Birmingham City host Liverpool in Sunday's only Barclays Premier League match.
Birmingham team news
Newcomer Alexander Hleb looks like having to put his Birmingham debut on hold.
The former Arsenal player suffered a leg injury when on duty for Belarus in their mid-week Euro 2012 qualifier with Romania.
But fellow transfer deadline signings Jean Beausejour and Martin Jiranek will come into contention to face the Reds.
Veteran striker Kevin Phillips (calf) and defender Stuart Parnaby (hamstring) are not yet ready to return for the unbeaten Blues.
Liverpool team news
New Liverpool signings Paul Konchesky and Raul Meireles are set to make their first appearances in the squad.
Left-back Konchesky is likely to start, having had over a week to settle in after completing his transfer deadline day move from Fulham but Meireles may have to settle for a place on the bench having been away with Portugal.
Forward Dirk Kuyt is out with a shoulder injury sustained while away with Holland while Joe Cole serves the final match of his three-match suspension.
Striker David Ngog has recovered from hamstring injury but defender Fabio Aurelio still has a niggling Achilles tendon problem.
Squads
Birmingham: Foster, Carr, Murphy, Ridgewell, Dann, Johnson, Jirenek, Larsson, Gardner, Bowyer, Ferguson, Michel, Fahey, McFadden, Beausejour, Valles, Jerome, O'Connor, Zigic, Derbyshire, Taylor.
Liverpool: Reina, Johnson, Carragher, Skrtel, Agger, Konchesky, Lucas, Poulsen, Rodriguez, Gerrard, Jovanovic, Torres, Jones, Meireles, Pacheco, Babel, Ngog, Krygiakos.
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