Birmingham City vs Ipswich Town team news: Starting lineups named for Championship fixture

Wayne Rooney and Kieran McKenna have named their respective starting lineups and substitutes for this afternoon’s Sky Bet Championship fixture between Birmingham City and Ipswich Town.

Kicking off at 3pm at St Andrew’s Stadium, both sides will be desperate for a win but for differing reasons.

Birmingham are without a victory in their first three matches since Rooney arrived at the club, meaning the manager is already under pressure to start picking up results.

Ipswich, meanwhile, have the opportunity to move within just two points of league leaders Leicester City after the Foxes suffered a surprise 1-0 defeat to Leeds United on Friday night.

Here are both teams in full.

Birmingham vs Ipswich team news

Blues XI: Ruddy (GK); Laird, Sanderson, Aiwu, Drameh; James, Sunjic, Bacuna; Miyoshi, Burke, Stansfield.

Blues subs: Etheridge (GK), Roberts, Long, Longelo, Bielik, Gardner, Dembele, Hogan, Jutkiewicz.

Ipswich XI: Hladky (GK); Clarke, Woolfenden, Burgess, Davis; Morsy, Luongo, Hutchinson; Broadhead, Hirst, Chaplin.

Ipswich subs: Walton (GK), Tuanzebe, Ball, Humphreys, Taylor, Harness, Jackson, Scarlett, Ladapo.