Skipper Luke Chambers, outcast left-back Jonas Knudsen, Trevoh Chalobah, Jon Nolan and Will Keane all return to the Blues side facing Norwich City at Carrow Road this afternoon but James Collins remains unavailable due to his hamstring injury (KO midday).
Chambers, who missed the Sheffield Wednesday match due to a foot problem, partners Matthew Pennington at the heart of the defence with James Bree at right-back and back-in-the-fold Knudsen, who last played at QPR on Boxing Day having indicated he'd like to move on in January and who netted home and away in East Anglian derbies in 2016/17, on the left. Toto Nsiala drops to the bench, while Myles Kenlock is missing from the 18.
In midfield, Cole Skuse is joined by Chalobah and Nolan with Teddy Bishop and Flynn Downes on the bench.
Up front, Keane starts in the centre with Freddie Sears on the right and Alan Judge on the left with Collin Quaner not among the subs.
Norwich, second in the Championship following yesterday's games, are unchanged from the team which beat new leaders Leeds United 3-1 last week with ex-Blues striker Jordan Rhodes on the bench.
Bottom-of-the-league Town are looking for their first derby win in nearly 10 years and their first victory art Carrow Road since 2006.
Norwich: Krul, Aarons, Zimmermann (c), Godfrey, Lewis, Vrancic, Trybull, Buendia, Stiepermann, Hernandez, Pukki. Subs: McGovern, Rhodes, McLean, Tettey, Hanley, Srbeny, Cantwell.
Town: Bialkowski, Bree, Chambers (c), Pennington, Knudsen, Skuse, Chalobah, Nolan, Sears, Judge, Keane. Subs: Gerken, Jackson, Harrison, Bishop, Downes, Nsiala, Elder. Referee: Peter Bankes (Merseyside).