Follow live coverage as Bristol City host Birmingham City in the Championship. The Robins are looking to bounce back from their 3-2 defeat to league leaders Norwich City on Saturday, which was their second defeat in a row after being beaten by Premier League Wolves in the FA Cup. Yet it will not be an easy game, with Birmingham hot on the Robins' heels in the race for the play-offs. Garry Monk's side sit ninth in the Championship and are six points off the Robins - meaning a victory this evening would put them well and truly in the hunt for the top six. The Robins were yesterday boosted by seventh-placed Derby County's defeat to Nottingham Forest, and a win this evening would give them a five point buffer from the chasing pack. Lee Johnson is set to serve a touchline ban for the game, meaning he will be watching on from the Ashton Gate directors box. There is also an added element to the game, with Famara Diedhiou once again facing the side he was accused of spitting against last season. The Robins striker scored the winner in the meeting between these two sides earlier this season but a Birmingham star hit out at the notion of Diedhiou having secured 'justice' with the goal after his six-game ban. Follow below for all the build-up, action and reaction to the game.<doc-sep>GET THE LATEST ROBINS NEWS STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOX Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. SIGN UP Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Bristol City's big game against Birmingham City tonight is not being steamed live. Midweek games are usually streamed live by both clubs on iFollow and also made available by Sky Sports via the red button. However tonight's game is an exception to the rule. The Robins have decided they didn't want the rearranged fixture to be screened on any other platform, and because it was moved fixture they were well within their rights to do so. It is at the home club’s discretion to decide whether streaming is permitted. According to Birmingham Live, Blues wanted to offer a pay-per-view service for supporters who were unable to attend the game - and had no problem with the game being on Sky. If you are not at Ashton Gate tonight for the game you can follow our live blog, with Gregor MacGregor providing updates from the ground. BBC Radio Bristol will also be providing live commentary from the match. Lee Johnson's men are looking to get back to winning ways in the Championship after their unbeaten run in the league came to an end on Saturday with a 3-2 defeat away at Norwich City.<doc-sep>GET THE LATEST ROBINS NEWS STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOX Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. SIGN UP Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Without their bouncing head coach Bristol City had their own bounce knocked out of their stride on Tuesday evening as Garry Monk's team raided Ashton Gate for the three points. Lee Johnson served out a one-match touchline ban as the Blues won in BS3 for the first time since May 2017. The result leaves the Robins susceptible to dropping out of the top six in the Championship with tough games at Preston and home against Leeds to come in the next weeks. And back-to-back defeats after 13 matches without loss came via Connor Mahoney's first half deflected strike on 42 minutes and Michael Morrison's header two minutes after the break. Famara Diedhiou grabbed a consolation 24 minutes from the end. (Image: Rogan/JMP) The Harlee Dean - Diedhiou narrative played along nicely. First Dean benefited from referee Geoff Eltringham's whistle as the pair clashed before a sly elbow almost caught the striker as the pair tussled by the sidelines. Then Diedhiou almost took the bragging rights as he sent the Birmingham central defender into the stands for concessions cutting back onto his right foot to cannon at goal. Alas, over the bar too. Before that the lively Che Adams had almost stolen the limelight from the warring duo as he shot from 25 yards only for the ball to bounce the right side of the goal line. Computer said 'no' and we played on. Jutkiewicz shot but Adam Webster blocked. And Niki Maenpaa showed why the injured Frank Fielding was not being missed when he hurled himself to the right to keep out Kerim Mrbati's low shot that looked destined for the net. The Blues broke time and again, looking dangerous throughout. And from one such break Monk's team took the lead. (Image: Rogan/JMP) The outstanding Mahoney forced back Pisano before cutting past a lethergic looking Pack and the Italian right-back for a second time. His shot was tame but deflected off Josh Brownhill and dribbled into the net. With the Robins unable to muster a shot on goal in the first period, there was much to change. Off went the lacklustre Callum O'Dowda and Kasey Palmer who had both been ponderous in the opening 45 minutes and on came the rambunctious Matty Taylor abetted by Niclas Eliasson, with Jamie Paterson soon to join. And the changes had an immediate effect: Birmingham City scored a second. A free-kick from Mahoney found Blues