Birmingham City have left Demarai Gray on the bench for the visit of Nottingham Forest to the City Ground.

Blues boss Gary Rowett has instead called up Jacques Maghoma to partner Clayton Donaldson in attack.

Meanwhile, Michael Mancienne is out of the game after the former Chelsea defender picked up a hamstring injury at the weekend.

Despite making a good impression from the bench against Queens Park Rangers, Nelson Oliveira is once again among the substitutes for the Reds.

Birmingham City: Kuszczak, Caddis, Spector, Morrison, Grounds, Kieftenbeld, Gleeson, Cotterill, Toral, Maghoma, Donaldson
Subs: Legzdins, Robinson, Gray, Solomon-Otabor, Shinnie, Davis, Brock-Madsen

Nottingham Forest: De Vries, Lichaj, Mills, Wilson, Lansbury, Ebecilio, Ward, Blackstock, Burke, Pinillos, Osborn
Subs: Evtimov, Mendes, Oliveira, Vaughan, Hobbs, O'Grady, Grant

Written by
Chris O'Keefe