Another Carling Cup round, where the team get narrowed down, and Birmingham will have to accept at home one of the surprises of the tournament Brentford.
Brentford already eliminated Everton at home, after penalties and advanced to the next stage. The team is doing poorly so far in League One taking the 19th spot, and will most likely struggle this year to stay in the group.
Meanwhile their only chance for some success and achievements might be this tournament which a lot of times is neglected by the bigger Premier League teams.
Birmingham, although now taking the 12th spot, where far far back before their last game and win against Blackpool. In fact this was their first home win since August 10th 2010.
No doubt Brentford is a lot more excited about this game. Defender Craig Woodman says: “We’ve got nothing to lose. We’ve got to go there and get in their faces and stop them playing. We’re a fit side, and can play a bit as well.
“We’re having a good season in the cups. They’re a good side, and we’ve got to be on top of our game so we don’t get made to look silly.”
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The general trend in these kinds of cups, is that the “surprise” tends to advance very far into the tournament. Few examples from last year are Reading and Leeds.
Here are few more interesting facts about both teams:
* Birmingham have won 17 and Brentford nine of the 31 previous meetings between the clubs.
* They have never met in the League Cup. Their previous meetings in cup competitions were an FA Cup second-round tie in 1990, when Brentford won 3-1 at St Andrews, and a two-legged affair in the Leyland Daf Trophy the following year, which City won.
* Birmingham’s last League Cup defeat against a lower-division side was in 2003 against Blackpool, who were then in the third tier.
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Draw game @ 4.50 (Open Bet365 Account – Claim your 100% Initial Bonus ): Birmingham are pretty good of keeping their goal clean here, while Brentford are very pumped up for this game. I am expecting a real battle, that will be decided in extra time.
