Overview

• Kick-off is 8pm BST on Friday at the Racecourse Ground, live on Sky Sports Football in the UK with streaming on Paramount+ in the U.S.
• Wrexham enter without a home league win and with troubling defensive indicators, including 14 goals conceded and the league’s highest expected goals against and shots allowed in the box.
• Birmingham arrive with three straight away league defeats without scoring, days after a 98th-minute Demarai Gray equaliser preserved a 2-2 home draw against Sheffield Wednesday.
• Squad availability is in focus, with Wrexham missing Danny Ward, Liberato Cacace and Ollie Rathbone, and Birmingham managing a stretched group following recent injuries and Jack Robinson’s return from suspension.
• Both clubs spent heavily over the summer and carry elevated ambitions under U.S. ownership, with Blues chairman Tom Wagner set to join the away end for the high-profile meeting.