Birmingham boss Pep Clotet will stress the need for calm ahead of his side’s Sky Bet Championship clash with Wigan.

Clotet is likely to name a similar line-up to the one that was edged out in a nine-goal thriller by Leeds on Sunday.

Jude Bellingham should keep his place in the line-up after impressing once again against Marcelo Bielsa’s men.

Clotet is anxious to bring back the likes of Jake Clarke-Salter (shoulder), Marc Roberts (ankle) and Maikel Kieftenbeld (knee) but the New Year’s Day clash is set to come too soon.

Rock-bottom Wigan saw their injury problems eased with the successful return to the starting line-up of Joe Williams for Sunday’s defeat at Nottingham Forest.

Despite a fine performance at the City Ground, the Latics once again found themselves on the end of a potentially costly defeat.

Boss Paul Cook has limited options to shuffle his starting line-up for the trip to St Andrew’s.

Charlie Mulgrew, Danny Fox and Kieffer Moore are all expected back early in 2020, but the Blues clash will come too soon.