Morning all! This afternoon's first game in England should be a cracker as bitter rivals Norwich and Ipswich do battle in the second leg of their Championship playoff semi-final. There's plenty to get through before kickoff in an hour, so let's start with the team news coming in...

TEAM NEWS: The headline is that both managers have made a single change to the XIs that started the first leg in Suffolk seven days ago. Full lineups to follow.

NORWICH XI: Ruddy; Whittaker, Martin, Bassong, Olsson; Tettey, Howson; Redmond, Hoolahan, Johnson; Jerome

NORWICH SUBS: Rudd, Hooper, E. Bennett, Josh Murphy, R. Bennett, O'Neil, Dorrans

Alex Neil's only change sees Wes Hoolahan take Graham Dorrans's place in midfield. The latter had a quiet game in the first leg, so Neil has brought in Hoolahan for a bit more creativity. Cameron Jerome continues up front ahead of Gary Hooper, despite a fairly ineffective performance a week ago.

IPSWICH XI: Bialkowski; Chambers, Berra, Smith, Mings; Skuse, Bishop, Bru; Anderson, Murphy, Sears

IPSWICH SUBS: Gerken, Parr, Clarke, S. Hunt, Tabb, N. Hunt, McGoldrick

Unsurprisingly, Mick McCarthy names Paul Anderson in his starting lineup. The winger replaced the injured Luke Varney midway through the first half last week and scored the Tractor Boys' equaliser in first-half stoppage time.

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Blackburn Rovers loanee Varney was a surprise starter last week and had made an impressive start before having to be stretchered off. He has since had successful surgery on a ruptured Achilles, but will still be out of action for around six months.

No real surprise to see both managers go with almost identical XIs. McCarthy's change was forced, while Neil will be hoping that playmaker Hoolahan can help the Canaries create more chances after they struggled against Ipswich's stubborn defence last Saturday.

REFEREE WATCH: The man tasked with the job of overseeing this fierce derby today is Roger East. A Premier League regular, he has refereed one game involving one of these two this season - a 2-2 between Birmingham City and Ipswich back in the first month of the season. He was also in charge for this gaffe at Old Trafford:

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Before we look in detail at this lunchtime's game at Portman Road, let's quickly recap what happened in the other semi-final last night...

Boro led 2-1 after a fortuitous late goal in the first leg and had no problem extending their advantage back at the Riverside as they won 3-0 on the night for a 5-1 aggregate triumph. Boro had the best home record in the league this season, so it wasn't all that surprising to see them come through. Aitor Karanka's side will now eagerly watch today's game to see who they will face at Wembley on Bank Holiday Monday.

Both Norwich and Ipswich have been building up to the game with some funky videos on YouTube. Here's Norwich's:

As you can see, Ipswich got off to the better start but couldn't find an early goal as John Ruddy twice kept out Freddie Sears and Varney. Norwich then grazed the post through Alexander Tettey before Jonny Howson put them in front with a cool finish after some powerful work down the left by Jerome. The goal came in the 41st minute, but Norwich couldn't hold their lead into half time as Anderson slotted home after Ruddy had spilled Sears's shot. That was how it finished, with both sides cautious about going behind in the second half.

H2H: Norwich fans certainly have the bragging rights in East Anglia at the moment as they have not lost in five derbies, winning four in a row before last week's draw at Portman Road.

In fact, Anderson's goal was the first time that Ipswich scored against their arch-rivals this term after losing the two regular-season meetings 1-0 and 2-0.

Norwich striker Lewis Grabban scored in both regular-season meetings with Ipswich this season, but he's unavailable today as he serves the last match of his three-game ban for a red card at Rotherham last month. He will be free to play in the final if Norwich get there.

Here's Ipswich's YouTube video to pump the supporters up. I think Norwich win best first-leg recap video.

Ipswich have not won a game at Norwich since Fabian Wilnis and Darren Bent scored in a 2-0 win in March 2003. They haven't kept a clean sheet in their last seven visits to Carrow Road.

Today's game is the 96th East Anglian Derby. Ipswich edge the all-time head-to-head record with 40 wins to Norwich's 38.

