The latest Birmingham City team news as Chris Davies’ side gear up to face Charlton Athletic in League One.
Birmingham City look to keep their winning run going as they travel down to London to face Charlton Athletic later today.
Birmingham City come into their clash with Charlton Athletic looking to make it eight in a row.
Since the opening day draw with Reading, Chris Davies’ side have won seven consecutive League One games. They haven’t all been plain sailing for the Blues, but they’ve shown an ability to fight back as well as cruise past some opponents.
After coming from behind to beat Peterborough United last weekend, City defeated Huddersfield Town 1-0 in the week. Summer signing Alfie May scored the decisive goal at St. Andrew’s.
They travel down to South London to face a Charlton Athletic side touted to fight for promotion. However, three straight defeats for Nathan Jones’ side has seen them slip to 13th in the League One table.
Birmingham City team news
After returning to training recently, centre-back Dion Sanderson played 45 minutes for Steve Spooner’s Birmingham City U21s on Monday. It could put him under consideration for a place in the squad this weekend, as per Birmingham Live.
Seung-ho Paik’s withdrawal against Peterborough United was only down to cramp and he played the full 90 minutes against Huddersfield Town.
There are some more long-term absentees who will be unlikely to face the Addicks.
Lee Buchanan, Ethan Laird and Fulham loan man Luke Harris are on the way back from injuries.
Predicted XI
(4-2-3-1)
Allsop; Gardner-Hickman, Bielik, Klarer, Cochrane; Paik, Iwata; Willumsson, May, Hansson; Stansfield.
After the midweek triumph, it seems unlikely that there will be wholesale Birmingham City.
The clean sheet against Huddersfield Town should see Craig Allsop retain his place ahead of Bailey Peacock-Farrell, who has had some shaky moments in the early stages of the campaign.
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The backline and defensive midfield spots seem unlikely to change but Davies could afford to rotate some players while maintaining a strong starting XI. Marc Leonard and Alfons Sampsted will be among those hopeful of coming in.
Alfie May should start again after his midweek goal while Emil Hansson should be confident of starting.
Big-money signings Willum Thor Willumsson and Jay Stansfield will almost certainly be in from the get-go.
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