The Championship clash at St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park on Monday will see home team Birmingham City go up against opponents Middlesbrough, and our team has the latest predicted line ups and news on player availability.
Birmingham City will be wanting a better result here following the 3-0 Championship defeat in their last game at the hands of Millwall. In our view, The Blues look set to employ a 4-2-3-1 formation for the game, beginning the first half with James Beadle, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Christoph Klarer, Jonathan Panzo, Kai Wagner, Tomoki Iwata, Tommy Doyle, Carlos Vicente, Jay Stansfield, Ibrahim Osman and August Priske.
Ethan Laird and Lee Buchanan will not be able to play for Birmingham boss Chris Davies.
Possible Birmingham City team to take on Middlesbrough
Previously, Middlesbrough drew 1-1 in the Championship tie with Leicester City. We reckon that The Boro seem likely to play in a 4-4-2 formation, settling for Solomon Brynn, Callum Brittain, Luke Ayling, Adilson Malanda, Matthew Targett, Alan Browne, Aidan Morris, Hayden Hackney, Riley McGree, Morgan Whittaker and Tommy Conway.
Thanks to a largely healthy group of players, there is just the lone fitness worry for the Middlesbrough manager Kim Hellberg to be concerned with. Darragh Lenihan (Ankle surgery) won’t be playing here.
Likely Middlesbrough lineup
Click the link (below) to see the detailed game analysis including the latest odds, h2h, prediction and user vote.