After winning the Carling Cup final against Arsenal, Birmingham meets West Bromwich at home, in a round of the English Premier League.
Birmingham are taking the 16th spot in the table, with 30 points in 26 games, a home record of W4 D7 L3, scoring 13 goals and conceding 15 in those games. Birmingham’s most recent home game was a loss against Newcastle with 0:2. Before that however, the team had one victory and two draws. Birmingham was able to pull out a point here from Manchester City, Aston Villa, Manchester United, Tottenham, and 3 points from Chelsea. The only major team Birmingham lost to was Arsenal with 0:3.
West Bromwich, is taking the 17th spot with 29 points in 28 games, right below Birmingham but with 2 games ahead. The team’s away record reads W2 D3 L9 scoring 14 goals and conceding 30 in those games. In the last six away games, W.B.A recorded a draw, their most recent game and 5 consecutive losses before that. The team’s last victory away from home was on November 27th against Everton.
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In the direct games on St Andrew’s Stadium, Birmingham has tied one and won 3 of the last 4 games. Their overall record against West Bromwich since 1993 shows W7 D3 L2.
Six of the seven victories at home, have been achieved with a clean sheet, a bet that’s priced at 2.62.
While both teams aren’t performing as well as they would like to, seems like Birmingham is the favorite here. West Bromwich has changed managers and now on the lead is Roy Hodgson who has won only one away Premier League game of the last 28 for his teams. Birmingham played well against Arsenal in the Carling Cup, won a trophy which might boost team’s ego and therefore performance. A victory here will really make the team breathe easier, further from the red zone. W.B.A are an opponent that has achieved on St Andrews only two victories latest from which is back in 2001. Therefore I would back Birmingham to win this game, perhaps even with an Asian Handicap.
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Birmingham to win @ 2.37 (Bet365)
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