Craig Gardner, Birmingham's leading scorer, starts a three-match ban after his straight red card against Wigan last weekend so Alex McLeish could switch Lee Bowyer from the left flank his preferred central midfield position alongside Barry Ferguson.
Keith Fahey will be in contention for a recall after not starting a league game since the opening day of the campaign at Sunderland.
Birmingham (from): Foster, Carr, Johnson, Dann, Ridgewell, Larsson, Ferguson, Bowyer, Fahey, Hleb, Jerome, Taylor, Parnaby, Murphy, Jiranek, Michel, Beausejour, Valles, Zigic, Phillips, Derbyshire.
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Source: Team Talk
Source: Team Talk