Phil Brown says he will do nothing other than concentrate on the Tigers' own performance this weekend.

City travel to Ipswich on Sunday knowing they must win and hope that Stoke lose at home to Leicester if they are to be promoted to the Premier League for the first time in their history.

"The only thing we can concentrate on is winning our game," said Brown.

"If we do that, we'll have a look at how Stoke and Leicester have done. But this is a massive game for us and we know that Portman Road has been a fortress all season.

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"Ipswich have played in two different ways at home and away. Their home form suggests they are a good footballing side and I'm sure there will be a great surface.

"They have always had a certain style of play and I think Jim Magilton has gone along with that.

"It will be a good game of football and that is a strange thing to have on the final day of the season.

"You would expect nerves to play a part, but I think we will see a good game of football on Sunday.

"I'm hoping that will suit us. We have a game plan with and without the ball. We have to make sure that when we have the ball, we play it properly and when we don't, we have to make sure we're right in their faces."

Brown says he doesn't feel that there is any extra pressure on him or his side and he is looking forward to the clash at Portman Road.

"I haven't felt the pressure increase in recent weeks. I've fed off my players and the group is very focussed, relaxed and experienced.

"They are enjoying their work and they are enjoying the moment. I've been feeding off that.

"If I'd arrived at training this morning and seen a few nervous faces, I might have become nervous but that hasn't been the case.

"Nerves on the day might be a different ball game. Every game, be it the first of the season or the last, has something riding on it.

"But having gone through what we did last season, to be in this situation is a far better way of managing a football team."

Brown will hope to have Dean Windass and Andy Dawson available for selection on Sunday, although he will have to wait on the fitness of Henrik Pedersen who missed training on Friday.