Birmingham City will move inside the Championship play-off positions if The Blues win at Wrexham on Friday.

The first match of the weekend in the EFL is also a chance for the hosts to enter the top 10 and leapfrog their opponents with victory.

The hosts are unbeaten in four games in all competitions following their 1-1 draw at Leicester City on Tuesday, while former Premier League side City earned a 2-2 draw at home to Sheffield Wednesday courtesy of Demarai Gray’s 99th-minute equaliser.

101GreatGoals.com has full team news and line-ups from Wrexham vs Birmingham in the Championship, as well as details on how to watch the action live.

Wrexham lineup vs Birmingham

Goalkeeper Danny Ward, left-back Liberato Cacace, midfielders Ollie Rathbone and Andy Cannon and forward Jay Rodriguez are out injured for Wrexham.

Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson makes a change in defence, where Callum Doyle replaces Lewis Brunt.

“We’re on a decent run over quite a period of time,” said manager Phil Parkinson. “We’re starting to show consistency in our game.

“We spoke to the lads about a real big push to take us into the international break in good spirits with another good performance.”

Wrexham starting XI: Arthur Okonkwo, Max Cleworth, Dominic Hyam, Callum Doyle, Issa Kabore, George Dobson, Ben Sheaf, Ryan Longman, Lewis O’Brien, Josh Windass, Kieffer Moore

Wrexham substitutes: Burton, Scarr, Brunt, Barnett, McClean, James, Thomason, Smith, Nathan Broadhead

Birmingham City lineup vs Wrexham

Wingers Scott Wright and Keshi Anderson, left-back Lee Buchanan and midfielder Willum Willumsson are among Birmingham’s injury absentees.

“Before the international break is the best time to win a game,” said manager Chris Davies, who makes five changes,

“You have two weeks to enjoy it. It’s a game we really have to see as an opportunity to show who we are and what we can do and get a positive result leading into the break.

“We had two games against Wrexham, both of which had a lot of noise around them. But it’s not hard for me to not get distracted by that because I don’t engage or look at any of it.

“It’s just another game. I’ll always tell the players to just focus on the football. There’s nothing external that should derail us from what is important.”

James Beadle, Jack Robinson, Marc Leonard, Paik Seung-ho and Lyndon Dykes are the new faces in Davies’s starting team.

Birmingham starting XI: James Beadle, Tomoki Iwata, Christoph Klarer, Jack Robinson, Alex Cochrane, Marc Leonard, Paik Seung-ho, Patrick Roberts, Jay Stansfield, Demarai Gray, Lyndon Dykes

Birmingham substitutes: Allsop, Cashin, Neumann, Sampsted, Doyle, Koumas, Anderson, Fujimoto, Kyogo

How to watch Wrexham vs Birmingham: TV channel, live online stream

Kick-off on Friday is at 20:00 BST (15:00 ET / 12:00 PT), with the match being shown live in the UK on Sky Football and Sky Sports Ultra.

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Championship fixtures this weekend

Matches start at 15:00 BST / 10:00 ET / 07:00 PT unless stated otherwise.

Saturday, October 4

Blackburn Rovers vs Stoke City (12:30)

Hull City vs Sheffield United (12:30)

Sheffield Wednesday vs Coventry City (12:30)

Bristol City vs Queens Park Rangers

Derby County vs Southampton

Millwall vs West Bromwich Albion

Portsmouth vs Middlesbrough

Preston North End vs Charlton Athletic

Swansea City vs Leicester City

Watford vs Oxford United

Sunday, October 5

Ipswich Town vs Norwich City (12:00)