First Team

Bloomfield makes seven changes

Bell, Adebayo, Naismith, Nakamba, Walsh, Jones and Doughty all start

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It’s a much-changed Town side that face Sheffield United with manager Matt Bloomfield making seven changes to the side that lost at Sunderland on Wednesday.

Only Thomas Kaminski, Mark McGuinness, Thelo Aasgard and Carlton Morris keep their place in the starting eleven.

In come Amari’i Bell and Kal Naismith in defence, with Alfie Doughty and Isaiah Jones playing in wide areas.

There are changes in midfield as Marvelous Nakamba and Liam Walsh come into the centre of the pitch.

And there are two strikers in attack with Elijah Adebayo starting for the first time in three games.

Reuell Walters, Mads Andersen, Jordan Clark and Joe Johnson drop to the bench while there is no place in the squad for Lamine Fanne, Millenic Alli and Zack Nelson.

Midfielder Shandon Baptiste returns to the squad for the time since the end of November.

* 14:44 Late change on the Town bench, Millenic Alli replaces Jordan Clark.

Town: Kaminski, Bell, Jones, Naismith, McGuinness, Doughty, Nakamba, Walsh, Aasgaard, Adebayo, Morris.

Subs: Krul, Walters, Andersen, Brown, Alli, Baptiste, Johnson, Nordås, Bowler.

Sheffield United: Cooper, McCallum, Brewster, Rak-Sakyi, Ahmedhodzic, Clarke, Robinson, Brereton-Diaz, Souza, Campbell, Choudhury.

Subs: Faxon, Holding, O’Hare, Burrows, Davies, Norrington-Davies, Brooks, One, Peck.

Referee: Lewis Smith

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