Birmingham v Man City
Barclays Premier League
Venue: St Andrew's Date: Sunday, 1 November 2009 Kick-off: 1600 GMT
Coverage: BBC Sport website, BBC Radio 5 Live, local radio, Sky Sports 1 & highlights on Match of the Day 2
Birmingham's Joe Hart is ineligible as he is on loan from Manchester City, so Maik Taylor will deputise in goal.
Gregory Vignal has recovered from a hamstring problem but Keith Fahey is doubtful with an ankle injury.
Manchester City duo Kolo Toure and Martin Petrov are available after missing the Carling Cup win against Scunthorpe with minor injuries.
City's only absentees are Robinho and Nedum Onuoha, both of whom are close to making their comebacks.
Birmingham City
Suspended: None Doubtful: Fahey (ankle)
Injured/unavailable: Bent (hamstring), Espinoza (ankle), Hart (ineligible), Murphy (knee), Martin Taylor (ankle)
Manchester City
Suspended: None Doubtful: None
Injured: Onuoha (thigh), Robinho (stress fracture)
Birmingham marked their first home game under new owner Carson Yeung with victory against Sunderland, picking up their first win at St Andrew's since August.
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Everyone in the back four is relatively new to the club... at the moment we are not doing what we are there to do, keep clean sheets, and we must start doing our jobs
Man City defender Joleon Lescott
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Yeung has promised up to £40m for new signings in the New Year, with vice-chairman Sammy Yu confirming this week that he and manager Alex McLeish have already compiled a shortlist of targets.
A £40m warchest may get Blues fans excited but it's virtually small change for City boss Mark Hughes; you half suspect you'd find that kind of sum sloshing round the back of a sofa somewhere at Eastlands.
Expectations at City are naturally sky-high, with Hughes' squad costing over £200m to assemble. The Eastlands outfit made an encouraging start but have stumbled of late - three successive league draws have seen them lose ground.
Joleon Lescott admitted he was at fault for Clint Dempsey's equaliser for Fulham last week but the defender went some way to answering his critics with a headed goal against Scunthorpe in midweek, his second in as many games for the club.
Head-to-head
• Birmingham have won three of their last four home games against Manchester City.
• City's last win at St Andrew's was 2-1 on 20 August 2005, when Joey Barton and Andrew Cole scored for the visitors.
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606: DEBATE
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Birmingham City
• Birmingham have lost six of their last eight games in all competitions.
• Blues have scored only eight league goals this season - only Portsmouth (five) have managed fewer.
• Birmingham have yet to score inside the first 35 minutes of a league game this season.
Manchester City
• For all their attacking talents, City have actually scored fewer goals (18) in their first nine games than at this stage last season (23).
• Mark Hughes' side have drawn their last three league games and won only of their last five (against West Ham).
• Carlos Tevez has failed to score in seven of his eight league appearances for City.
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Birmingham City
Bowyer: 3 goals (2 league)
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Manchester City
Adebayor & Bellamy: 4 goals (4 league)
Referee: Mike Dean
Assistant referees: Simon Beck & Richard West
Fourth official: Stuart Attwell
Birmingham (W2-1 v Sunderland, h): Hart, Carr, Roger Johnson, Dann, Ridgewell, Larsson (Carsley 84), Ferguson, Bowyer, McFadden (O'Connor 76), Jerome (McSheffrey 76), Benitez.
Subs Not Used: Maik Taylor, Phillips, Queudrue, Parnaby.
Man City (D2-2 v Fulham, h): Given, Richards, Toure (Kompany 90), Lescott, Bridge, De Jong (Ireland 72), Barry, Petrov (Wright-Phillips 67), Bellamy, Adebayor, Tevez.
Subs Not Used: Taylor, Johnson, Sylvinho, Weiss.
Birmingham scorers: Zarate 40, 54, McSheffrey 77 pen
Man City scorers: Elano 59 pen
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