Team News: Pablo Ibanez, Nikola Zigic make Birmingham City bench

Birmingham City's Pablo Ibanez and Nikola Zigic have been named on the substitutes' bench for their Championship encounter with Crystal Palace.

Manager Lee Clark has chosen not to take a chance on either player's fitness after they returned from injury earlier this week.

Clark is without the services of Hayden Mullins, who is suspended after picking up a fifth yellow card of the season against Wolverhampton Wanderers last week.

High-flying Palace are without the suspended Mile Jedinak, but defender Joel Ward makes a return to the starting lineup and Stuart O'Keefe was passed fit for the bench.

Birmingham: Butland; Caddis, Davies, Caldwell, Robinson; Burke, Diop, Reilly, Elliott, Lovenkrands, King

Crystal Palace: Speroni, Ward, Delaney, Ramage, Parr, Bolasie, Dikgacoi, Garvan, Moritz, Zaha, Murray