Birmingham City vs Swansea City team news: Tony Mowbray and Luke Williams name debut lineups

Tony Mowbray and Luke Williams have named their starting lineups and substitutes ahead of this afternoon's Sky Bet Championship clash at St Andrew's Stadium.

Both taking on their first league matches in charge of their new clubs, there are high expectations from the two sets of supporters ahead of this one.

Mowbray replaced Wayne Rooney within just a week or so at Blues, whereas Swansea were without a permanent manager for a month before Williams arrived, taking the position Michael Duff left on December 4.

Birmingham vs Swansea lineups

Here are the teams the two managers have named on their league debuts.

Birmingham XI (4-2-3-1): Ruddy (GK); Drameh, Sanderson, Long, Buchanan; Bielik, Sunjic; Stansfield, Dembele, Miyoshi; Hogan.

Birmingham subs: Etheridge (GK), Aiwu, Gardner, James, Anderson, Bacuna, Burke, T. Roberts, Jutkiewicz.

Swansea XI (5-3-2): Rushworth (GK); Parker, Darling; Humphreys, Wood, Tymon; Grimes, Fulton, Cullen; Paterson, Lowe.

Swansea subs: Fisher (GK), Pedersen, Allen, Yates, Ogbeta, Bolasie, Patino, Naughton, Cooper.