captain Morrison at the back stick, and the 30-year-old deftly guided his header beyond Maenpaa. It was almost three when Mahoney freed Adams to run in goal, saunter past Maenpaa and shoot at the open net only for Kalas to steam in and slide the ball clear. (Image: Nizaam Jones/JMP) Finally the South Stand and Section 82 were woken up and the Robins were roused. Eliasson attacked via set-pieces and Paterson raided via crosses, as taylor went close before Diedhiou tapped in from a yard to keep things interesting. The Senegalese forward netted his 10th of the season as he met a Taylor knockdown following a deep Paterson cross from the Robins' left. Taylor and Brownhill looked to effect the game late on but none could generate that missing 'spark' that has eluded Johnson's team at times this season. A late Adam Webster header in injury time dropped the wrong side of the post as the fans of BS3 went unsatisfied, the music at the stadium turned up ever louder at the final whistle to drown out the victorious chants of the 1,000 travelling Blues fans. A third win in four for the Blues. For Bristol City, anxious looks over the shoulder. Could that Wolverhampton Wanderers curse be striking again? Teams: Bristol City: Maenpaa, Pisano, Dasilva, Kalas, Webster, O'Dowda (Eliasson 46'), Weimann (Paterson 63'), Pack, Brownhill, Palmer (Taylor 46'), Diedhiou Birmingham City: Camp, Pedersen, Colin, Kieftenbeld, Mahoney (Maghoma 64'), Adams (Vassell 80'), Jutkiewicz, Dean, Mrbati (Jota 70'), Gardner, Morrison Attendance: 19,777 (1,193 away) Referee: Geoff Eltringham<doc-sep>Sign up NOW for daily Blues headlines straight to your inbox Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Another fine win for Birmingham City and one that took them just three points off the play-off places. Another hard-fought win from Garry Monk's men may have delighted the Blues faithful, but the Bristol City fans were less than pleased with their side. This is what the fans were saying on the fan's website 'One Team In Bristol'. der no.2: Overall we looked disjointed and lost most second balls, Birm were well up for it and we wern’t. Maesknoll Red: My view (and I’m not alone) is the lack of quality up front, we haven’t got a prolific striker, we haven’t got a defender who scores like Flint used to, it’s goals that are costing us, not the conceding of them, but the difficulty in scoring of them. That game could have been 2-2 or even 3-2, had we made the most of the forward movement, which looks OK until the ball into the box and the final touch - or not even getting to it as is often the case. miketh2nd: we are missing a quality striker but also missing scoring easy goals from set peices like blues did for their 2nd goal. I also think we are missing depth in cm where the break in march cant come soon enough for the squad . cidered abroad: Apart from our goal, I cannot remember us working their keeper at all in the second half. countryfile: A poor performance all over the pitch, lots of tired legs, let’s hope the international break does some good, but with our remaining fixtures I can’t see us moving up the table, in fact eighth place would be a decent position to finish in, disappointing but once again the failure to strengthen is going to cost us it seems. Major isewater: We looked tired last night , lost out to a more physical side who were first to every second ball. WestonRobin: Felt like we were trying to force it, they were anxious to get back to winning ways. Rather than play the football we’ve seen recently we played lots of long balls which played in to their hands. Goodridgeandgoater: Brum were like a Warnock team and I mean that at least as half a compliment. Sort of side we always seem to struggle against. A very permissive ref then unpredictable ref didn’t help. Also showed centre-forwards with presence and menace can do. Having said that I thought Fam wasn’t bad today. Though if he hadn’t skyed that one in the first half things couldn’t been so different. What the Blues fans thought Charlie Lucas: Mrabti & Mahoney must start against Hull, looked so much more of a threat against a top side. CheClinical : I f****** love this club. 3 points on a class away day against a brilliant side. What a day, CTID Geoffrey Tomlinson: Well done BCFC, always give their best, always appreciated by their supporters. Jon Pearce: This season is as enjoyable as I can remember, on and off the pitch. Doesn’t matter who we play, we always compete, we don’t always win but we always compete. Great win tonight Kian Lennon: 3 points behind play offs, 5 points above the Villa Glowves : Oh the joys & sorrows of being a Bluenose... one week we are losing at home to Bolton now we are beating Bristol away!!! Well done chaps great result... 