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Ipswich host Blackpool in the first of two straight home games at Portman Road. Town will miss Loach and Martin with Drury, Wordsworth, Chopra and Nouble available to the Blues. Ipswich will look to avenge the Pools following Blackpool's 6-0 thumping of Ipswich.
In League One, Colchester visit promotion contenders Sheffield United. In League Two, Southend host Northampton in a local affair with the Shrimpers missing eight first team players.
In non-league football, Braintree's game against Southport was called off due to a waterlogged pitch while Chelmsford visit Eastleigh. In local football, Sudbury host Waltham Abbey, hoping to avenge Sudbury's 2-0 defeat to the Essex side back in December.