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Team News: Ibanez, Elliot return for Birmingham

Pablo Ibanez and Wade Elliot return for Birmingham City for their Europa League match against Brugges at St Andrews.

Defender Ibanez starts after he suffered a head injury in the reverse fixture two weeks ago, while Elliot has recovered from a calf injury also sustained in Belgium.

Elsewhere Colin Doyle replaces Boaz Myhill in goal for the Blues, while Nikola Zigic and Adam Rooney are preferred to Marlon King and Chris Wood up front.

Birmingham City: Doyle; Murphy, Ibanez, Caldwell, Spector; Elliot, Fahey, N'Daw, Beausejour; Zigic, Rooney Subs: Myhill, Ridgewell, Burke, King, Redmond, Davies, Wood

Brugges: Kujovic; Van Acker, Donk, Van Gijseghem, Vansteenkiste; Zimling, Odjidja, Vazquez; Dirar, Akpala, Meunier Subs: Coosemans, Almeback, Rafaelov, Vleminckx, Perdichizzi, Deschilder, De Jonghe

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