Suffolk and Norfolk are about to collide in a match that will define the mood of so many in the two counties over the coming days.

The teams are out and we are about to get under way.

Not surprising views from former Ipswich and Norwich players, who have both scored in past editions of this fixture.

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BBC Radio Norfolk's Chris Goreham:

"Norwich City fans might not have fancied the idea of an East Anglian derby so early in the season when the fixture list came out and that relegation hangover was still biting hard.

"But the way the Canaries have started the season, taking seven points from three games, will have set a few yellow and green minds at rest.

"Norwich have looked committed to the Championship cause during the opening matches of the campaign and there's been no sign of any sulking from players who were in the top flight last season. Alex Neil has made it clear that he wouldn't stand for it."

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BBC Radio Suffolk's Graeme McLoughlin:

"A clean sheet and a point from Tuesday's trip to Wolves means Ipswich Town have at least stopped the rot ahead of what is easily their most important match of the month.

"There are derby debuts for Adam Webster, Jonas Knudsen, Jonathan Douglas and Grant Ward, with potentially more from the bench.

"Town's style of play has been a gripe with a fair few supporters of late, but they will accept that it is all about the result on Sunday."

Ipswich: Bialkowski, Chambers, Webster, Berra, Knudsen, Douglas, Skuse, Bru, Ward, Sears, Murphy.

Subs: Gerken, Smith, Kenlock, Dozzell, Bishop, Varney, Pitman.

Norwich: McGovern, Pinto, Bennett, Klose, Brady, Tettey, Mulumbu, Howson, Naismith, Hoolahan, Jerome.

Subs: Jones, Whittaker, Martin, Bassong, Canos, Lafferty, Ja, Murphy.

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Ipswich fans won't like to admit it, but they are probably a little envious of their neighbours' sojourns into the Premier League.

Not since 2002 have they been outside of English football's second tier and they go into today's match having not won or scored since the opening day against newly-promoted Barnsley. 

They were knocked out of the EFL Cup by League Two side Stevenage and lost the subsequent league match to Brentford.

But at least a draw against Wolves in midweek gave Mick McCarthy something to cheer about - a clean sheet.

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The last time these two rivals met, the stakes could not have been much higher in the 2014-15 Championship play-off semi-final.

The Canaries rose above their rivals 4-2 on aggregate in two matches charged like a Duracell bunny* and eventually won promotion, but dropped out of the Premier League after just one season.  

Alex Neil's side might not want to be here, but they've started their season in the second tier well with two wins and a draw from their opening three matches.

*Other bunnies are available.

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The Old Farm Derby.

The rivalry with the best nickname in town is back after a brief one-year absence as Ipswich Town and Norwich City lay down their hay rakes, chisel ploughs and sprinkler systems to go toe-to-toe in the East Anglian derby.

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