Ipswich 2 Sunderland 1: Highlights after Conor Chaplin winner and Jack Clarke goals at Portman Road

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Sunderland's Championship match against Ipswich at Portman Road.

Michael Beale's side will be looking to get back to winning ways following last weekend's FA Cup defeat against Newcastle, yet it won't be easy against a side sitting second in the table.

We'll have all the build-up ahead of the match, as well as in-game analysis and post-match reaction. Stick around and refresh the page for live updates throughout the day.

We'll start with the Sunderland team news.

Patrick Roberts (calf) and Bradley Dack (hamstring) remain sidelined and will be unavailable for the next few weeks. Dennis Cirkin is also still out with a hamstring issue, which required surgery and will keep the defender sidelined for a minimum of 12 weeks.

Corry Evans is still recovering from an ACL injury, while Elliot Embleton is recovering from a thigh issue he suffered while on loan at Derby.

Niall Huggins is set to miss the rest of the season after undergoing surgery on a knee injury.

Here's what Beale had to say about today's opponents.

“They are similar in a way to us last year. You have a group of players that have the bounce of promotion and that confidence. They’ve come in and got a lot of result and they are impressing themselves and running with their form.

“Things have been a little bit difficult as of late with injuries and sometimes the Championship can catch up with you.

“Kieran is a guy I know really well. We’ve had similar backgrounds and our paths have crossed in the past. From the outside looking in, I’ve always been willing him to do well so that obviously stops when we play each other on Saturday. It’s great to see a young coach in his first job doing well so I am really happy for him.

“Ipswich is a club similar to us that has spent too much time in League One so it’s nice to see them back in the Championship and doing well. Albeit, after the game on Saturday.”

Ipswich start the day second in the Championship table but haven't won in the league in their last five matches.

Town will be without captain Sam Morsy, who is suspended after picking up 10 yellow cards this season, and striker George Hirst who suffered a hamstring injury in December.

The hosts will also asses Harry Clarke and Leif Davis, who have been back in training after dealing with knocks.

To find out more, we caught up with Ross Halls from the East Anglian Daily Times on the latest episode of The Roar Podcast. You can listen to the full episode HERE

Here's what Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna has had to say about Sunderland:

“They are a good, footballing, team with talented players who we had a really good game against in the first match of the season. 

“In the early stages of the game at Sunderland we felt the step up in quality to the Championship, as well as to the individual level Sunderland possess. 

“We were literally adapting in-game to that level but we feel we are a little bit further along now, just as they will because they are having another good season under Michael now. 

“He’s a very good coach who will have them well set up, so it’s a challenge for us against a team who are a year ahead of us in terms of coming up from League One. That makes it a good marker game for us.” 

Here are our predicted line-ups for today's match:

Predicted Ipswich XI: Hladky, Tuanzebe, Woolfenden, Edmundson, Clarke, Luongo, Travis, Burns, Chaplin, Broadhead, Jackson

Predicted Sunderland XI: Patterson, Hume, Ballard, O'Nien, Alese, Neil, Ekwah, Pritchard, Bellingham, Clarke, Rusyn

So it's one change for Sunderland following their FA Cup match against Newcastle last weekend, with Abdoullah Ba replacing Nazariy Rusyn who drops to the bench.

Jay Matete is named in the squad for the first time this season after returning from a knee injury he sustained during pre-season.

Ipswich have made three changes following their last league game against Stoke on New Year's Day, with Leif Davis, Jack Taylor and new signing Lewis Travis coming into the starting XI.

Midfielder Massimo Luongo drops out of the squad with an injury, while Town captain Sam Morsy is suspended.

Game under way!

As expected Sunderland have started with Bellingham up front, with Pritchard just behind him. Ba has started on the right.

It looks like Ipswich have started with a back three.

Ipswich have seen more of the ball in the first five minutes, with Burns and Davis providing width for the hosts.

Sunderland did manage to string a few passes together there before Pritchard sent a long-range effort over the bar.

Sunderland register the first effort on target after Alese did well to win the ball on the left.

The full-back then cut the ball back for Bellingham whose effort from inside the box was saved by Hladky.

Now Ipswich go close after Burns broke forward down the hosts' right. His low cross was almost turned in by Jackson but was just out of reach.

It's an end-to-end game so far.