Defenders Richard Dunne and Stephen Warnock are back in contention for Aston Villa, while Birmingham City have strikers James McFadden and Cameron Jerome back to full fitness.
Jerome had been playing with a back problem, but seems to have overcome this, while McFadden has shaken off the groin strain he picked up against Hull last time out.
Birmingham boss Alex McLeish is unlikely to make further changes to his side, which means no start for striker Christian Benitez, who will have to be content with a place on the bench.
Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill will bring Richard Dunne and Stephen Warnock back into the starting line-up.
Also fit again after a groin problem is skipper Stillyan Petrov, who returns to the centre of midfield.
Norway international John Carew will again be preferred to England's Emile Heskey as partner to the in-form Gabriel Agbonlahor.
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