Jerome doubtful for Blues

Birmingham striker Cameron Jerome is doubtful for their Barclays Premier League clash with Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium tomorrow.

Jerome suffered an ankle injury during training and, although it is not serious, it could keep him out of the encounter with Arsene Wenger’s side.

Nikola Zigic could make his first league start for City since his £6 million summer move from Valencia if Jerome is unfit while former Arsenal midfielder Alexander Hleb has recovered from the ankle knock which kept him out of Belarus’ Euro 2012 qualifiers with Luxembourg and Albania but his midfield colleague Craig Gardner is again ruled out as he serves the second game of a three-match ban for his red card against Wigan.

Team (from): Foster, Carr, Johnson, Dann, Ridgewell, Larsson, Bowyer, Ferguson, Hleb, Fahey, Jerome, Zigic, Taylor, Parnaby, Murphy, Jiranek, Michel, Valles, Phillips, Derbyshire, O’Connor.