Forced off inside 18 minutes against Middlesbrough earlier this month with a calf issue. Has been back in training but unlikely to be rushed.Forced off inside 18 minutes against Middlesbrough earlier this month with a calf issue. Has been back in training but unlikely to be rushed.
Forced off inside 18 minutes against Middlesbrough earlier this month with a calf issue. Has been back in training but unlikely to be rushed. | Getty Images

Birmingham City vs Preston North End injury and team news as six out and three doubts

Gary Rowett will be looking for his first win as Birmingham manager on Monday.

Birmingham City are in desperate need of points and will hope to turn things around at home to Preston North End on Monday. Gary Rowett's side were dealt a crushing blow at QPR on Friday, conceding a 92nd-minute Jimmy Dunne wonder goal to lose 2-1 after Steve Cook cancelled out Juninho Bacuna's opener.

The Blues have taken just one point from their last seven games and are drifting closer to the bottom three with each passing week, with Rowett desperate to stop the rot. They welcome to St. Andrew's a Preston side pushing for play-offs amid a good run of form.

Both Birmingham and Preston are battling injury issues ahead of the Easter Monday clash and the tight turnaround presents a challenge for Rowett and his opposite number Ryan Lowe. Take a look below at who is out and who is a doubt.

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