McLeish has no fresh injury worries as Blues look to defend an unbeaten home record stretching back seven months including draws with Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal. The former Scotland boss said: "We have a couple of little niggles but we think everyone will make it." Skipper Stephen Carr will be walking a disciplinary tightrope for the games with the Reds and Manchester City the following weekend. Carr has picked up nine yellow cards this season and one more in either of those fixtures before a Football Association amnesty takes effect will result in a two game suspension. Birmingham (from): Hart, Carr, Parnaby, Johnson, Dann, Ridgewell, Gardner, Larsson, Ferguson, Bowyer, Michel, Fahey, McFadden, Jerome, Benitez, Phillips, Taylor, Tainio.
