Birmingham City match preview

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.

For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here

Recent encounters between the teams:
2002/2003	Mon 03 Mar	Aston Villa	0 - 2	Birmingham	PREM
2002/2003	Mon 16 Sep	Birmingham	3 - 0	Aston Villa	PREM
1987/1988	Sat 12 Dec	Birmingham	1 - 2	Aston Villa	DIV2
1987/1988	Sat 22 Aug	Aston Villa	0 - 2	Birmingham	DIV2
1985/1986	Sat 22 Mar	Aston Villa	0 - 3	Birmingham	DIV1
1985/1986	Sat 07 Sep	Birmingham	0 - 0	Aston Villa	DIV1
1983/1984	Sat 31 Mar	Birmingham	2 - 1	Aston Villa	DIV1

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,

For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here

Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Birmingham	6	3	1	2	7	6	10
Aston Villa	6	3	1	2	12	8	10

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:
Birmingham	Unbeaten in the last 9 home games. Not drawn a match in their last 4 .
Aston Villa	8 games since last away draw. No win in the 2 most recent games.