The stats certainly point to a Norwich win today. The Canaries scored more goals (50) than anyone else at home in the league this season, while Ipswich have lost seven of their last 10 away games and won just one of their last seven on the road.

However, Ipswich can point to some impressive results against the best teams in the league this season. They did the double over automatically-promoted Watford and didn't lose in either game against champions Bournemouth.

My in-depth match preview can be read here. As you'll see on the pre-match poll at the bottom, 64.1% of readers are backing Norwich to reach the final next Monday.

So Norwich are favourites, but Ipswich do possess the league's top marksman this season. Daryl Murphy scored 27 league goals to finish six clear in the top scorers' list. The Irishman had a quiet game in the first leg and Ipswich fans will be hoping he's at his best today.

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You can talk about form, home and away records and the rest of it, but on a day like today all that really matters is how the teams handle the pressure. It's a huge, huge game for both sets of supporters and it's sure to be both loud and quite tense in the ground today. You feel that an early goal could be huge for either side.

Speaking to Sky Sports News, Norwich boss Neil expects a "frantic" start to the game and he admits "the first goal will be crucial". McCarthy says he will be happy if his side can match their performance from last week.

PREDICTION TIME: Ipswich did well to restrict and limit Norwich going forward in the first leg, but not winning at Portman Road could hurt their chances because of their worrying away form. With so much at stake and a tense atmosphere likely, another draw might be played out, with Norwich's quality proving the deciding factor in extra time. 1-1 in normal time, Norwich to prevail before penalties.

For more of my opinions on the first leg and today's clash, watch the below video we filmed on the Sports Mole Sofa earlier this week:

Just five minutes until kickoff now in Norfolk. Let's take a look at the two sides' playoff records. Norwich have been in them just once and crushingly lost in the final on penalties to Birmingham City back in 2002. Ipswich have been in the playoffs seven times, meanwhile, losing at the semi-final stage six times and winning them on one occasion in 2000 when they beat Barnsley 4-2 at Wembley.

PICTURE: The players finish their warm up's ahead of the big game at Carrow Road #itfc #believe pic.twitter.com/odqwuZAodi — Ipswich Town FC (@Official_ITFC) May 16, 2015

Here come the two teams out of the tunnel. You can see in all the players' faces that they know how big today's game is. There are no smiles, just steely looks as kickoff fast approaches.

A reminder that Norwich are trying to get straight back to the Premier League after relegation a year ago, while Ipswich are hoping to end a 13-year stay in the Championship. They are the division's best servants and this is their biggest game in over 10 years.

It's a lovely day in Norfolk and here's a great picture from the Norwich press box:

#MoreThanADerby pic.twitter.com/HDvORv0FAg — Norwich City FC (@NorwichCityFC) May 16, 2015

KICKOFF! Visitors Ipswich get us underway. Bring it on!

East blows his whistle for the first time to give Ipswich a free kick as Jerome was offside when challenging in the air. An end-to-end, frenetic start, but no goalmouth action yet.

Anderson is taken out and Ipswich have a free kick in a good position on the right wing. The Tractor Boys are one of the best teams at set pieces...

CHANCE! Unsurprisingly, Bru swings it in towards top-scorer Murphy and his header zooms over the bar. Norwich captain Martin did well to put the Irishman off as he went for goal.

More Ipswich probing down their right-hand side, but Chambers's cross is easily cleared by Bassong. Certainly a better start from the visitors. You'd expect Norwich to have more of the ball, but Ipswich have had 62% possession early on.

Norwich want offside as Anderson keeps the ball in, but the flag doesn't go up. The winger digs out a good cross from the left, but Ruddy is out quickly and gathers comfortably.

Ruddy with an excellent goal kick out to Whittaker in acres of space down the right. The right-back surges forward, but overhits his cross to give Ipswich keeper Bialkowski his first touch of the game.

Norwich win their first corner of the game as Bialkowski inexplicably lets the ball go out as he thought it was going to be a goal kick.

Whittaker's weak shot floats wide after Redmond's cutback towards Jerome was cut out by Anderson. First shot of the game for the home side.

Ruddy gathers at the second attempt after Murphy had outmuscled Bassong down the right and crossed for Anderson. You have to imagine that McCarthy will be over the moon by the way his side have started.

