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Middlesbrough face a trip to Birmingham City at St. Andrew's on Sunday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Boro will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 28 and win only 7 of the 48 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2004, with Birmingham C. running out comfortable 3 - 1 winners in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 11 Sep | Middlesbrough | 2 - 1 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 20 Mar | Middlesbrough | 5 - 3 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Wed 03 Mar | Birmingham C. | 3 - 1 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 26 Apr | Birmingham C. | 3 - 0 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 21 Sep | Middlesbrough | 1 - 0 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 07 Feb | Birmingham C. | 1 - 1 | Middlesbrough | CHMP |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 20 Sep | Middlesbrough | 3 - 1 | Birmingham C. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Birmingham City's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 5 to 4.
Middlesbrough's away form is none too clever either, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. While the Boro have hit 6 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Birmingham C. find themselves struggling down in 14th position in the league having picked up 20 points from their 18 matches. Middlesbrough find themselves in a respectable 5th position, courtesy of the 32 points they have accumulated from 18 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Birmingham C. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
| Middlesbrough | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The away form of the Boro has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Birmingham C.. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Birmingham C. | Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Middlesbrough | Not won in previous 3 away matches. 5 games since last defeat. |