Birmingham City v Barnsley

Published on: 19 August 2019

Birmingham City are the fourth club Jefferson Montero has been loaned to by SwanseaFollow live text coverage from 19:15 BST on Tuesday

Birmingham hope winger Jefferson Montero can play in Tuesday night's Championship game against Barnsley.

They have been awaiting international clearance since the Ecuadorian loan signing arrived on deadline day.

Blues, looking for a first home win over Barnsley in 11 years, have Kerim Mrabti nearing full fitness, but Jonathan Grounds, Cheick Keita and Maikel Kieftenbeld remain out.

Barnsley are hoping midfielder Alex Mowatt will be fit after a side strain.

Match facts

    Birmingham City are winless in their last five Championship meetings with Barnsley (W0 D2 L3), losing both matches the last time they met in the 2017-18 season. Barnsley are unbeaten in five league visits to Birmingham (W3 D2 L0) since losing 2-0 in August 2008 when Kevin Phillips and Garry O'Connor scored. Each of Birmingham's last four home league games has finished level, with the Blues opening the scoring in the last three. Barnsley have lost their last seven away games in the Championship, conceding at least twice in six of those. Lukas Jutkiewicz has scored in his last three home league games for Birmingham. The last player to score in four in a row at St Andrew's for Birmingham was also Jutkiewicz in October 2018. The average age of Barnsley's starting XI has been 22 years and 310 days, the youngest in the competition this season.

Source: bbc.com

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