The Championship clash at St. Andrew's Stadium on Saturday sees home team Birmingham City welcome guests Sunderland, and we have the latest injury news and predicted line ups to hand.
Birmingham City fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being a 1-0 Championship triumph over Blackburn Rovers. We are thinking that The Blues may well go for a 4-2-3-1 formation, handing starts to John Ruddy, Ethan Laird, Dion Sanderson, Marc Roberts, Cody Drameh, Krystian Bielik, Jordan James, Seung-ho Paik, Tyler Roberts, Koji Miyoshi and Jay Stansfield.
George Hall and Alfie Chang won’t be able to feature for Birmingham boss Tony Mowbray.
Possible Birmingham City team against Sunderland
Since being beaten in their last game against Huddersfield Town in Championship competition, Sunderland will be aiming to make amends here. It’s our belief that The Black Cats appear most likely to utilise a 4-1-4-1 formation, starting the game with Anthony Patterson, Trai Hume, Daniel Ballard, Luke O'Nien, Leo Fuhr Hjelde, Dan Neil, Patrick Roberts, Abdoullah Ba, Pierre Ekwah, Jack Clarke and Nazariy Rusyn.
Sunderland boss Michael Beale has to choose a team with limited availability. Elliot Embleton (Torn thigh muscle), Corry Evans (Cruciate ligament injury) and Niall Huggins (Knee surgery) won’t be making appearances.
Predicted Sunderland team
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