Birmingham City v Peterborough United early injury news as 7 out and 4 doubts

Birmingham City team news

Club captain Krystian Bielik is back in contention after serving a one-game suspension. He was given two yellow cards against Wrexham and that forced him to miss out against Rotherham United, though he still made the trip and is now available for selection again.

Dion Sanderson and Lee Buchanan are both in consideration, though there are competition for places across the pitch, and they might find it hard to displace Ben Davies and Alex Cochrane.

Buchanan suffered a calf injury towards the end of July, but started training last week, and is pushing towards being included in the match day squad. Sanderson was red carded against Charlton Athletic last month, and that coincided with him being injured, but now he's back after recovering from a foot injury.

Ethan Laird and Luke Harris are both sidelined until October with ankle injuries. Laird did his in August, coming off injured against Wigan Athletc, whilst Harris did his in the same game, however out of the two players, it's Laird who is the closest to returning.

Academy graduate midfielder Alfie Chang has not been included in Blues' squad list that they submitted to the EFL. They still have a place should they wish to include him, but he can still play for the under-21s team as an overaged player, and has returned to light training.

Out: Alfie Chang, Ethan Laird, and Luke Harris. Doubt: Dion Sanderson and Lee Buchanan.

Peterborough United team news

Ricky-Jade Jones suffered an ankle injury against Bristol Rovers at the weekend, but Peterborough are hoping he can recover quickly.

Asked about Jones' status for their match against Leyton Orient on Tuesday, Darren Ferguson said to the Peterborough Telegraph: “Ricky is a doubt, but he is also a quick healer.

"We will have to wait 24 hours to see how he is before we make a final decision."

Summer signing Chris Conn-Clarke will be out for six weeks though after damaging his collar bone. The 22-year-old made six appearances for Peterborough after joining them from Altrincham in the summer. Bradley Ihionvien could return either at the weekend, or in their midweek clash with Wigan Athletic next week.

Ferguson added: "Chris will be out for a while, probably six weeks or so, as he needs an operation and Bradley could be back for Saturday, but if not then, definitely for the Wigan game the following Tuesday."

Ryan De Havilland will play for Peterborough's under-21s team as he bids to make a return from injury. He an operation on his cartilage, which has so far stopped him from making his first appearance of the season for the senior team.

Rio Adebisi and Mahamadou Susoho are sidelined with knee and thigh injuries respectively.

Out: Chris Conn-Clarke, Rio Adebisi, Mahamdou Susoho, and Ryan De Havilland. Doubt: Ricky-Jade Jones, and Bradley Ihionvien.