Ipswich certainly aren't the best footballing team in the league, but they are hard to play against and don't mind doing things the ugly way. Often they will just lump it long for Murphy, but the home supporters' jeers of "HOOOOF!" won't make them change their style of play.

Free kick in a great position for Norwich as Jerome bursts through a gap between Berra and Mings and is tripped over by the duo...

The winger's initial delivery is cleared, but it comes back to him down the right and he wins a corner off Sears.

OFF THE LINE! Anderson hacks the ball away after Martin had drilled an excellent shot that was heading into the bottom corner. Closest we've come to a goal so far.

Norwich have now had more possession (57%) after a solid five minutes. They've also had more shots - three to Ipswich's two - and the only shot on target.

Half-hearted appeals for an Ipswich penalty as Bishop beats Redmond to the ball and falls to the floor. It looked like there was little contact and referee East isn't interested.

Looking at the replays, there was little, if any, contact by Redmond and arguably Bishop should have been booked for diving.

Almost a dodgy moment at the back for Ipswich as Smith chests it back to his goalkeeper but underhits it to give Jerome the chance of nicking in. He can't quite get there, though, and Bialkowski clutches the ball to his chest.

Some neat work down the left by Bru and Bishop for Ipswich, but the latter is caught offside by the Norwich defence. Bishop at 18 is by far the youngest player on show today.

Brilliant work by Murphy as he closes down Bassong to win Ipswich their second corner of the match.

It comes to nothing as Bru's first delivery comes straight back to him. He has to take the ball on the volley quite high and overhits a drilled effort that beats everyone and goes out for a throw-in on the other side.

Some good Norwich pressure, but Ipswich defend well as Chambers bravely heads away with Jerome ready to nod home. One man who's had a really quiet start is Norwich midfielder Johnson, who scored 15 goals this season in what was by far his best ever goalscoring campaign. He'd previously never scored more than seven in a league campaign.

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BOOKING! First yellow card of the game goes to the aforementioned Johnson, who threw himself into a tackle with Bru and was late on the Ipswich man.

Clash of heads between Berra and Jerome, with the latter winning a free kick as he got to the ball and was bundled over by the Scot.

The free kick results in nothing as Hoolahan and Redmond play it short and eventually lose the ball to Sears.

Mings misjudges a ball over the top to allow Whittaker in behind. He looks for Jerome with a cross but Berra is well-placed to head away.

Martin half-clears an Anderson cross from the right and it falls kindly for Bru. The Mauritian shoots first-time, but it's a poor effort that is high and wide.

Jerome is in the wars again and it looks quite serious as the Norwich medical staff rush on to attend to the former Stoke City man.

Ipswich are yet to have a shot on target, with Norwich having the only one when Martin fired through a crowd of bodies and saw his goalbound strike cleared off the line by Anderson.

PICTURE: @P18NDO and Cole Skuse on the ball for Town this afternoon #itfc #believe pic.twitter.com/18mst0CMyn

— Ipswich Town FC (@Official_ITFC) May 16, 2015

Jerome looks a little shaken up, but he's OK to continue.

CHANCE! Jerome flicks the ball into the path of Hoolahan, who tees up Howson charging down the right. The midfielder opened the scoring in the 41st minute a week ago, but not today as his tame effort is blocked by Mings.

Norwich are finishing the half on top, but they're struggling to pick the killer pass in the final third.

Three minutes of added time at the end of the first half because of that Jerome stoppage a few minutes ago.

Whittaker's throw-in briefly comes into play but floats out for an Ipswich throw. Sums up the lack of real quality in the first half.

A really scrappy end to the half and you have to say that McCarthy will be the happier of the two managers.

HALF TIME: Norwich 0-0 Town #itfc pic.twitter.com/8DvNONayDz — Ipswich Town FC (@Official_ITFC) May 16, 2015

On their Twitter feed, Norwich describe the first half as "attritional". They're absolutely right as it was a hard slog of a 45 minutes. You can sense the tension in the stadium. It really feels like both sides are afraid of taking too many chances as they don't want to concede the first goal.

