Source: Daily_Mail
West Ham v BIRMINGHAM: Alex McLeish forced to tinker as Christian Benitez is sidelined
Birmingham manager Alex McLeish will be forced to change his starting line-up for the first time in 13 Barclays Premier League games for the away clash with West Ham. [LNB]Striker Christian Benitez is ruled out with the ankle injury suffered in a challenge from Wolves goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann in the weekend derby at St Andrew's. [LNB]McLeish has to decide whether to give a rare start to veteran Kevin Phillips, after the 36-year-old came off the substitutes' bench to net twice against Mick McCarthy's side, or to push James McFadden into attack and draft Keith Fahey into the wide left role.[LNB] [LNB] Ruled out: Benitez goes down under Hahnemann's challenge[LNB]Defender Stuart Parnaby is back in the squad after recovering from a back problem. [LNB]Team (from): Hart, Carr, Johnson, Dann, Ridgewell, Larsson, Ferguson, Bowyer, McFadden, Jerome, Fahey, Taylor, Phillips, Michel, Jervis, Vignal, Gardner, Parnaby. [LNB]CLICK HERE FOR THE REST OF THE MIDWEEK PREMIER LEAGUE TEAM NEWS[LNB] [LNB]
