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Duo ready to return
Manchester City, 13:02, October 30, 2009 ,
Kolo Toure and Martin Petrov are expected to return for Manchester City's trip to Birmingham on Sunday after shaking off minor knocks.
The pair sat their 5-1 victory over Scunthorpe in the Carling Cup on Wednesday as a precaution.
Wayne Bridge and Craig Bellamy should also come back into the starting eleven after being rested to the bench for that fourth round clash.
Nedum Onuoha and Robinho are still on the comeback trail after injury but otherwise it's a virtually fully fit squad which Mark Hughes picks from.
Man City provisional squad: Given, Richards Zabaleta, Lescott, Toure, Bridge, Kompany, Ireland, Wright-Phillips, Bellamy, De Jong, Barry, Sylvinho, Santa Cruz, Adebayor, Tevez, Taylor, Weiss, Johnson.