Birmingham City v Newcastle United: FA Cup fourth round – live | FA Cup

Birmingham manager Chris Davies makes three changes from the last League One match, a 2-1 win over Rotherham a week ago. Bailey Peacock-Farrell, Marc Leonard and Scott Wright come in for Ryan Allsop, Taylor Gardner-Hickman and Lyndon Dykes.

Eddie Howe has made nine changes to the side that beat Arsenal in the Carabao Cup semi-final. Dan Burn and Bruno Guimaraes are the men who keep their place, but there are plenty of big hitters on the bench including Alexander Isak.

Birmingham (3-5-2) Peacock-Farrell; Klarer, Davies, Cochrane; Laird, Dowell, Iwata, Leonard, Anderson; Wright, Stansfield.
Substitutes: Allsop, Bielik, Hanley, Sampsted, Harris, Willumsson, Dykes,
May, Jutkiewicz.

Newcastle (4-3-3) Pope; Livramento, Krafth, Burn, Targett; Miley, Guimaraes, Longstaff; Osula, Wilson, Willock.
Substitutes: Dubravka, Ruddy, Trippier, Schar, Tonali, Isak, Hall, Murphy, Neave.

Referee Matthew Donohue (Lancashire)

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Hello and welcome to live coverage of Birmingham City v Newcastle United at St Andrew’s. This is one of the ties of the FA Cup fourth round, a meeting between the League One leaders and the League Cup finalists.

Birmingham, relegated from the Championship last season, have regrouped superbly under their young coach Chris Davies and will fancy their chances of a shock. They are very strong defensively and have conceded only four goals in their last 13 games; Alexander Isak will test just how strong they are*.

The FA Cup is probably third on Newcastle’s list of priorities, behind the Carabao Cup final and qualifying for the Champions League. But when you’ve waited as long as they have for a trophy, everything is worth your best shot.

Kick off 5.45pm.

* Edit: or not – he’s on the bench