Jordan James starts: The predicted Birmingham City XI to face Peterborough on Tuesday night | OneFootball

Birmingham City earned a much needed 2-1 win over Barnsley at the weekend to increase the gap between themselves and the relegation zone to 12 points.

The victory ended a six match winless run for the Blues, with Onel Hernandez and Scott Hogan’s finishes making the points safe before Victor Adeboyejo set up a grandstand finish in the 87th minute.

Lee Bowyer finally switched to a back four against the Tykes, a system that much better suits the personnel at his disposal and could pay dividends once again when the Blues welcome a very out of form Peterborough United side.

The Posh have won just one of their last 11 in the second tier and could provide low hanging fruit for Bowyer’s men to push back up towards the top half.

Here, we have predicted an unchanged side from the one that got the better of the Tykes on Saturday…

There may be a temptation to rest Onel Hernandez, and replace him with Jeremie Bela, due to the quick turnaround and the Cuban’s lack of regular first team action this season.

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Ivan Sunjic replaced Jordan James in the second half on Saturday, but given his situation at the club this month, Bowyer may be better advised to continue to keep him on the fringes.

Bowyer has typically looked to maintain consistency of selection with a winning team, and having successfully changed formation at the weekend, it would be a surprise to see any kind of wholesale changes at St Andrew’s on Tuesday evening.