Ipswich Town defender Jacob Greaves excited to be facing best friend Keane Lewis-Potter when Brentford visiting Portman Road in the Premier League

Ipswich Town defender Jacob Greaves is excited at the prospect of sharing a pitch with one of his best friends as he prepares to face Keane Lewis-Potter this afternoon.

Lewis-Potter and his Brentford team-mates are the visitors to Portman Road today as the Blues bid to avoid a record eighth straight defeat on Suffolk soil.

Greaves played 86 matches with Lewis-Potter across two seasons in the first team at Hull City, having both come through the Tigers’ academy together, and he knows all about the qualities that his former team-mate possesses.

“He joined Hull when he was about 13 through the grassroots, then I grew up with him from then until under-16,” said Greaves.

“We signed our scholars together and we got pros at a similar time, he was a little bit earlier than me. Then seeing him flourish and training with him every day.

“I know his ability, he’s probably one of the best players I’ve played with. He’s an unbelievable kid, one of my best mates as well who I’ll probably be going on holiday with in the summer.

“I think he’s a class act and it will be nice to share a Premier League game with him tomorrow.”

Both players are likely to be playing away from their preferred positions at left-back this weekend. Greaves has filled in for the suspended Leif Davis and injured Conor Townsend in recent weeks, while Lewis-Potter, primarily a winger, has been playing in his deeper role since December.

On the positional coincidence, Greaves said: “It’s mental, isn’t it? When I was at Hull, we played a bit together where I was left of a back three and he played at left wing-back.

“In that role he didn’t really help me at all, he was basically playing as a left winger and I’d be playing centre-half and left-back letting him bomb on and do whatever he wanted. He’s technically gifted, quick as well and he’s got a proper future.

“Defensively he was always good enough to do it. One-v-one he’s very good and good in the air too so he can definitely defend the back stick because he’s got a very good leap.