Chelsea lost the first meeting with Birmingham this season with 0:1 on St Andrew’s. The team would want revenge here for sure
Chelsea is currently holding the 3rd spot with 61 points in 32 games, 8 points behind the leader Manchester United. Blue’s home record reads W11 D2 L2, scoring 29 goals in those game and conceding only 9, 3 of which came in one game against Sunderland. This means that Chelsea has scored 29 goals in 14 games at home and has conceded only 6. Since the loss from February 6th against Liverpool here with 0:1, the team has been on a row of 3 consecutive home victories over Manchester United, Manchester City and Wigan.
Birmingham are 14th at the moment with 38 points in 32 matches, an away record of W2 D7 L6, scoring 15 goals in those games and conceding 26 in return. The team is 5 points away from the danger zone, and it seems like it has nothing to worry about if they manage to pick at least 3 points in the remaining 6 rounds. Birmingham has made this season a memorable one, winning the Carling Cup, in a final against Arsenal. After it however the team has played 3 away games, drawing 2 and losing one.
Chelsea has been able to keep their net clean 9 times out of the last 13 games with Birmingham. After 12 games being unbeaten, finally Birmingham won the last one with 1:0 at home earlier this season. However the statistics on Stamford Bridge is a different thing:
27/01/2010 Chelsea vs. Birmingham 3:0
12/08/2007 Chelsea vs. Birmingham 3:2
31/12/2005 Chelsea vs. Birmingham 2:0
09/04/2005 Chelsea vs. Birmingham 1:1
18/01/2004 Chelsea vs. Birmingham 0:0
09/11/2002 Chelsea vs. Birmingham 3:0
Four loses and two draws for Birmingham in the last 6 visits here since 2002. The team has been able to score only twice here and a total of 3 goals, conceding 11.
The odds for a home victory here are incredibly low priced at 1.20, therefore we need something more rewarding yet safe. Only 4 teams have been able to keep their net clean when accepting Birmingham as a visitor.
None of the teams from London however have been able to do that, conceding at least a goal(Tottenham, Arsenal, Fulham and Bolton), besides West Ham. My prediction here would be Chelsea to concede at least a goal.
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