FootyMAD's Birmingham City match preview

History of the Birmingham City v Sheffield United fixture

Sheff. Utd. travel to take on Birmingham City at St. Andrew's at lunchtime on Saturday, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The The Blades will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 30 and win only 12 of the 51 games.

The last time the two teams met at Birmingham C. was back in April 2002, over five years ago, with Birmingham C. running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a League Division One match.

For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here

Recent encounters between the teams:
2006/2007	Tue 24 Oct	Sheff. Utd.	2 - 4	Birmingham C.	LGEC
2001/2002	Sun 21 Apr	Birmingham C.	2 - 0	Sheff. Utd.	CHMP
2001/2002	Sat 17 Nov	Sheff. Utd.	4 - 0	Birmingham C.	CHMP
2000/2001	Sat 10 Feb	Sheff. Utd.	3 - 1	Birmingham C.	CHMP
2000/2001	Sat 09 Sep	Birmingham C.	1 - 0	Sheff. Utd.	CHMP
1999/2000	Sat 25 Mar	Sheff. Utd.	1 - 2	Birmingham C.	CHMP
1999/2000	Sun 26 Dec	Birmingham C.	0 - 2	Sheff. Utd.	CHMP

Recent respective form guides

Birmingham City are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 15 goals for the Blues, with 7 goals against.

The The Blades have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. A generous 8 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.



For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here

Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Birmingham C.	6	1	2	3	8	13	5
Sheff. Utd.	6	4	1	1	13	7	13

FootyMad's prediction ...

This is a game in which both sides are showing indifferent form, so the Madmen are expecting the The Blades to come away from it with a creditable draw. Score draw

Sequence statistics:
Birmingham C.	Unbeaten in the last 8 home games.
Sheff. Utd.	6 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 5 outings ago.