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Man City face a trip to Birmingham City at St. Andrew's at tea-time on Saturday, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Sky Blues will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 45 and win only 15 of the 70 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in August 2004, the Blues carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Premiership match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Wed 20 Apr | Man City | 3 - 0 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 24 Aug | Birmingham C. | 1 - 0 | Man City | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sun 08 Feb | Man City | 0 - 0 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Fri 26 Dec | Birmingham C. | 2 - 1 | Man City | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 16 Mar | Man City | 1 - 0 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 26 Oct | Birmingham C. | 0 - 2 | Man City | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 05 Mar | Birmingham C. | 1 - 2 | Man City | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Birmingham City are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Blues in those games, with 3 conceded.
Man City have an average recent record on the road, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Sky Blues's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 9 goals for and 8 against.
Birmingham C.'s 1 points from 1 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position. Man City see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premiership, showing a record of 1 points from their 1 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Birmingham C. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
| Man City | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Sky Blues could well see them head back from St. Andrew's with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Birmingham C. | Unbeaten in the last 7 home games. |
| Man City | Undefeated in last 4 away games. Drawn each of the last 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |