Newcastle United Match Preview

History of the Newcastle United v Birmingham City fixture

Blues face Newcastle United at St. James' Park on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 45 games played on Newcastle soil, Blues have recorded 9 wins, and the Magpies have come away with 22 victories.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at St James Park was just last season, in August 2003, with Blues inflicting a narrow 1-0 defeat upon the Magpies in a Premiership match, view match report

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2004/2005	Sun 03 Oct	Birmingham City	2 - 2	Newcastle Utd.	PREM
2003/2004	Sat 31 Jan	Birmingham City	1 - 1	Newcastle Utd.	PREM
2003/2004	Sat 30 Aug	Newcastle Utd.	0 - 1	Birmingham City	PREM
2002/2003	Sat 03 May	Newcastle Utd.	1 - 0	Birmingham City	PREM
2002/2003	Sat 28 Sep	Birmingham City	0 - 2	Newcastle Utd.	PREM
2000/2001	Wed 29 Nov	Birmingham City	2 - 1	Newcastle Utd.	LC
1999/2000	Tue 12 Oct	Birmingham City	2 - 0	Newcastle Utd.	LC

Recent respective form guides

Newcastle United need to improve on their recent home record of just 3 draws from the previous six. While the Magpies have scored 4, a worringly large 9 have been leaked at the other end.

Blues' away form has improved of late, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. A generous 9 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

Newcastle Utd. find themselves struggling down in 14th position in the league having picked up 22 points from their 20 matches. Blues' 26 points from 20 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A
Newcastle Utd.	6	0	3	3	5	12
Birmingham City	6	4	1	1	12	7

STB prediction ...

While the Magpies have been struggling on home soil, Blues have been performing with great credit on their travels, so I can see no reason why they should not return from St. James' Park with another away victory. Away win

Sequence statistics:
Newcastle Utd.	Failed to win in previous 7 home matches. Not won in the 7 most recent games.
Birmingham City	4 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 4 matches. Last drawn game 6 outings ago.