Birmingham City vs Preston North End team news: Starting lineups confirmed in Championship

Gary Rowett and Ryan Lowe have named their respective starting lineups and substitutes ahead of this afternoon's clash between Birmingham City and Preston North End.

Blues will be desperate for a first win in six as Rowett returns to the home dugout at St Andrew's, with Birmingham merely three goal difference above Huddersfield Town in the drop zone. Preston, meanwhile, can continue their charge for the final play-off spot with a victory.

Jay Stansfield leads the line again for Blues today, with Koji Miyoshi and Juninho Bacuna earning spots on the flanks. Tyler Roberts drops to the bench despite starting away at Queens Park Rangers, while Jordan James returns to the lineup.

Birmingham vs Preston lineups

Blues XI: Ruddy (GK); Laird, Aiwu, Sanderson, Buchanan; Bielik, Paik; James, Bacuna, Miyoshi; Stansfield.

Blues subs: Etheridge (GK), Drameh, Sunjic, Dozzell, Gardner, Anderson, T. Roberts, Dembele, Hogan.

Preston XI: Woodman (GK); Lindsay, Hughes, Whatmough; Brady, McCann, Mawene, Holmes; Frokjaer, Keane, Riis.

Preston subs: Cornell (GK), Cunningham, Storey, Best, Seary, Woodburn, Millar, Stewart, Osmajic.