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Birmingham City vs Fulham - 09/11/2019

Birmingham to hold firm against Fulham
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Birmingham City’s pattern of results continued last Saturday when they suffered a 4-2 defeat away at Cardiff City which followed previous back-to-back wins for The Blues against Blackburn Rovers and Luton Town.

Having now lost their last 4 away matches on the trot, Birmingham will no doubt be keen to return to their familiar surroundings of St Andrews this Saturday when they play host to Fulham against whom they’ve beaten in 4 of the last 6 meetings.

This includes beating The Cottagers in the last two meetings on the trot at St Andrews, and with a solid home record which has seen Birmingham City win 5 of their last 6 matches on home turf in the Championship.

Victories over Barnsley, Stoke City, Middlesbrough, Blackburn Rovers and Luton Town have helped maintain Birmingham’s mid-table position in the second tier, while the bigger picture shows that The Blues have lost just 1 out of their last 11 matches at St Andrews.

Fulham dropped down to 8th place in the Championship following their surprise 3-0 defeat at home to Hull City last weekend, and they now face a tricky trip to the west midlands this Saturday afternoon as they look to break down a solid Birmingham unit in their own backyard.

Fulham have managed to register just 1 win out of their last 5 matches overall in the Championship which was a 3-2 home win against London rivals, Luton Town, but recent defeats to Stoke City and Hull City have prevented Scott Parker’s side from breaking into the play-off pack.

Overall, it’s been a fairly reasonable start to the new Championship campaign for Fulham who occupy 8th place but are just 2 points adrift of 6th placed Bristol City prior to this weekend’s action, but results away from home have held Fulham back somewhat in their quest to become serious contenders for promotion.

The visitors have registered just 2 wins out of their first 7 matches away from home which were gained at Huddersfield Town and Reading, but draws at Cardiff City, Sheffield Wednesday and Middlesbrough along with losses at Barnsley and Stoke City perhaps hand the initiative to Birmingham City in this clash.

Birmingham City are a hard team to beat at St Andrews and having had the better of Fulham in recent exchanges, the hosts should at least avoid defeat here and can be backed with the double chance option.

Home team
Away team
Probability %
1X2
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
CH
353728
X
1 - 1
1.82
3.32
3.21 3.32 2.37 -1 -1 1
FT
0 - 1(0 - 0)
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- - -
Championship Regular Season
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Ipswich Town 89 43 26 11 6 32
2
Leicester City 88 42 28 4 10 41
3
Leeds United 87 43 26 9 8 42
4
Southampton 84 42 25 9 8 30
5
West Bromwich 72 43 20 12 11 24
6
Norwich City 71 43 21 8 14 16
7
Hull City 65 42 18 11 13 8
8
Coventry City 63 42 17 12 13 14
9
Middlesbrough 63 43 18 9 16 5
10
Preston North End 63 43 18 9 16 -4
11
Cardiff City 59 43 18 5 20 -12
12
Bristol City 58 43 16 10 17 4
13
Sunderland 56 43 16 8 19 2
14
Swansea City 53 43 14 11 18 -9
15
Watford 52 43 12 16 15 1
16
Millwall 50 43 13 11 19 -13
17
Blackburn Rovers 49 43 13 10 20 -14
18
Plymouth Argyle 48 43 12 12 19 -8
19
QPR 47 43 12 11 20 -17
20
Stoke City 47 43 12 11 20 -19
21
Birmingham City 45 43 12 9 22 -16
22
Huddersfield 44 43 9 17 17 -23
23
Sheffield Wednesday 44 43 12 8 23 -31
24
Rotherham 23 43 4 11 28 -53

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