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Town boss Paul Lambert has made three changes for this evening’s home game against bottom club Burton Albion with Oli Hawkins, Emyr Huws and Keanan Bennetts coming into the team for Jack Lankester, Armando Dobra and Jon Nolan.
Town host Portsmouth in a third-v-fourth clash on Saturday again looking to beat another of League One's higher flyers for the first time this season but on this occasion with the backing of 2,000 fans.
Town boss Paul Lambert says right-back Kane Vincent-Young looked “incredible” having returned to training this week but is taking things slowly with the 24-year-old, whose last competitive senior game was in October 2019. Meanwhile, Lambert is waiting on Aaron Drinan ahead of Saturday’s home game with Portsmouth, while young midfielder Liam Gibbs has been ruled out, and is looking forward to “the cavalry coming” over the Christmas period.
Town will go into tomorrow’s home league meeting with promotion rivals Portsmouth remembering how they pushed the same opponents all the way in last month’s FA Cup first round clash.
Blues boss Paul Lambert believes Kayden Jackson’s first goal of the season at Plymouth last week will do the striker the “world of good” and was “different class”, while he has also praised Jon Nolan, now the club’s joint-top scorer following his goal in the 2-1 win at Home Park, and summer signing Stephen Ward.