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Middlesbrough face a trip to Birmingham City at St. Andrew's on Wednesday 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 27 and win only 7 of the 47 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2003, with Birmingham C. running out comfortable 3 - 0 winners in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 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 | LD1 |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 20 Sep | Middlesbrough | 3 - 1 | Birmingham C. | LD1 |
| 1995/1996 | Wed 20 Dec | Birmingham C. | 2 - 0 | Middlesbrough | LC |
| 1995/1996 | Wed 29 Nov | Middlesbrough | 0 - 0 | Birmingham C. | LC |
| 1993/1994 | Sat 26 Mar | Birmingham C. | 1 - 0 | Middlesbrough | LD1 |
Recent respective form guides
Birmingham City have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 11 goals for the Blues, with 4 goals against.
Middlesbrough have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The Boro's have scored 10 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 12.
Birmingham C.'s 36 points from 25 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position. Middlesbrough see themselves just below half way in the Barclaycard Premiership, showing a record of 31 points from their 25 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Birmingham C. | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| Middlesbrough | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Boro could well see them head back from St. Andrew's with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Birmingham C. | Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Middlesbrough | 7 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 9 outings ago. |