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Only four other strikers in the league scored more goals than the 15 registered by Che Adams, Blues top scorer, this seasonFollow live text coverage on Saturday from 14:00 GMT
Birmingham City striker, Che Adams, is free to play after the Blues have pushed back the big interest for the day of the transfer in their top scorer of 15 goals.
Left-back Kristian Pedersen is serving a one-game suspension after being kicked out of two yellow cards in the 3-3 draw Tuesday at Swansea.
Tendayi Darikwa of Nottingham Forest is serving the last of his three ban matches.
Newcastle United lender Jack Colback is also suspended after collecting 11 yellow cards this season.
Michael Dawson is absent until six weeks after suffering a setback at the first training session of his boss Martin O'Neill, while Michael Hefele is away for the season with a problem of ## 147 ## 39; Achilles.
The Blues start the day in 12th place with 40 points, only two points behind Forest, ninth, who has his three new recruits available, Wolves forward Leo Bonatini, Monaco Pele midfielder and center of Udinese Molla Wague
Match facts
Birmingham City has won only one of their last seven league games against Nottingham Forest – the 1-0 win at St Andrew's in November 2017, while Che Adams had scored the only goal .
There have been only five goals scored in the last five league games between Blues and Forest in St Andrew's.
This is the fourth consecutive season that Blues and Forest had a different coach for this game – 2015-16: Gary Rowett and Dougie Freedman; 2016-17: Gianfranco Zola and Philippe Montanier; 2017-18: Steve Cotterill and Mark Warburton; 2018-19: Garry Monk and Martin O'Neill.
The Blues have lost two of their last four home games, having been undefeated at St Andrew's in their last 15 games.
Forest is looking to win two consecutive games in the Championship for the first time since September 2018.
New Forest boss Martin O'Neill has won his last six games against Birmingham in all competitions. He lost for the last time a game with Blues as manager of Norwich City in August 1995.
Source: bbc.com
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