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Midfielder Bryan Hughes returns to competitive match action after an Achilles tendon injury while Mat Sadler, who made his first team debut in the Worthington Cup tie at Orient, makes his reserve team debut at left-back.
Other notable inclusions are club captain Steve Vickers, and Jovan Kirovski, hat-trick hero in the reserves last fixture, both looking for match fitness after injury lay-offs.
Kick-off at St. Andrew's is 7pm.
Line-ups:
Blues: Bennett, Beauchamp, Sadler, Woodhouse, Vickers, Parker, Hughes, Powell, Fagan, Kirvoski, Carter. Subs: Davies, Hipkiss, Evans, Allen, Barrowman.
Villa: Postma, Henderson, Bewers, Wright, Edwards, Hylton, Cooke, Stone, Hitzlsperger, Jackman, Angel, S.Moore. Subs: Fahey, McGrath, Davis, Cahill.
*The Blues' reserves last game against Everton turned out to be an absolute thriller with a Jovan Kirovski hat-trick helping Blues on their way to a 4-3 victory over the Toffeemen.... view a report on this game
To See Blues Reserves Results This Season CLICK HERE
