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Barclays Premiership Birmingham City v Everton 13th November 2004 at 17:15 Preview Analysis

History of the Birmingham City v Everton fixture

Blues prepare to entertain Everton at St. Andrew's on Saturday evening, needing to improve on a poor home record against the Merseysiders. The visitors have won 20 of the 56 previous games, with the Blues winning just 19 on home soil.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at St. Andrew's was less than a year ago, in February 2004, with Blues running out comfortable 3-0 winners in a Premiership match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2003/2004	Wed 11 Feb	Birmingham City	3 - 0	Everton	PREM
2003/2004	Sun 28 Dec	Everton	1 - 0	Birmingham City	PREM
2002/2003	Thu 26 Dec	Birmingham City	1 - 1	Everton	PREM
2002/2003	Wed 28 Aug	Everton	1 - 1	Birmingham City	PREM
1999/2000	Sat 08 Jan	Everton	2 - 0	Birmingham City	FAC
1985/1986	Sat 18 Jan	Birmingham City	0 - 2	Everton	PREM
1985/1986	Sat 31 Aug	Everton	4 - 1	Birmingham City	PREM

Recent respective form guides

Blues have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from their last six home games played. A generous 6 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

Everton's away form has been pretty good this season, they have collected three points on 3 occassions and drawn 1 of their last six games on the road. A generous 8 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

Blues find themselves down in 15th position in the league having picked up 12 points from their 12 matches. Everton sit in a healthy 3rd in the league, and have picked up 23 points from their 12 games.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A
Birmingham City	6	1	3	2	3	4
Everton	6	3	1	2	8	7

STB prediction ...

Nothing has been going right for the Blues at home recently, but I can see a turn around in fortunes against Everton on Saturday. Home win

Sequence statistics:
Birmingham City	Beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 4 home matches. Not drawn a match in their last 3 .
Everton	Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 3 most recent games.