing eight minutes after the restart but Luke Garbutt equalised for Town, also from the spot, on 58.

Gwion Edwards gave the Blues an eighth minute lead but Joe Nuttall equalised for Blackpool on 22 to leave the half-time score 1-1 at Portman Road.