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Man. Utd. face a trip to Birmingham City at St. Andrew's at tea-time on Saturday, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 47 games played, Red Devils have recorded 13 wins, and Birmingham C. have come away with 16 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was was two seasons ago, in December 2005, where the two teams cancelled each other out in an enthralling 2 - 2 draw in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sun 26 Mar | Man. Utd. | 3 - 0 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Wed 28 Dec | Birmingham C. | 2 - 2 | Man. Utd. | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 20 Dec | Birmingham C. | 1 - 3 | Man. Utd. | LGEC |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 05 Feb | Man. Utd. | 2 - 0 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 16 Oct | Birmingham C. | 0 - 0 | Man. Utd. | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 10 Apr | Birmingham C. | 1 - 2 | Man. Utd. | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 04 Oct | Man. Utd. | 3 - 0 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Birmingham City have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Blues in those games, with 5 conceded.
The Red Devils have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The Red Devils's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 4 goals for and 2 against.
Birmingham C. find themselves struggling down in 14th position in the league having picked up 8 points from their 7 matches. Man. Utd. sit in a healthy 2nd in the league, and have picked up 14 points from their 7 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Birmingham C. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
| Man. Utd. | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Red Devils's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Birmingham C., believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Birmingham C. | 4 games since last home draw. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Man. Utd. | 4 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 8 outings ago. |