Chris Davies must decide whether to risk playing Birmingham City’s international contingent against Stoke City on Saturday.

The Blues boss has been without Bright Osayi-Samuel, Paik Seung-ho, Lewis Koumas, Willum Willumsson and Lyndon Dykes for the past two weeks – all apart from Dykes started Blues’ last Championship fixture at Leicester.

Will Davies keep faith with them or trust the players who have been on the training ground over the international break?

Koumas and Willumsson are quite easily replaceable but Osayi-Samuel and Paik have started every Championship game so far.

There is a strong argument that Blues now have strong enough alternatives to leave both Osayi-Samuel and Paik out. Ethan Laird could switch back to right-back, which would allow Alex Cochrane to retake his p

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