UPDATE: A quick update on what's happening in the early kickoff in the Premier League. It's Southampton against Aston Villa and there's been a historic moment with Sadio Mane scoring the fastest-ever Premier League hat-trick. The Saints forward netted three goals in, wait for it, two minutes and 56 seconds, beating the record previously held by Robbie Fowler. Open this link in a new tab to join Shane Callaghan for commentary on that game.

Ipswich would undoubtedly be happy for the game to finish as a draw and to go to extra time and maybe penalties. Norwich were expected to dominate, but they haven't really showed that they are the better footballing outfit.

Norwich had the only shot on target when captain Martin drilled low through a crowd of bodies and he can feel that he was a little unlucky to see Anderson waiting on the post to hoof it clear.

As in the first leg, the Championship's top scorer, Murphy, hasn't had much in the way of chances. He has worked really hard, though, and put the Norwich backline under plenty of pressure.

In a game like this, you feel that it could be settled by a mistake. So far, both sides have been near-exemplary from a defensive viewpoint, but one lapse of concentration could change all that.

REMINDER: Away goals do not apply in the Football League playoffs, so if it stays goalless then we will need extra time and maybe penalties to decide who will advance to face Middlesbrough at Wembley in nine days' time.

Here come the two sides back out of the tunnel for the second half. It doesn't look like there's any changes from either manager at the break.

KICKOFF! The Canaries get us back underway.

CLOSE! Ipswich started the first half well, but it's Norwich on the front foot at the start of the second as the ball finds Jerome on the six-yard line. He's got his back to goal and can't quite work a shooting opportunity as Smith defends it well.

Up the other end, Sears has space to run into and gets off a shot from 20 yards that sails over the top.

SNAP: Speaking of Sears, here he is battling with Olsson in the first half.

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No choice for East as the Scottish defender uses his hand to stop Redmond's goalbound shot. Hoolahan to take the penalty...

Norwich's number 14 sends Bialkowski the wrong way from 12 yards and Norwich are now in pole position to reach Wembley as they are a goal and a man to the good.

The chance came after Mings's lazy pass that was intercepted and gave Norwich the chance to counter. Massively uphill task for Ipswich now.

Tettey hauls over Bishop to give Ipswich a free kick in a good position. It's the sort of foul Norwich need to avoid as set pieces might be Ipswich's only route back into the game.

Incredibly, that was Ipswich's first red card of the season. Before that, they were the only side not to have seen red this season. What a time for it to happen!

With Berra off, Anderson has dropped back to right-back, with Chambers joining Smith at centre-half.

Berra's loss could be huge for Ipswich as he was arguably the best defender in the league this season. When you look at the stats, he was far and away the best when it came to blocks, clearances and interceptions.

Sears beats the offside trap to get in behind the Norwich backline and his dinked cross looks promising until Ruddy adjusts to claim under his own crossbar.

Surprise surprise, it's a set piece that Ipswich score from as Bishop's floated ball in is headed on by Murphy and there is centre-back Smith to poke the ball past Ruddy and finish from three yards. Game on.

Norwich will still be heavy favourites, of course, but they have to do more to make their numerical advantage show. Ipswich can now simply defend and hope they get to extra time.

It's a sunny day in the East of England and you have to wonder if Ipswich will get tired as the game wears on.

Three goals in under 15 minutes at the start of the second half as Redmond's low shot from the right side of the area goes straight under Bialkowski. Poor goalkeeping from the Ipswich stopper.

That goal will really hurt Ipswich as they had done well to hit back quickly after going a goal and a man down. You might have expected them to shut up shop, but they were outnumbered in their area and Redmond stuck it away.

SHOT! Hoolahan unleashes a fierce drive from 20 yards that's straight at Bialkowski. Either side and it's 3-1 Norwich.

A Canary corner flashes across the penalty area and somehow avoids everyone. It's all Norwich at the moment and a third goal for them might just kill off Ipswich.

SNAP: Here's Hoolahan sticking it away from the penalty spot to give Norwich the lead.

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MISS! Big, big miss as Jerome somehow diverts it wide from four yards after some excellent passing football by Norwich. It was Howson with the perfect cross that was easier to score than miss from.