3 points off the playoffs Oliver Newman: Absolutely HUGE win! I said how important this match was after the Blackburn draw, it became a true 6-pointer in the playoff race & we managed to get the points. Paul Sharred: Cracking result, only 3 points off the playoffs in March and players know it’s gonna be taken away from them anyway with the point deduction. Showing great attitude to still get top results like this. David B: Mrabti isn’t up to pace with the Championship and he’s already looking great. Can’t wait to see him when he’s fully settled in Kaz : Great result tonight, so proud of Garry Monk and the boys in royal blue. Love my club Louise : Massive 3 points away from home and only 3 points away the playoffs. Forget everything else off the field. @GarryMonk has got the best out of this @BCFC side and every single player and all backroom staff deserve huge credit Ashley Sopher: Great win for the Blues tonight. If this points deduction doesn’t happen we could be play-off contenders! If it DOES happen, highly doubt we’ll go down. The life of a Blues fan, not sure who else can mention play-offs & relegation in the same tweet? What Lee Johnson thought "It was a tough watch. Particularly first half," Johnson told BristolLive following the game. "I think it's fair to say that Birmingham dominated, but without the ball. Not a phrase used that often. "Sat in that block of 4-4-2 similar to how we did it last year really. We played around the houses and our distances were too big in possession. We didn't move the ball quick enough and took too many touches. "And of course that led to playing into their hands. I watched them play against Swansea three or four weeks ago and they did exactly the same thing. And on that counter they were primed and good today," said the head coach. "I thought a couple looked leggy. They said they weren't after the game. That's no excuse because we had the option to make changes. "But in that Norwich game they ran the third highest total distance since I've been at the football club - one of those was the Manchester United game and I think the other was Manchester City. "I just thought a couple of them looked like they were running in treacle today," said Johnson.<doc-sep>
Birmingham City’s clash at Bristol City tonight is NOT available on Sky Sports via the red button. Midweek games are usually streamed live by both clubs and also made available by the popular TV provider. However, on this occasion the hosts decided that they didn’t want the game on any other platform, and were well within their rights to do so. Because the clash is a re-arranged fixture, it’s at the home club’s discretion to decide whether streaming is permitted. Blues wanted to offer a pay-per-view service for supporters who were unable to attend the game - and had no problem with the game being on Sky. So when the Robins responded, the visiting club were disappointed, especially as other midweek games at Swansea and Sheffield United have been made available to stream, much to the delight of fans in the city. Our man at Blues, Brian Dick, will be live-blogging throughout the night. You can follow his updates here: Commentary is also provided on Birmingham City’s official website here Garry Monk's opposite man Lee Johnson reckons his touchline ban will help him assess Birmingham City when Blues visit Ashton Gate on Tuesday night. The Bristol City boss will serve a one match suspension after picking up four yellow cards this season - tying him with Steve Evans for an EFL high. But the head coach is far from downhearted and says sitting in the directors’ box will afford him a better view of proceedings. “Yes [I’m] banned, officially. Well it’s not banned like a stadium ban. Just a touch-line ban,” Johnson told Bristol Live . “I haven’t been so rude that it would be a stadium ban. It’s just a slap on the wrist. “And actually I’m quite looking forward to doing it [watching the game from the stands]. I’ve wanted to do it for a while but not had the bottle. “The perception in football is that the head coach has to be part of the show - down in that technical area. But in certain games in particular you can really get an early bird's-eye view on patterns of play and areas to exploit. “So I’m actually quite looking forward it to now that it’s forced and it’s something I’ve discussed previously on a number of occasions with fan groups and the like. “You see it in rugby and Nigel Pearson did it for a bit but people didn’t really like it. While it’s forced it’ll hopefully be an enjoyable change. “It’s a director’s box seat for me and it’ll be interesting. I’ll sit there with my analyst and I’ll sit there with my speaker and headset via myself or via him and it’ll go straight into Dean, which happens anyway, and the messages will be relayed. “I can communicate. I can watch replays - so there are benefits. I can do the pre-match, half-time and post-match team talks, I just can’t be seen pitch-side on this occasion.” Bristol City are currently six points ahead of Blues in the final play-off spot but Blues arrive knowing victory would help their faint hopes of finishing in the top six. Garry Monk has also served a touchline ban this term, after being sent off for reaction to Maikel Kieftenbeld's subsequently rescinded red card against Brentford. The Blues boss sat in the stands in the following match against Rotherham and watched as a Lukas Jutkiewicz hat-trick produced a 3-1 victory.