The Blues are scheduled to head to St Mary’s on Friday, April 3. It will now start at the later time of 5.30pm having been chosen for coverage by Sky Sports.
There’s still a chance the game could get re-arranged however. That’s because the Saints are still in the FA Cup.
If Tonda Eckert’s men win at Premier League side Fulham in the competition’s last 16 this coming Sunday then they will need to play a quarter-final match over the Easter weekend.
That would put further strain on Ipswich’s already packed schedule.
The Blues are currently in the middle of a run of seven games in 22 days. There are just three blank midweeks left between now and the final weekend of the season and one of those will be taken up by the twice postponed trip to Portsmouth, a date for that re-arrangement still yet to be confirmed.
Town’s Easter Monday home clash with Birmingham City is not in doubt as both teams have exited the FA Cup.
Games being selected for broadcast – and the subsequent changes in dates/times – are now being announced on a rolling basis a month in advance.