Ipswich and Barnsley have spent little in comparison to their Championship rivals, with the Tractor Boys sticking to their philosophy of building a side on a shoestring budget, whilst Barnsley, with the exception of bringing in Tom Bradshaw from Walsall, have spent little.

Both sets of fans will be excited to see what their teams can do after a full pre-season.

Barnsley boss Paul Heckingbottom will be hopeful that he can replicate the heroics that saw Barnsley rise from 24th place into the Play-Offs last season, by keeping them in the division.

Meanwhile, in the Ipswich camp the aim will be higher.

Whilst the Tractor Boys can't compete financially with the likes of Aston Villa, Norwich, Brighton and Sheffield Wednesday, they will be hopeful that they can compete on the field.

Both sides will be hopeful they can make an impression on matchday 1, and so here are THREE things to watch out for in the game between Ipswich Town and Barnsley....

 

Attacking options

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Both managers will have a selection dilemma up top on Saturday.

Mick McCarthy will most likely play with one striker, but will have to choose between Daryl Murphy, David McGoldrick and Freddie Sears up top.

Last season's top scorer Sam Winnall will start for Barnsley, but Tom Bradshaw provides competition, as does Stefan Payne, who was signed from non-league Dover where he scored goals for fun, could be thrown in at the deep end.

Andre Dozzell

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Ipswich's 17 year old wonderkid was handed his first professional contract over the summer, after scoring on his league debut aged just 16 years and continuing to impress manager Mick McCarthy.

Dozzell has been heavily involved throughout pre-season, and you wouldn't rule him out of starting here at Portman Road on Saturday.

If he does start then it will be interesting to see if he can cope with the pressure of first team Championship football.

Barnsley's approach

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With some pundits naming Barnsley as the worst team in the division this season, alongside newly promoted Burton Albion, it will be interesting to see whether Paul Heckingbottom chooses a negative approach and tries to sit back, defend and hope to hit Ipswich on the break or whether he decides to keep last season's approach of throwing men forward at every opportunity.

We saw what Bournemouth did in the Premier League when Eddie Howe stuck to his guns, and Barnsley could do just the same here.