Birmingham City vs Millwall injury news - as four confirmed out and five doubts

Birmingham City play host to Millwall in the Sky Bet Championship on Wednesday evening. Blues will be hoping to build further momentum after a surprise 2-0 victory over Queens Park Rangers five days ago.

QPR were starting to look like a real promotion threat after flying up the table, but Blues put a halt to their hopes in a clinical display on Friday evening. An audacious backward flicked effort from Auston Trusty and a curled effort outside of the box from Emmanuel Longelo claimed all three points.

John Eustace has got his side playing with great confidence, with three wins and a draw in their last five Championship matches. They are now in the top half of the league standings and could even soar into the top 10 with a victory over Millwall.

The Lions have themselves been in good form, though, as they enjoyed an impressive four-game winning streak before a surprise 1-0 defeat to Huddersfield Town at the weekend. Blues will be hopeful this shock result will have knocked Millwall’s confidence a little, but the fixture still won’t be easy.

Here is all the latest team news ahead of the highly-anticipated clash, including a positive update from Eustace and a selection blow for the visitors.

What is the team news ahead of Birmingham City vs Millwall?

Eustace confirmed in his pre-match press conference that Gary Gardner and Przemyslaw Placheta remain out of action, but Marc Roberts has returned to training ahead of schedule and could be available as a wait-and-see. Nico Gordon and George Friend are continuing their programmes alongside the first team and the game comes too soon for them.

Millwall have four doubts, with Murray Wallace, Shaun Hutchinson and Ryan Leonard all missing their previous outing at Huddersfield Town. The trio will be assessed ahead of the game at St. Andrew’s. Benik Afobe is another to be looked at after suffering a knock in Yorkshire.