Here is how Derby County and Birmingham City will line up for this afternoon’s Championship clash:
Derby County starting XI: Grant, Christie, Keogh, Albentosa, Forsyth, Mascarell, Hendrick, Hughes, Ince, Ward, Russell
Derby County subs: Roos, Bryson, Buxton, Dawkins, Lingard, Thomas, Shotton
Birmingham City starting XI: Randolph, Caddis, Spector, Kiernan, Grounds, Tesche, Davis, Cotterill, Shinnie, Dyer, Novak
Birmingham City subs: Doyle, Robinson, Donaldson, Thomas, Reilly, Zigic, Gray
Derby County welcome Birmingham City to the iPro Stadium this afternoon with the Rams pushing hard for automatic promotion and City in with a good chance of a top-10 finish.
Steve McLaren’s side won the reverse fixture 4-0 on Boxing Day and that is not a result Birmingham will want to see repeated.
The visitors are on a fine mini-run having won their last two matches; that said, Blues have not won any of their last five away matches and Derby will be hoping to capitalise on that.
The hosts are just a single point behind Middlesbrough and Bournemouth and they have a game in hand over the latter, to they will know just how important this afternoon’s fixture could be in the grand scheme of things.
Receive exclusive football transfer news and updates twice a week to your mailbox
