Tottenham Hotspur match preview

Last updated : 25 December 2005 By Footymad Previewer
History of the Tottenham Hotspur v Birmingham City fixture

Birmingham C. face a trip to Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane at lunchtime on Monday, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Blues will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 28 and win only 8 of the 44 games.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in August 2004, the Spurs carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Premiership match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2004/2005Sat 02 AprBirmingham C.1 - 1Tottenham H.PREM
2004/2005Sat 28 AugTottenham H.1 - 0Birmingham C.PREM
2003/2004Wed 07 JanTottenham H.4 - 1Birmingham C.PREM
2003/2004Sat 16 AugBirmingham C.1 - 0Tottenham H.PREM
2002/2003Sat 05 AprTottenham H.2 - 1Birmingham C.PREM
2002/2003Sat 30 NovBirmingham C.1 - 1Tottenham H.PREM
2000/2001Tue 31 OctTottenham H.1 - 3Birmingham C.LGEC

Recent respective form guides

Tottenham Hotspur are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, A total of 11 goals have been scored by the Spurs in those games, with 5 conceded.

In complete contrast to Tottenham H., Birmingham C. are having a torrid time on their travels, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Blues have hit 4 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Tottenham H. sit in a healthy 4th in the league, and have picked up 31 points from their 17 games. Birmingham C. are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclays Premiership with a return of just 12 points from their 16 games thus far.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Tottenham H.632112911
Birmingham C.62137117

FootyMad's prediction ...

Blues are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Tottenham H.. Home win

Sequence statistics:
Tottenham H.Unbeaten in the last 7 home games.
Unbeaten run of 5 matches.
Birmingham C.Not won in previous 2 away matches.
An overall losing run of 2 games.
No win in the 2 most recent games.