Both teams expecting a tough test

Charlton face Ipswich Town at Portman Road tonight and Nathan Jones commented: 'It is probably one of the toughest tests in the Championship but we have earned the right to be there. We played them in pre-season, so we'll have a gauge of the levels we need to be at - and we'll have to be better than we were on that day. It's an exciting time. We know it is a tough game, but I imagine Kieran McKenna is sitting there thinking exactly the same thing. Hopefully he's not. But I would imagine that he is.'

Ipswich Town boss Kieran McKenna told the East Anglian Daily Times: "We are expecting a really awkward team to come and make it really, really difficult for us on Tuesday night. They go man-to-man defending, which is always a different challenge, especially when you don't face it very often. They've been a really tricky opponent for everyone and we know we're going to have to do well.'

Kieran McKenna was asked what he takes from fact Ipswich won 2-1 against Charlton in pre-season: "No, zero credence. It was a pre-season friendly. Especially with the players they have. As a team they don't tend to translate as strongly in a pre-season friendly. Competitive action is completely different. I don't know him (Nathan Jones) very well, to be honest. He is a good manager and a pleasant guy whenever we have played against him. He's got a really strong record at a lot of different clubs."

The Tractors are undefeated at home in the league, having won three and drawn two.

Manager McKenna said that his side made too many mistakes in the 2-1 defeat at Boro on Saturday.  'We need to be stronger.  We didn't stay together defensively when it was really tough.'