Tottenham v BIRMINGHAM: Liam Ridgewell and Craig Gardner return after respective bans

ShareBirmingham's top scorer Craig Gardner and defender Liam Ridgewell return after two and one-match suspensions respectively for the Barclays Premier League clash at Tottenham on Sunday.Blues boss Alex McLeish will check on the fitness of Lee Bowyer (hamstring) Martin Jiranek (ankle) and Stuart Parnaby (groin) who were all substituted against Fulham. In and out: Gardner (right) returns against Spurs but Bentley (left) cannot play against his parent sideAlexander Hleb is definitely ruled out with a knee setback suffered against the Cottagers while on-loan Tottenham winger David Bentley is ineligible to face his parent club.Provisional squad: Foster, Carr, Johnson, Jiranek, Ridgewell, Parnaby, Murphy, Larsson, Ferguson, Gardner, Bowyer, Jerome, Phillips, Doyle, Fahey, Derbyshire, Mutch, Davies, Beausejour. CLICK HERE FOR THE WEEKEND TEAM NEWS IN THE BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE  Explore more:People: Craig Gardner, David Bentley, Stuart Parnaby, Lee Bowyer, Alex McLeish, Liam Ridgewell Places: Birmingham

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