City miss Dunne and Cole

Manchester City will be without Richard Dunne and Andy Cole for tomorrow’s encounter with Birmingham.

The pair are suspended after Dunne picked up his fifth booking of the campaign and Cole was sent off during last weekend’s defeat at West Brom.

Skipper Sylvain Distin (groin) and Ben Thatcher (hamstring) are doubtful and Danny Mills (fractured shin) is definitely out so Nedum Onuoha should play, while Bradley Wright-Phillips could make his first Premiership start up front.

Provisional squad: James, De Vlieger, Onuoha, Sun, Sommeil, Distin, Thatcher, Jordan, Sinclair, Croft, Barton, Reyna, Ireland, Musampa, Vassell, Wright-Phillips, Fowler.