FM Preview: Birmingham City v Cardiff City 25 Mar 2012

Last updated : 24 March 2012 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Birmingham City v Cardiff City fixture

Cardiff City pack their bags to visit Birmingham City at St Andrew's at lunchtime on Sunday, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Bluebirds will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 17 and win only 4 of the 30 games.

The previous match played between the two at St Andrew's was more than three years back, in January 2009, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a Championship match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2011/2012 Sun 04 Dec Cardiff City 1 - 0 Birmingham C. Championship
2008/2009 Sat 17 Jan Birmingham C. 1 - 1 Cardiff City Championship
2008/2009 Sat 27 Sep Cardiff City 1 - 2 Birmingham C. Championship
2006/2007 Sun 04 Mar Birmingham C. 1 - 0 Cardiff City Championship
2006/2007 Sat 26 Aug Cardiff City 2 - 0 Birmingham C. Championship
1994/1995 Sat 15 Apr Birmingham C. 2 - 1 Cardiff City League Division Two
1994/1995 Wed 28 Dec Cardiff City 0 - 1 Birmingham C. League Division Two

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Recent respective form guides

Birmingham City are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 6.

Cardiff City have an average recent record on the road, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. While the Bluebirds have hit 6 goals, 9 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Birmingham City lie just outside the playoff positions in the npower Championship, picking up 59 points from their 37 games so far.

Cardiff City lie just outside the playoff positions in the npower Championship, picking up 59 from their 38 games so far.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Birmingham City 6 1 2 3 8 12 5
Cardiff City 6 1 3 2 6 10 6

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Not a lot has been going right generally for Cardiff City on their travels as of late, but we can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against Birmingham City. No-score draw

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Birmingham City Not drawn a match in their last 3 .
Cardiff City Drawn each of the last 2 games.
No win in the 3 most recent games.

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