Birmingham City vs Leicester City team news: Rooney and Maresca name starting lineups

Team news live from St Andrew's for Birmingham City vs Leicester City in the Sky Bet Championship.
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Wayne Rooney and Enzo Maresca have named their starting lineups and substitutes ahead of this evening's Sky Bet Championship between Birmingham City and Leicester City.

Set for battle under the lights at St Andrew's Stadium, both sides will be desperate for a win in their respective fights. Blues need to push away from the relegation zone, while the Foxes will be keen to extend an advantage at the summit of the league standings.

Here are both teams in full for tonight's game.

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Birmingham City vs Leicester City lineups

Birmingham XI: Ruddy (GK); Aiwu, Roberts, Sanderson, Buchanan; Bielik, Sunjic; Bacuna, James, Dembele; Stansfield.

Birmingham subs: Etheridge (GK), Hogan, Jutkiewicz, Miyoshi, Gardner, Longelo, Oakley, Burke, Donovan.

Leicester XI: Hermansen (GK); Ricardo, Faes, Vestergaard, Justin; Ndidi, Winks, Dewsbury-Hall; Fatawu, Mavididi, Daka.

Leicester subs: Stolarcyzk (GK), Ward (GK), Coady, Souttar, Nelson, Choudhury, Casadei, Cannon, Iheanacho.

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