Birmingham City manager Gary Rowett has insisted that his side have no fresh injury concerns, ahead of their Championship clash with Leeds United tomorrow.

The Blues will head into the game against the Yorkshire giants on the back of a 2-0 win over Reading at the weekend which helped the St Andrew's outfit to consolidate ninth place in the standings with 59 points from 40 outings.




On the other hand, Leeds are currently enduring a slump, with Steve Evans’ team winning just one of their last five league games, while losing three of those.

And Rowett, who feels dealing with mental fatigue is vital at this point of the season, urged his team to put in another “big physical performance” against the Whites at home.
 


"More or less everyone's fit", the manager told the club’s official site.

relatedNewsStory

"I think at this stage of the season fatigue doesn't really count. It's more mental than physical.

"I felt before the Reading game that the Charlton and Brighton games – because of the results not necessarily the performances, had just taken a little bit out of the players.

"You look round and someone like Maikel Kieftenbeld has probably only played maybe 28 games in Holland in a season and suddenly he's on his 40th game and he looks absolutely done.

"Then he goes and puts in another big physical performance on Saturday – that's what the group are.”

Birmingham, who won the corresponding fixture against Leeds 2-0 at Elland Road in October, are presently nine points adrift of fourth-placed Sheffield Wednesday with a game in hand.