Birmingham City handed double blow - attacking pair won’t be...

The Blues’ first four games of the Championship season have been significantly influenced by the attacking duo.

Willumsson had started the two league games prior to the September international break, while Anderson had

participated in all four.

According to a report from Birmingham Live, Chris Davies announced that the duo will be out for the remainder of

the month at the very least after missing their most recent away loss to Stoke City.

Chris Davies reveals key injury update ahead of Swansea City clash

Both Anderson and Willumsson, who were not present at last Saturday’s defeat against Stoke, will be out until the

end of the October international break, according to Birmingham Live.

“Those two look like they will be unavailable until the next international break,” Davies stated after the Potters’ loss.

The club has not officially disclosed the nature of the injury, but losing a few key players for an extended length of

time is devastating, particularly given that the Blues are currently in a three-game losing streak in all competitions,

which has become uncommon in the last 12 months.

Anderson started both of Birmingham’s Championship games before coming off the bench in the final two.

Willumsson, who started 36 times in League One the previous season, made his first two Championship starts prior

to the September international break.

The striking pair will miss two crucial away games against Coventry City and fellow recently promoted team

Wrexham, as well as home games against Swansea City and Sheffield Wednesday.

Anderson started both of Birmingham’s Championship games before coming off the bench in the final two.

Willumsson, who started 36 times in League One the previous season, made his first two Championship starts prior

to the September international break.

The striking pair will miss two crucial away games against Coventry City and fellow recently promoted team

Wrexham, as well as home games against Swansea City and Sheffield Wednesday.

Although they are not essential first-team players, Chris Davies will have further headaches at this strange period for

him as manager since losing Anderson and Willumsson at the same time leaves him a little light in the wide areas.

With a record-breaking League One season in his first season in the St Andrew’s dugout, the former assistant coach

for Celtic and Tottenham Hotspur couldn’t have asked for a better first managerial position.

The Birmingham manager was always going to face tougher challenges this season in the Championship, and the

team’s back-to-back league losses to Stoke and Leicester City are similar to the first time the Blues had suffered back-

to-back league losses since April 2024.

Their unbeaten league home run under Davies will be put to the test the following game against a formidable

Swansea City team, so the schedule isn’t getting any easier either. Without two wingers who have been crucial to his

success as manager thus far, the Birmingham manager will have to manage that as well as the next three games.