Kevin Phillips is back in the Blues squad after injury.

Alex McLeish has named an unchanged side for the 12th consecutive Barclays Premier League game for this afternoon's West Midlands derby at St. Andrew's.

Fit-again Kevin Phillips returns to the bench along with Academy youngster Jake Jervis, replacing the injured Franck Queudrue and the now departed Damien Johnson from the 18 that was named for the 1-1 draw with Spurs.

Wolves are also unchanged from their last league outing, a 2-2 draw at Hull. Mick McCarthy rotated his squad for their midweek FA Cup defeat to Crystal Palace with six players swapped but it is back to the same 11 that faced the Tigers for today's match.

Blues: Joe Hart, Stephen Carr, Liam Ridgewell, Roger Johnson, Scott Dann, Seb Larsson, Lee Bowyer, Barry Ferguson, James McFadden, Cameron Jerome, Christian Benitez.
Subs (from): Maik Taylor, Kevin Phillips, Michel, Keith Fahey, Jake Jervis, Gregory Vignal, Craig Gardner.

Wolves: Marcus Hahnemann, Jody Craddock, Karl Henry, Stephen Ward, David Jones, Christophe Berra, Matthew Jarvis, Ronald Zubar, Michael Mancienne, Kevin Doyle, Kevin Foley.
Subs (from): Wayne Hennessey, George Elokobi, Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, Sam Vokes, Andrew Surman, Geoffrey Mujangi Bia, Adienne Guedioura.

Referee: L Probert (Wiltshire)