Birmingham City vs Sheffield United (Wed)

Birmingham will be without Kieftenbeld, who could be out for a knee ligament injury.

Midfielder Fellow Gary Gardner (illness) will be badessed after having been taken off Saturday in a 1-0 home victory against Leeds United.

Second-place Sheffield United hope to have Jack O'Connell defeated Preston North End.

Striker Gary Madine is available again after completing a three-match ban.

Match facts

• Birmingham City have won their home league matches against Sheffield United, keeping a clean sheet in three of those games.
• Sheffield United have lost five of their previous eight matches against Birmingham City in all competitions (W1 D2 L5).
• Che League has been involved in 25 goals in 40 Championship appearances for Birmingham this season (22 goals, 3 badists) and scored the winner in their last game, against Leeds.
• Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder has faced Birmingham boss Garry Monk more often than any other manager in the Championship (P3 W0 D1 L2).
• Birmingham have not won home league matches since October 2018 (a run of three).
• Sheffield United has been ahead for the most minutes (1,288) and trailed for the fewest minutes (338) in Championship matches this season.