Birmingham City v Bolton Wanderers
Che Adams has the chance to equal a 41-year-old club record held by Blues legend Trevor Francis if he scores for a seventh successive league gameFollow live text coverage from 19:15 GMT on Tuesday
Birmingham City have a chance to edge nearer the Championship play-off places if they claim a third straight victory at home to struggling Bolton.
Garry Monk's Blues, who have scored nine goals in their last three games, are expected to be unchanged following Saturday's 4-3 thriller at QPR.
Bolton defender Mark Beevers may return after missing three matches (Achilles).
Full-back Andy Taylor will be assessed after missing Saturday's home defeat by Preston North End.
Although sixth-placed Bristol City are also playing, if Blues win, they could move within two points of fifth-placed Middlesbrough.
Birmingham top scorer Che Adams' hat-trick at Loftus Road on Saturday took him to eight goals in six league games - and 19 for the season.
If he scores again, for a seventh successive league game, he would equal the club record of Blues legend Trevor Francis set in the spring of 1978.
Financially-challenged Bolton, in 23rd, start the night four points adrift of safety, having picked up just two points in seven games.
Match facts
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Since Blues dramatically escaped relegation with that injury-time Paul Caddis equaliser to make it 2-2 at Horwich in 2014, there have been just six goals scored in this fixture in seven meetings (four 1-0 wins for City, two for Bolton and last season's goalless draw at St Andrew's.
Having won 1-0 with a late Josh Magennis goal in August, Bolton are looking to complete a league double over Birmingham for the first time since 2009-10, when the two clubs were in the Premier League.
Since the start of the 2016-17 season, Garry Monk has enjoyed more home Championship clean sheets from his teams than any other manager (11 with Leeds United, 6 with Middlesbrough and eight for Blues.
Bolton have not won in their last 20 away Championship games played on a Tuesday since a 2-1 win at Doncaster Rovers in April 2014.
Lukas Jutkiewicz has been involved in 15 goals in his last 18 league appearances at St Andrew's for Birmingham (nine goals, six assists).
Bolton have not lost seven consecutive away league matches since losing their final eight away Championship games of the 2015-16 season.
Source: bbc.com
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