Burnley travel to Ipswich Town on Tuesday night in search of their first win of the new season. The Clarets have picked up two points out of a possible six after a 1-1 draw at Leeds United and a 2-2 home draw against Birmingham City. In both games they have had to come from behind to earn the point.
Ipswich are looking to make it back-to-back home wins after a 2-1 win over Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday. The Tractor Boys did fall behind to Ross Wallace's early goal but Freddie Sears and Tommy Smith scored to secure a first league of the season.
Team news
Ipswich will be without midfielders Kevin Bru and Teddy Bishop along with defender Jonathan Parr for the game. The former is expected to be out for a month after suffering a hamstring injury in the 2-2 draw with Brentford.
Burnley may hand a debut to Rouwen Hennings, the German joined from Karlsruher SC where he scored 17 goals in 27 games. The Turf Moor outfit need international clearance before they can play the 27-year-old.
Head-to-head
Ipswich have the edge overall with 18 wins to Burnley's 13. However, the Clarets have won the last three occasions the sides have met. Last time out Michael Kightly scored the only goal in a 1-0 Burnley win in April 2014.
The managers
Ipswich Town manager Mick McCarthy has challenged his side to bring their excellent home form from last season into this season and go unbeaten at Portman Road, “The squad is better and I’d hope for better things this season as a result. I’m hoping we can be better than last year. That’s putting pressure on myself isn’t it?"
Burnley manager Sean Dyche recently spoke of the mentality needed for a Championship promotion push. He said: "Consistency of performance is essential. You don't have to be exceptional every week but as a minimum you need to be at a level that even on a bad day you get points on the board."
"We want to be strong and we want to be in a position to maximise the potential of the players in every game because it's a long season with 46 league games," he added. "We focus a lot on performance here. If your performance levels are right, that brings results and that brings momentum naturally. We believe in the training schedule."
Ipswich Town v Burnley is a 19:45 kick off on Tuesday night.
