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The Canaries set for a vital win in Birmingham

Birmingham City vs Norwich City - 23/02/2021

The Canaries set for a vital win in Birmingham
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Tuesday night sees a massive game at both ends of the Championship takes place at St Andrews, as relegation-threatened Birmingham host promotion-chasing Norwich.

Birmingham head into this clash in a perilous position in the Championship table. The Blues find themselves just two points above the relegation zone. One positive for Aitor Karanka’s team is that they do have games in hand on the two teams directly below them.

Despite the games in hand, it is still a worrying position for the home side to be in at this stage of the season. A 1-0 win at relegation rivals Sheffield Wednesday last time out could prove to be vital in City’s hopes of survival.

The victory over the Owls ended a six-game winless run in the Championship for Birmingham, who had also lost their previous three league games too.

A big issue that the home side need to address is their woeful home form, as they have failed to win in 11 league games on home soil while losing on nine occasions. A win in this game would be a big achievement.

While Birmingham are fighting just to stay in the Championship, Norwich are hoping to escape the second tier to the Premier League via promotion.

Things are looking promising for the Canaries, who are top of the table by seven points and of third-place Watford in the race to secure automatic promotion.

Daniel Farke’s team have won now three straight league games after a 1-0 win over Rotherham United last time out in the Championship. The game saw the team from Norfolk keep their fourth clean sheet in their last six league outings.

The Canaries have not been great on their travels in the second tier, winning just two of their last five away games in the Championship.

Forebet predicts that Norwich will record another victory to boost their chances of playing Premier League next season.

Home team
Away team
Probability %
1X2
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
CH
152560
2
0 - 1
1.86
10°
1.62
5.90 4.00 1.62 1 1 -1
FT
1 - 3(1 - 1)
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- - -
Championship Regular Season
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Leicester City 94 44 30 4 10 47
2
Leeds United 90 44 27 9 8 43
3
Ipswich Town 89 43 26 11 6 32
4
Southampton 84 44 25 9 10 24
5
West Bromwich 72 44 20 12 12 23
6
Norwich City 72 44 21 9 14 16
7
Hull City 66 43 18 12 13 8
8
Coventry City 63 42 17 12 13 14
9
Middlesbrough 63 44 18 9 17 4
10
Preston North End 63 44 18 9 17 -5
11
Cardiff City 62 44 19 5 20 -11
12
Bristol City 59 44 16 11 17 4
13
Sunderland 56 44 16 8 20 1
14
Swansea City 56 44 15 11 18 -5
15
Watford 53 44 12 17 15 1
16
Millwall 53 44 14 11 19 -12
17
Stoke City 50 44 13 11 20 -16
18
QPR 50 44 13 11 20 -16
19
Blackburn Rovers 49 44 13 10 21 -16
20
Plymouth Argyle 48 44 12 12 20 -11
21
Sheffield Wednesday 47 44 13 8 23 -29
22
Birmingham City 46 44 12 10 22 -16
23
Huddersfield 44 44 9 17 18 -27
24
Rotherham 24 44 4 12 28 -53

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