Birmingham City team news vs Fulham: Lee Bowyer makes one change from Preston draw

Birmingham City make just one change for their visit to Championship leaders Fulham with Ryan Woods coming into the side to replace young Jordan James.

Despite scoring the vital late equaliser, Scott Hogan has to settle for a spot on the bench once again with Onel Hernandez and Lukas Jutkiewicz being preferred as the front two.

Aside from the one change then, it’s as you were last time out.

Teden Mengi, Marc Roberts and Kristian Pedersen make up the back three with Maxime Colin and Jeremie Bela the wing-backs.

Ryan Woods has been brought in presumably for his veteran presence in the middle of the park against a real strong Fulham outfit and he’s partnered with Gary Gardner and Ivan Sunjic either side.

Onel Hernandez who looked dangerous on his debut gets another start with Jutkiewicz captaining the side along side him.

It’s a young bench as usual for Blues with George Friend a welcome addition, returning from the one match ban he served versus Preston.

Apparent Birmingham transfer target Alfie Mawson finds himself with a place on the bench for the home side.

Fulham (4-2-3-1): Rodak; Odoi, Tosin, Ream, Robinson; Reed, Cairney; Wilson, Carvalho, Kebano; Mitrovic

Subs: Gazzaniga, Tete, Mawson, Chalobah, Onomah, De Cordova-Reid, Muniz

Birmingham City (3-5-2): Etheridge; Mengi, Roberts, Pedersen; Colin, Bela, Woods, Gardner, Sunjic; Hernandez, Jutkiewicz

Subs: Trueman, Friend, Msampu, James, Bellingham, Campbell, Hogan

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