IPSWICH SUBS: McCarthy makes a pair of changes and he now has three strikers on the field as David McGoldrick and Jay Tabb replace Bishop and Bru.

Mings runs the ball out of play after linking up neatly with McGoldrick down the left flank. About 20 minutes in total to go. Can Ipswich hit back again?

NORWICH SUB: Neil makes his first change, taking off the impressive Hoolahan for Dorrans, who will give the hosts just a bit more energy and bite in the middle.

Norwich want offside, but Sears was level when he was played in down the right. His low cross is too close to Ruddy, who makes an easy claim in the six-yard box.

Jerome's 20th goal of the season has surely sealed Norwich's place at Wembley. Again Ipswich can only blame themselves as Tabb loses the ball in the middle. Redmond picks it up and feeds Jerome all alone in the area to stab home under Bialkowski.

"Que Sera Sera, whatever will be, will be. We're going to Wembley, Que Sera Sera!" belt the Norwich fans. Only an unthinkable Ipswich turnaround will prevent that coming true.

Some famous names watching @NorwichCityFC today... #PlayOffs pic.twitter.com/HN7QXV4ztM

— The Football League (@football_league) May 16, 2015

CHANCE! It should be 4-1 as Redmond is played through on goal but takes too long to shoot, allowing Mings to get back and prod it out for a corner.

Redmond is clearly keen for a second goal as he decides not to pass to Jerome and instead blasts a shot from 20 yards that whizzes over the top.

SUBS: Both managers make a change, with Noel Hunt replacing Anderson for Ipswich and Hooper taking Jerome's place for the home side.

Shortly after making his third and final change, McCarthy looks on with a worried face as Mings stays down injured. Might the Blues have to finish the game with nine men?

ACTION SHOT: @Cberra1985's handball concedes a penalty & earns a red card at Carrow Road #PlayOffs pic.twitter.com/H3r3XGIlFw — Sky Bet Championship (@SkyBetChamp) May 16, 2015

Ipswich waste a free-kick chance at one end and Norwich should punish them on the counter-attack, but Hooper strays offside. It really wouldn't be surprising to see Norwich score one or two more with Ipswich throwing bodies forward.

NORWICH SUB: Third and final change for the soon-to-be finalists as Elliott Bennett comes on for Johnson.

Party time for the Norwich fans as they cheer every pass that their players make. It's now five wins for Norwich and one draw in the last six meetings between these two sides. Those in yellow and green will have the bragging rights for the summer at least and it could be a lot longer if the Canaries can go up.

FOUR minutes of added time remain at Carrow Road. A reminder that Middlesbrough are already in the final, which takes place at Wembley in nine days.

A golden chance for Sears to pull one back for Ipswich, but he's denied by Ruddy and the offside flag was raised anyway. A goal there might have made things interesting, but that'll be that.

McGoldrick bobbles a volley wide of the mark as Ipswich continue to search for their second goal. A little over a minute remaining now.

BOOKING! Skuse gets himself cautioned for a clear tug on Redmond. Frustration from the Ipswich man clear there.

Ugly way to finish as there's a bit of handbags between Redmond and Smith. Final whistle second away.

The Canaries will play Middlesbrough at Wembley on May 25 for a place in the Premier League.

A tame pitch invasion from some of the home supporters as Ipswich's players make their way over to the far corner to applaud the travelling contingent.

Jerome tells Sky Sports News that it was "always going to be tense and tight". He credits Ipswich for making it difficult for the home side, as well.

Over the two legs, Norwich's quality eventually told. It wouldn't have been so easy for them in the second half had Ipswich managed to avoid their first red card of the season. Berra's dismissal, though, gave the hosts the upper hand and they never looked like losing from that point on.

Norwich are one win away from getting back to the Premier League at the first time of asking, while Ipswich will be in the second tier for the 14th season in a row next term.

Ipswich deserve plenty of credit for even making the playoffs considering their squad cost just £110,000 in transfer fees. Compare that to Norwich's - over £30m - and it's clear to see where the two clubs are at financially.

Anyway, time for us to say goodbye on this commentary. Here's our match report on the game. Make sure you stick around for plenty of reaction from Carrow Road. Congratulations to Norwich, who will be making their first appearance at Wembley since 1985.

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