Birmingham City v Preston North End team news: Jayson Molumby comes back into the PNE side

Jayson Molumby returned to the starting XI after being on the bench at Bristol City last Saturday.

Accompanying him back into the side were Ryan Ledson, Emil Riis and Brad Potts - all having been subs at the weekend.

Daniel Johnson, Darnell Fisher and Tom Barkhuizen dropped to the bench, with Sean Maguire missing out through injury.

Tom Bayliss coming back into the matchday squad to replace Maguire.

This was Paul Huntington's 300th appearance for North End in all competitions - the 26th player to reach that milestone.

Birmingham: Etheridge, Colin, San Jose, Dean, Friend, Kieftenbeld, Sunjic, Sancez, Toral, Bela, Hogan. Subs: Pedersen, Robewrts, Clayton, Jutkiewicz, Leko, Gardner, Dacres-Cogley, Halilovic, Trueman.

PNE: Iversen, Browne, Huntington, Davies, Hughes, Ledson, Whiteman, Potts, Molumby, Sinclair, Riis. Subs: Fisher, Earl, Bayliss, Johnson, Gallagher, Rafferty, Evans, Barkhuizen, Ripley.

Referee: Tony Harrington (Cleveland)

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