All change for Birmingham

Central defenders Martin Jiranek and Liam Ridgewell are the only players to keep their places in the Birmingham team for today’s FA Cup fourth-round clash against Coventry.

Central defenders Martin Jiranek and Liam Ridgewell are the only players to keep their places in the Birmingham team for today’s FA Cup fourth-round clash against Coventry.

Manager Alex McLeish had hinted at plenty of changes following Wednesday’s gruelling Carling Cup semi-final win over West Ham and so it proves, with keeper Colin Doyle, midfielders David Bentley and Alexander Hleb and strikers Kevin Phillips and Nikola Zigic among those brought in.

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