Birmingham City match preview

Last updated : 18 October 2003 By Footymad Previewer
History of the Birmingham City v Aston Villa fixture

Aston Villa face a trip to Birmingham City at St. Andrew's at lunchtime on Sunday, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Villans have won 16 of the 49 games compared to the host's 21 victories.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in September 2002, with Birmingham running out comfortable 3 - 0 winners in a Premiership match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2002/2003Mon 03 MarAston Villa0 - 2BirminghamPREM
2002/2003Mon 16 SepBirmingham3 - 0Aston VillaPREM
1987/1988Sat 12 DecBirmingham1 - 2Aston VillaDIV2
1987/1988Sat 22 AugAston Villa0 - 2BirminghamDIV2
1985/1986Sat 22 MarAston Villa0 - 3BirminghamDIV1
1985/1986Sat 07 SepBirmingham0 - 0Aston VillaDIV1
1983/1984Sat 31 MarBirmingham2 - 1Aston VillaDIV1

Recent respective form guides

Birmingham City are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, These games have yielded a total of 13 goals for the Blues, with 6 goals against.

In complete contrast to Birmingham, Aston Villa are having a torrid time on their travels, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. While the Villans have hit 8 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Birmingham sit in a healthy 4th in the league, and have picked up 15 points from their 8 games. Aston Villa see themselves just below half way in the Barclaycard Premiership, showing a record of 8 points from their 8 games played so far,

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Birmingham63127610
Aston Villa631212810

FootyMad's prediction ...

Villa are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Birmingham. Home win

Sequence statistics:
BirminghamUnbeaten in the last 9 home games.
Not drawn a match in their last 4 .
Aston Villa8 games since last away draw.
No win in the 2 most recent games.


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