Middle of the table Newcastle United are winless in their last five EPL matches as they travel to face 14th place Birmingham City. The match will take place at St Andrews Stadium in Birmingham, England on Tuesday, February 15, 2011. Kickoff is scheduled for 19:45 GMT (UK time), 20:45 CET (Central Europe), and 14:45 EST (USA Eastern).
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Scott Dann is the only first team player missing for Alex McLeish - with the centre-back all but ruled out for the rest of the season with the hamstring injury he picked up in the first leg of the League Cup semi-final against West Ham.
Birmingham will be without Alexander Hleb and James McFadden for the match tomorrow as they sit out with hanstring and knee injuries respectively, but they are the only injury concerns for The Blues. Liam Ridgewell and Martin Jiranek are both fit to start after recovering from the flu virus during the week.
With City’s squad having one eye on the Carling Cup final against arsenal Wembley Stadium on February 27 – Martins is eligible – the competition for strikers is hotting up.
Cameron Jerome, Kevin Phillips and Matt Derbyshire are the others in the mix to partner Zigic.
Defender Scott Dann’s absence through injury is something Newcastle will look to capitalise on.
Dann tore his hamstring in the Carling Cup semi-final first leg at West Ham and surgery has ruled him out for the remainder of the season.
