Premiership Birmingham City v Manchester United 16th October 2004 at 12:45 |
History of the Birmingham City v Manchester United fixture
The most recent encounter between these two sides at St. Andrew's was less than a year ago, in April 2004, with Man Utd. inflicting a narrow 1-2 defeat upon the Blues in a Premiership match, view report
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2003/2004 | Sat 10 Apr | Birmingham City | 1 - 2 | Man Utd. | PREM |
2003/2004 | Sat 04 Oct | Man Utd. | 3 - 0 | Birmingham City | PREM |
2002/2003 | Tue 04 Feb | Birmingham City | 0 - 1 | Man Utd. | PREM |
2002/2003 | Sat 28 Dec | Man Utd. | 2 - 0 | Birmingham City | PREM |
1985/1986 | Sat 29 Mar | Birmingham City | 1 - 1 | Man Utd. | PREM |
1985/1986 | Wed 01 Jan | Man Utd. | 1 - 0 | Birmingham City | PREM |
1983/1984 | Sat 07 Apr | Man Utd. | 1 - 0 | Birmingham City | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Blues are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The Blues have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Man Utd. have an average recent record on the road, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Red Devils have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 7 against.
Blues find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 7 points from their opening 8 matches. Man Utd. sit in a healthy 4th in the league, and have picked up 13 points from their 8 games.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A |
Birmingham City | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 |
Man Utd. | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 |
STB's prediction ...
Blues have been struggling to turn draws into wins of late and I don't believe things are going to improve with the visit of Man Utd who I think will leave St Andrew's with a point from the game. Score Draw
Sequence statistics: | |
Birmingham City | Unbeaten in the last 4 home games. Drawn each of their last 2 games. . |
Man Utd. | Undefeated in last 4 away games. 11 games since last defeat. |