Keeper Márton Fülöp is rated at 50/50 for Saturday’s game at Nottingham Forest due to the back injury which forced him out of Tuesday’s defeat at Watford.
Boss Roy Keane says that if the Hungarian misses out he has no concerns about continuing with Brian Murphy in goal: "Márton’s still touch and go. He’s rested again today, he might do a little bit tomorrow, but if there’s any doubt we won’t play him because we’ve got a very good goalkeeper to back him up. Márton would be 50/50.”
Fülöp has been suffering with the problem since returning from international duty with Hungary last week.
Keane says the Blues suffered no new injuries against the Hornets, so Darren O’Dea (knee) and Mark Kennedy (hamstring) are the only players currently sidelined, while Alan Quinn and Luciano Civelli are still not ready for first team action after groin and knee injuries respectively.