Three changes in Huddersfield Town predicted lineup to face Birmingham as Tino Anjorin starts

Danny Schofield seems likely to make changes to his Huddersfield Town lineup to face Birmingham City after seeing his side labour through the first half against Burnley last Friday evening.

Josh Koroma particularly struggled on the left wing with Jack Rudoni looking brighter after replacing him; Jonathan Hogg and Jon Russell struggled as a high-pressing central midfield pair; and Tino Anjorin put in an encouraging showing after replacing Duane Holmes in an attacking midfield role.

Solving those key issues should be top of Schofield’s agenda for this game, and a slight shift in shape plus the introduction of Anjorin and/or Rudoni from the start could bring the new dimension to the attack that Town hoped to achieve over the summer transfer window.

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David Kasumu is injured, so Hogg and Russell will likely need to be retained, but dropping Hogg into a pure defensive midfield role would give Russell to play further forward – and we’re plumping for Anjorin to partner him in the more attacking central midfield role he played against Burnley, with Rudoni replacing Koroma on the left wing.

Our only other change comes in central defence. Rarmani Edmonds-Green did little wrong against Burnley, but Tom Lees has always looked more comfortable as the right-sided centre-back and so might be more naturally partnered by a left-footer in either Yuta Nakayama or Will Boyle, who is back from suspension.

Lee Nicholls; Ollie Turton, Tom Lees, Will Boyle, Josh Ruffels; Jonathan Hogg; Sorba Thomas, Jon Russell, Tino Anjorin, Jack Rudoni; Danny Ward.

Jacob Chapman, Rarmani Edmonds-Green, Yuta Nakayama, Duane Holmes, Josh Koroma, Connor Mahoney,