Birmingham City vs Hull City team news: Starting lineups named for Championship clash

Wayne Rooney and Liam Rosenior have named their respective starting lineups and substitutes ahead of this evening’s Sky Bet Championship clash between Birmingham City and Hull City.

Set to take to the St Andrew’s Stadium dugout for the first time, Rooney will be keen to make amends for his managerial debut – a game Blues lost 1-0 away at Middlesbrough. Rosenior, meanwhile, will be hoping his side can end a four-game winless streak.

Birmingham can soar to as high as fourth place in the Championship standings with a victory, whereas the Tigers could move into the top six with a high-scoring win. Here are the two teams for tonight.

Birmingham City vs Hull City lineups

Blues XI: Ruddy (GK); Drameh, Sanderson, Long, Longelo; Bielik, Bacuna; Burke, Miyoshi, Dembele; Stansfield.

Blues subs: Etheridge (GK), Roberts, Aiwu, Sunjic, Gardner, James, Donovan, Hogan, Jutkiewicz.

Hull XI: Allsop (GK); Coyle, Graves, Jones, McLoughlin; Traore, Morton, Seri, Philogene; Twine, Delap.

Hull subs: Ingram (GK), Vinagre, Tufan, Docherty, Sinik, Vaughan, Lokilo, Christie, Connolly.