Birmingham City prepare to entertain Arsenal at St. Andrew's on Sunday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive home record against the Gunners over the years. The Blues are clearly on top, winning 52.46% of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at St. Andrew's was just last season, in November 2003, as the visitors ran out cosy 0-3 winners in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 04 Dec | Arsenal | 3 - 0 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 01 May | Arsenal | 0 - 0 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 22 Nov | Birmingham C. | 0-3 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 12 Jan | Birmingham C. | 0 - 4 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 18 Aug | Arsenal | 2 - 0 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
| 1997/1998 | Tue 14 Oct | Arsenal | 4 - 1 | Birmingham C. | LC |
| 1985/1986 | Sat 03 May | Birmingham C. | 0 - 1 | Arsenal | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Birmingham City are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Blues in those games, with 3 conceded.
Arsenal's away form is equally impressive, with an unbeaten run in the last six, four of them victories. Just 5 goals have scored in these games, though to be fair only a measly 0 have been let in at the wrong end.
Birmingham City see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premiership, showing a record of 42 points from their 37 games played so far, Arsenal sit in a healthy 2nd in the league, and have picked up 83 points from their 37 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A |
| Birmingham C. | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Arsenal | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
STB prediction ...
Blues may be in prime form at home, but the quality of the opposition suggests to me that Arsenal are going to come away with a share of the points in this one. Score Draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Birmingham C. | Unbeaten in the last 6 home games. |
| Arsenal | Undefeated in last 7 away games. Won each of the previous 4 matches. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |