Manchester City welcome back midfielder Dietmar Hamann from suspension for the Premier League clash at Birmingham on Saturday.Of City's midfielders, only Martin Petrov has made more league starts than German Hamann this season.

Midfielder Michael Johnson, 20, should be fit to play at St Andrews despite struggling this week with a chest infection but England defenders Michael Ball and Micah Richards (both knee) remain on the sidelines.

City (from): Hart, Corluka, Onuoha, Dunne, Garrido, Jihai, Ireland, Fernandes, Hamann, Petrov, Johnson, Castillo, Elano, Benjani, Vassell, Caicedo, Geovanni, Sturridge, Isaksson.

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