Wayne Rooney takes his Birmingham City team to Southampton this lunchtime looking for a first win, point and even goal of his fledgling Blues tenure.

He does so on the back of a chastening evening on Wednesday when Blues were beaten 2-0 at home by Hull City and were booed off after a dismal performance. Meanwhile, on the same night, Southampton were relieved to escape Preston with 2-2 draw thanks to an injury time equaliser than extended their unbeaten run to five games.

Blues make the trip to the south coast with Rooney pondering whether to revert to a formation and/or style of football with which his players will be more comfortable after concerns were voiced within Wednesday night's dressing-room inquest.

It will be Blues' first return to the stadium since September 2011 when they were beaten 4-1, on a day when Chris Wood's goal was scant consolation. Here's how you can follow the game.

When is Southampton vs Blues The match between Rooney's Blues and Russell Martin's Saints will kick-off at 12.30pm on Saturday, October 28.

Is it on TV? Coverage of the match starts at noon on Sky Sports Football with the Sky Sports Main Event channel then also picking up the action at 1:30 PM. Sky customers can also watch on Sky Go or the Sky Sports app from 12.30pm.

Where can I watch highlights? ITV's highlights show 'English Football League highlights' will be broadcast on ITV4 at 9pm, and repeated on ITV1 at 12:10am.

How else can I follow the match? BirminghamLive's Blues reporter Alex Dicken will be in the press box at St. Mary's to bring you team news, match updates, reaction and analysis via a live blog which starts at 10am.

What's the Blues team news? Rooney confirmed Ethan Laird and George Hall took part in training on Tuesday. Laird could be involved in some capacity today.

Meanwhile, Lee Buchanan (ankle), Keshi Anderson (hamstring) and Tyler Roberts (calf) have been ruled out until after the November international break. Alfie Chang is a long-term absentee with a serious knee injury.

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