Town boss Paul Lambert has made five changes for this afternoon’s game at Southend, including handing Will Norris his Blues league debut in goal, while Flynn Downes and James Norwood both return to the XI.
Tomas Holy drops to the bench, while Luke Woolfenden is back at the centre of the defence alongside skipper Luke Chambers in a 4-4-2 system. Kane Vincent-Young and Luke Garbutt are the full-backs.
Flynn Downes is back in midfield after his hip injury alongside Cole Skuse with Gwion Edwards on the left and Danny Rowe on the right.
James Norwood is back up front alongside Kayden Jackson. In addition to Holy, James Wilson, Jon Nolan, Emyr Huws and Will Keane all move to the bench.
For Southend, who make three changes from the team which lost 7-1 at home to Doncaster in midweek, ex-Blues midfielder Luke Hyam is on the bench, while one-time acadely schoolboy Nathan Ralph starts.
Southend: Oxley, Bwomono, Kiernan, Shaughnessy, Ralph, Dieng, Milligan, Hutchinson, Cox, Hopper, Humphrys. Subs: Bishop, Hyam, Goodship, Demetriou, Taylor, Acquah, Rush.
Town: Norris, Vincent-Young, Woolfenden, Chambers (c), Garbutt, Skuse, Downes, Rowe, Edwards, Norwood, Jackson. Subs: Holy, Wilson, Nolan, Judge, Georgiou, Huws, Keane. Referee: Andy Davies (Hampshire).