Brown and Bolton could make their Luton debuts in cup clash against Ipswich

Posted Monday, August 12, 2019 by PA

Deadline-day signings Izzy Brown and Luke Bolton will hope to be involved in Luton’s Carabao Cup first-round clash with Ipswich.

The duo, signed on loan from Chelsea and Manchester City respectively, did not feature in the Hatters’ matchday squad for Saturday’s last-gasp defeat at Cardiff, having only arrived at the club on Thursday.

Fellow new arrival James Bree, from Aston Villa, came on for the last 15 minutes of the game in Wales and the defender could feature more prominently on Tuesday night.

Andrew Shinnie and Elliot Lee both dropped to the bench at the weekend but may come back in if boss Graeme Jones opts to make changes.

Ipswich will be without Luke Garbutt after the on-loan Everton full-back suffered a knee injury in the first half of Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Sunderland, having earlier opened the scoring.

Gwion Edwards (groin) and Jon Nolan (calf) are back in training but are not expected to be involved at Kenilworth Road.

Teddy Bishop, Freddie Sears (both knee) and Jack Lankester, who will have surgery on his back this week, are long-term absentees.

Defender Toto Nsiala (torn hamstring) remains sidelined but Alan Judge will hope to feature having replaced Garbutt at the Stadium of Light after playing less than 90 minutes of pre-season.