Rapturous welcome for Ipswich Town at Portman Road

A win for Ipswich Town will guarantee automatic promotion straight back to the Premier League this lunchtime.

The Tractor Boys are in second place in the Championship and are at home to Queens Park Rangers, who have nothing to play for in the 12:30 kick-off.

Ipswich are one point ahead of third-placed Millwall and have a vastly superior goal difference, but Millwall could leapfrog them if the Lions win and Ipswich lose.

The town centre has been decked in blue and white ready for today's fixture.

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