Time is running out for Ipswich to start pulling away from the threat of relegation.
But if Mick McCarthy’s men can put on a show as they did against Middlesbrough it will go along way to helping the final third of the season go better than the first two.
Blackpool remain in some disarray and whether Paul Ince is at the help or not are very beatable.
Lee Martin and Scott Loach are available after injuries but both may
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Blackpool have keeper Matt Gilks back after he missed last weekend’s 2-1 win over Millwall, their second win in three games, due to the one-match suspension he collected after being sent off for deliberate handball in the defeat to Barnsley.
Caretaker boss Steve Thompson will have to decide whether to recall Gilks or stick with Mark Halstead, who made his first league start for the club at Bloomfield Road.
But defenders Ian Evatt (knee) and Bob Harris (toe) continue to be ruled out.
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