New loan signing Lewis Travis is handed his Town debut and Leif Davis returns to the XI as the Blues host Sunderland in this evening’s live-on-Sky game.
Kayden Jackson, Alan Judge and Troy Parrott return to the Blues’ starting line-up for this afternoon’s home game against Plymouth with James Norwood missing from the 18 and Jack Lankester and Teddy Bishop dropping to the bench alongside the Cole Skuse, who is in the squad for the first time this season.
Town boss Paul Lambert has made three changes for this evening’s home game against bottom club Burton Albion with Oli Hawkins, Emyr Huws and Keanan Bennetts coming into the team for Jack Lankester, Armando Dobra and Jon Nolan.
Boss Paul Cook has confirmed that striker Joe Pigott will be back in the squad for Saturday’s home game against Fleetwood Town having missed the last two matches following the death of his father, but otherwise kept his cards typically close to his chest at his pre-match press conference.