17th place Birmingham City will take on 6th place Sheffield United at St. Andrews later today.
The home side remain unbeaten in six games against Sheffield United when playing at home and are coming off an important 1-0 victory over Leeds at the weekend.
The home side will be without midfielder Maikel Kieftenbeld after he suffered an injury to his anterior cruciate ligament during the fixture.
Gary Gardner will start after the birth of his child meant a halftime exit against Leeds and Jota will have to settle for a place on the bench for the 4th game in a row.
Birminham City will be hoping that inform striker and former Sheffield United player, Che Adams, will continue his good form as he will look to add to his tally of 25 goals and 15 assists in the league, after scoring against Leeds last time out.
Meanwhile Sheffield United have dropped into 6th after Leeds managed a 2-0 victory over Preston yesterday.
The Blades will have to manage without defender Jack O’Connell for the second game in a row after
a calf injury against Bristol City ten days ago, meanwhile Gary Madine returns from a three game absence after suspension.
Chris Wilder hasn’t managed a win in three fixtures against Birmingham City’s Garry Monk but his Blades side have led 1,228 minutes this season, the most minutes of any team in the Championship this season.
Results around the grounds today:
Hull 2 Wigan 1
Norwich 2 Reading 2
Brentford 2 Ipswich 0
Rotherham 1 Aston Villa 2
Millwall 0 QPR 0
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