QPR v Birmingham line-ups: Duo make full debuts, Blues injuries
Idrissa Sylla and Ariel Borysiuk make their first league starts for QPR in the game against Birmingham at Loftus Road.
Striker Sylla, who played against Sunderland in the EFL Cup in midweek, keeps his place in the starting line-up.
He is supported by Tjaronn Chery in the number 10 role, with Sebastian Polter among the Rangers substitutes.
Borysiuk gets his chance to impress in midfield and there are also starting places for Massimo Luongo and youngster Olamide Shodipo.
Birmingham are without former Brentford striker Clayton Donaldson, who has an Achilles injury, while Robert Tesche has an ankle problem.
Adam Legzdins deputises in goal for Tomasz Kuszczak, who is out with a groin injury.
QPR: Smithies, Onuoha, Caulker, Hall, Bidwell, Cousins, Borysiuk, Luongo, Shodipo, Chery, Sylla.
Subs: Ingram, Lynch, Washington, Polter, Wszolek, Henry, El Khayati.
Birmingham: Legzdins, Spector, Morrison, Shotton, Grounds, Kieftenbeld, Gleeson, Davis, Adams, Maghoma, Jutkiewicz.
Subs: Trueman, Robinson, Cotterill, Wiggins, Brown, Stewart, Storer.
