Birmingham V Ipswich Sky Bet Championship Match 31 -August 2013.Birmingham boss Lee Clark will have goalkeeper Darren Randolph, defender Mitch Hancock and midfielder Shane Ferguson all available.
But 20-year-old Dutch-born Ghanaian striker Akwasi Asante is a doubt with a hamstring problem.Watch Birmingham V Ipswich Live, Watch Birmingham V Ipswich Live Stream, Watch Birmingham V Ipswich Free Live Stream, Watch Birmingham V Ipswich Online, Watch Birmingham V Ipswich Online Free, Birmingham V Ipswich Live, Birmingham V Ipswich live stream Online.
Defender Tyrone Mings is the only absentee for Ipswich, although he is expected to return to training.
Every other member of Mick McCarthy's squad has trained this week and is available for selection this weekend.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
• Ipswich last season did the double over Birmingham for the first time in over 30 years.
• Birmingham had won seven and drawn four of their 11 previous home league matches against Ipswich until losing to a DJ Campbell goal against his former club.
• It was also the first time in 13 league and cup meetings against the Tractor Boys at St Andrews that the home side had failed to score.
Birmingham City
• There has not been more than a single goal between the sides in any of Birmingham's six league and cup games to date - and they shared six goals with Yeovil in the Capital One Cup last time out before winning on penalties .
• Birmingham are one of four clubs without a home point or goal in the Championship.
• Defeat would make this Blues's worst start to a league season in 25 years, and also see them losing three successive second tier games for the first time since September 2001.
• Midfielder Wade Elliott could make his 550th career league appearance.
Ipswich Town
• Mick McCarthy revisits St Andrews where he started his Ipswich managerial reign last November and gained the first of 16 wins from 39 league and cup matches to date.
• The Tractor Boys have lost all three away league and cup games this season and are desperate to avoid four successive Championship defeats on the road - something last endured by the club in December 2007.
• Ipswich have chalked up more than three points after the first five fixtures in eight of the last nine seasons, the exception being in 2009 when Roy Keane's men only managed two draws in the first five outings and took 15 games to win in the league.
• Defender Carlos Edwards could make his 400th career league start.