World News – GB – Preston North End v Birmingham City: Alex Neil makes five changes to Lilywhites

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Darnell Fisher, Paul Gallagher, Josh Harrop, Tom Barkhuizen and Jayden Stockley entered the starting XI as PNE boss Neil responded to Wednesday night’s loss to Millwall

Aside, Joe Rafferty, Ryan Ledson, Emil Riis, Scott Sinclair and Brad Potts, all named to the bench

Some of them had been hit with a stomach issue during the preparation for the Millwall game and that may well have influenced the squad selection this time around.

For Gallagher and Harrop it was their first league start this season But even with Gallagher returning Alan Browne kept the captain’s armband

Fisher’s comeback came after more than a month on the sidelines with a hamstring injury

PNE: Rudd, Fisher, Bauer, Storey, Hughes, Browne, Gallagher, Barkhuizen, Johnson, Harrop, Stockley Submarines: Rafferty, Ledson, Riis, Maguire, Sinclair, Potts, Ripley

Birmingham: Etheridge, Dacres-Cogley, Roberts, Dean, Pedersen, Sanchez, McGree, San Jose, Sunjic, Leko, Jutiewicz Submarines: Colin, Friend, Kieftenbeld, Hogan, Blela, Gardner, Prieto

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