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Just over nine weeks since he last started for Ipswich Town, midfielder Lee Evans was delighted to be back in the XI as the Blues eased to a comfortable 3-0 win against Oxford United.
Conor Chaplin is the only outfield player in the Town squad to have an ever-present record in the Championship this season and despite the obvious disappointment of Saturday’s 4-0 defeat at Leeds he continues to enjoy life as an Ipswich player.
The club’s joint leading marksman, eight-goal Conor Chaplin, believes Town had no alternative but to lick their wounds after Saturday’s 4-0 defeat at promotion rivals Leeds and look to bounce back this evening when league leaders Leicester visit Portman Road in another top-of-the-table clash.
Town boss Kieran McKenna is anticipating a great occasion when the Blues face Leicester City at Portman Road in this evening’s live-on-Sky second-v-first clash.
Freddie Ladapo, Wes Burns and Conor Chaplin were on target as Town comfortably beat Oxford United 3-0 at Portman Road, their first victory over the U’s since February 1999. Ladapo followed up Chaplin’s volley in the 39th minute to give the Blues the lead, then six minutes later Burns hooked home a corner to make it 2-0 and Chaplin made it three with nine minutes left to inflict Oxford’s first league defeat by more than one goal this season.