Grant Ward returns to the Blues starting line-up for the suspended Tayo Edun in an otherwise unchanged side facing Derby County at Pride Park (Sky Sports Football, red button/iFollow, KO 7.45pm).
Ward will take up Edun’s role on the left of the midfield with the rest of the team lining up as they did for Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Aston Villa. The on-loan Fulham man misses one game following his red card on Saturday.
For Derby, Martyn Waghorn drops to the bench alongside Jack Marriott, while former loanee Tom Lawrence starts, as does Town nemesis David Nugent looking to add to his 15 goals in 16 games against the Blues.
Derby: Carson, Forsyth, Bryson, Tomori, Keogh (c), Mount, Lawrence, Evans, Bennett, Nugent, Bogle. Subs: Roos, Wisdom, Waghorn, Jozefzoon, Marriott, Lowe, Ledley.
Town: Bialkowski, Donacien, Nsiala, Chambers (c), Knudsen, Chalobah, Skuse, Ward, Nolan, Edwards, Harrison. Subs: Gerken, Jackson, Spence, Roberts, Sears, Downes. Kenlock. Referee: Scott Duncan (Northumberland).