QPR V Birmingham Sky Bet Championship Match 14 -September 2013. Tom Carroll and Matt Phillips will be in the QPR squad to face Birmingham following their summer moves from Tottenham and Blackpool respectively.
But boss Harry Redknapp says Benoit Assou-Ekotto and Niko Kranjcar are not fit enough to be considered.
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Hayden Mullins will miss out for Birmingham with a calf injury picked up in a behind-closed-doors game.
Deadline-day signing Paul Caddis could start after his switch from Swindon Town.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
• This is the 50th meeting in senior football; Birmingham have won 21, QPR 15, with 13 drawn.
• They last clashed in the Championship in 2008-09, when Rangers took points off City for the first time in four attempts, with a 1-0 win at Loftus Road.
• That was Birmingham's first defeat in 15 league matches with the Hoops, winning eight and drawing six since 1986.
Queens Park Rangers
• Queens Park Rangers are bidding for a fourth straight league win in defence of one of the two remaining unbeaten records in the Championship.
• Harry Redknapp's side have not conceded in 325 minutes (five hours 25 minutes) of Championship football, since James Vaughan struck the opening goal in Huddersfield's 1-1 home draw on 10 August.
• Midfielder Joey Barton could make his 250th start for an English club.
Birmingham City
• Birmingham have only beaten Yeovil in this league campaign.
• A fourth defeat from the sixth match would signal their worst start to a league season in 25 years.
• Defender Paul Robinson is standing by to making his 600th club career start.