Derby County’s Boxing Day line-up to take on Birmingham City at St. Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park in the Sky Bet Championship has been confirmed (12:30pm kick-off).
Head Coach John Eustace is forced into one alteration, with vastly experienced central defender Danny Batth coming into the starting line-up. He replaces Dion Sanderson – on loan from Birmingham City – who is ineligible to play against his parent club.
It is Batth’s eighth appearance of the season, with the 35-year-old making his first start since November’s 2-1 away victory over Swansea City.
There is also a place amongst the substitutes for Academy midfielder Owen Eames after an impressive season with the Under-21s.
Birmingham City: Beadle (GK), Klarer (C), Robinson, Seung-ho, Gray, Leonard, Roberts, Iwata, Stansfield, Ducksch, Cashin.
Substitutes: Allsop (GK), Neumann, Furuhashi, Dykes, Wilumsson, Sampsted, Fujimoto, Koumas, Wynne.
Derby County: Zetterström (GK), Batth, Clarke, Langås (C), Agyemang, Brewster, Thompson, Elder, Ward, Brereton Díaz, Clark.
Substitutes: O’Donnell (GK), Forsyth, Blackett-Taylor, Weimann, Salvesen, Jackson, Adams, Nelson, Eames.
