Ipswich Town manager Mick McCarthy has opted to pick Nigel Reo-Coker for this afternoon's Championship clash with Brighton & Hove Albion.

Reo-Coker comes in for Andy Drury in the only change from Saturday's win at Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Drury is ruled out through illness for the in-form Tractor Boys, who are just four points behind seventh-placed Brighton.

Seagulls boss Gus Poyet swaps Dean Hammond and Ashley Barnes for David Lopez and Andrew Crofts following last weekend's home defeat to Watford.

Ipswich: Henderson, Orr, Chambers, Smith, Cresswell, Edwards, Reo-Coker, N'Daw, Martin, Campbell, Murphy

Brighton: Kuszczak, David, Greer, El-Abd, Bridge, Bridcutt, Hammond, Orlandi, LuaLua, Mackail-Smith, Barnes