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Liverpool face a trip to Birmingham City at St. Andrew's on Saturday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 46 games played, Reds have recorded 14 wins, and Birmingham C. have come away with 20 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in February 2003, the Blues carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sun 30 Nov | Liverpool | 3 - 1 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 23 Feb | Birmingham C. | 2 - 1 | Liverpool | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 11 Sep | Liverpool | 2 - 2 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 05 Jan | Liverpool | 3 - 0 | Birmingham C. | FAC |
| 2000/2001 | Sun 25 Feb | Birmingham C. | 1 - 1 | Liverpool | LC |
| 1994/1995 | Wed 18 Jan | Liverpool | 1 - 1 | Birmingham C. | FAC |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 07 Jan | Birmingham C. | 0 - 0 | Liverpool | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Birmingham City have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. A total of 12 goals have been scored by the Blues in those games, with 7 conceded.
Liverpool have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. The Reds's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.
Birmingham C.'s 49 points from 36 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Liverpool sit in a healthy 4th in the league, and have picked up 56 points from their 36 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Birmingham C. | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
| Liverpool | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The away form of the Reds 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. | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Drawn each of their last 3 games. Not won in the 6 most recent games. |
| Liverpool | 4 games since last defeat. |