Midlands Derby Blues vs Baggies who wins
Birmingham vs West Bromwich Albion, 3pm GMT
West Bromwich Albion make the short trip to St Andrew’s to face Birmingham City knowing that only victory will do if they want to realistically remain as contenders for the Championship playoffs.
Meanwhile, Blues head into Sunday’s fixture on the brink of confirming safety in the second tier, helped by a recent run of five points from four games.
It will be an emotional afternoon for the Birmingham fans as they celebrate the life of Barrington Patterson. One Eyed Baz sadly passed away last week from a heart attack, the former kickboxing world champ and current BKB ref who was an advocate against violent crime was well respected and was one of the Blues most famous fans. There is a march from the Bull Ring Tavern to St Andrews at 1.30pm match day. KRO Baz and RIP.
On to the match and this is going to come down to who turns up with both teams been inconsistent, with Birmingham have what looks like a decent dressing room and something to build on they will be tough to beat here.
West Brom had struggled under Bruce and found goals hard to come by, but have recently found some form so this makes for an interesting tie.
Our Picks
Birmingham win @3/1
Birmingham win BTTS @13/2
Over 3.5 goals and 13+ corners @14/1
Birmingham City predicted starting 11:
Etheridge; Colin, Roberts, Gordon; Graham, Sunjic, Gardner, Bacuna, Pedersen; Chong, Taylor
West Bromwich Albion predicted starting 11:
Johnstone; Bartley, Ajayi, Clarke; Furlong, Gardner-Hickman, Livermore, Mowatt, Townsend; Robinson, Grant
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