Skipper back for Birmingham

Birmingham are boosted by the return of skipper Liam Ridgewell for the St Stephen's clash with Middlesbrough at St Andrew’s.

The former Aston Villa defender, who looks set to replace Radhi Jaidi, missed Saturday’s trip to Bolton as he was serving a one-match ban after collecting five bookings.

Boss Alex McLeish is also poised to recall striker Mikael Forssell to play alongside Cameron Jerome in attack.

Provisional squad: Maik Taylor, Parnaby, Kelly, Sadler, Queudrue, Schmitz, Ridgewell, Jaidi, Djourou, Larsson, De Ridder, Muamba, Nafti, Johnson, McSheffrey, Kapo, Jerome, Forssell, O’Connor, Doyle.