Blues sweating over defensive pair

Birmingham are hopeful Roger Johnson and Liam Ridgewell will be fit for the home Premier League clash with leaders Chelsea on Boxing Day.

Last Updated: 24/12/09 at 09:28

Johnson: Knee injury

Johnson: Knee injury

Centre-back and lifelong Chelsea fan Johnson and left-back Ridgewell suffered knee and ankle knocks respectively during the 1-1 draw with Everton at Goodison Park on Sunday.

Johnson has been ever present in City's 18 league games since his £5million move from Cardiff during the summer while Ridgewell has impressed since being converted from a central defender into his current role.

If the duo recover, Birmingham are expected to be unchanged for the seventh successive game.

Kick-off at St Andrew's is 12.45pm.

Blues (from): Hart, Carr, Roger Johnson, Dann, Ridgewell, Larsson, Ferguson, Bowyer, McFadden, Jerome, Benitez, Maik Taylor, Fahey, Vignal, Carsley, Phillips, McSheffrey, Damien Johnson, Queudrue, Parnaby.

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Premier League Fixtures

Saturday, 17 August 2013
15:00
Arsenal v A Villa  
Chelsea v Hull City  
C Palace v Tottenham  
Liverpool v Stoke City  
Man City v Newcastle  
Norwich v Everton  
Sunderland v Fulham  
Swansea v Man Utd  
West Brom v Southampton  
West Ham v Cardiff  

Barclays Premier League

Position Team P GD PTS
1 Arsenal 0 0 0
2 A Villa 0 0 0
3 Cardiff 0 0 0
4 Chelsea 0 0 0
5 C Palace 0 0 0
6 Everton 0 0 0
7 Fulham 0 0 0
8 Hull City 0 0 0
9 Liverpool 0 0 0
10 Man City 0 0 0
11 Man Utd 0 0 0
12 Newcastle 0 0 0
13 Norwich 0 0 0
14 Southampton 0 0 0
15 Stoke City 0 0 0
16 Sunderland 0 0 0
17 Swansea 0 0 0
18 Tottenham 0 0 0
19 West Brom 0 0 0
20 West Ham 0 0 0

Updated Mon, 17 Jun 2013

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