Derby debut for Tainio

Birmingham boss Alex McLeish handed a debut to Teemu Tainio for the derby clash with Aston Villa.

Villa manager Martin O'Neill gave debuts to three defenders - Richard Dunne, James Collins and Stephen Warnock.

The visitors kept faith with Gabriel Agbonlahor and Ashley Young in attack with England striker Emile Heskey on the bench after suffering from a tight hamstring.

Birmingham: Hart, Tainio, Roger Johnson, Queudrue, Parnaby, Larsson, Bowyer, Ferguson, McFadden, Fahey, O'Connor

Subs: Maik Taylor, Phillips, Benitez, Espinoza, McSheffrey, Damien Johnson, Carsley

Aston Villa: Friedel, Cuellar, Dunne, Collins, Warnock, Milner, Sidwell, Reo-Coker, Petrov, Ashley Young, Agbonlahor

Subs: Guzan, Carew, Delph, Heskey, Shorey, Beye, Gardner

Referee: Howard Webb (S Yorkshire)