Birmingham City vs Peterborough United team news: Lineups named for Vertu Trophy final

Good afternoon from a sunny Wembley Stadium, where kick-off is fast approaching for Birmingham City’s highly-anticipated Vertu Trophy final clash with Peterborough United.

Chris Davies’ men, promoted back to the Championship at the first time of asking and confirmed as League One champions on Saturday, will be eager to celebrate further success by adding more silverware this afternoon. Blues have been counting down the days for their visit to Wembley ever since their 2-1 semi-final victory over Bradford City in February; now the time has come to drink in the season’s triumphs at the home of football.

Birmingham, who beat Peterborough just five days ago in League One, are undoubtedly the favourites this afternoon. The Posh won’t be easy to beat, however, as they have experienced this kind of occasion before having won the competition with a final win over Wycombe Wanderers last season.

Davies has opted for six changes from the lineup that beat Peterborough midweek, bringing in Ethan Laird, Ben Davies, Paik Seung-ho, Kieran Dowell, Keshi Anderson and Jay Stansfield for Alfons Sampsted, Krystian Bielik, Marc Leonard, Luke Harris, Taylor Gardner-Hickman and Alfie May.

Birmingham vs Peterborough lineups

Without further ado, here are the two teams in full at Wembley.

Blues XI: Allsop (GK); Laird, Klarer, Davies, Cochrane; Paik, Iwata; Dowell, Willumsson, Anderson; Stansfield.

Blues subs: Peacock-Farrell (GK), Hanley, Gardner-Hickman, Leonard, Harris, May, Jutkiewicz.

Posh XI: Steer (GK); Dornelly, Fernandez, Kyprianou, Mills; Collins, Wallin; Poku, Mothersille, Odoh; Jones.

Posh subs: Bilokapic (GK), De Havilland, Conn-Clarke, Hayes, Lindgren, Susoho, Katongo.

Read on as Davies pens an emotional 600-word letter to Birmingham fans in his Wembley programme notes.