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Birmingham: Ruddy, Aiwu, Marc Roberts, Sanderson, Buchanan, Sunjic, Bielik, Dembele, James, Bacuna, Stansfield.
Subs: Etheridge, Hogan, Jutkiewicz, Miyoshi, Gardner, Longelo, Oakley, Burke, Donovan.
Leicester: Hermansen, Ricardo Pereira, Faes, Vestergaard, Justin, Winks, Ndidi, Dewsbury-Hall, Fatawu, Daka, Mavididi.
Subs: Ward, Coady, Casadei, Iheanacho, Souttar, Choudhury, Cannon, Stolarczyk, Nelson.
Referee: David Webb (County Durham)
After suffering one of the most avoidable relegations in recent history, Leicester City are loving life in the second tier. Since the league was rebadged as the Championship in 2004, no team has picked up more points in their first 20 games than the flying Foxes. Leicester’s 23-24 record so far comfortably eclipses their start in this division a decade ago, before Nigel Pearson’s side switched on the afterburners and racked up 102 points. That was the club’s most recent promotion, and we all know what happened after that, don’t we?
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