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Man. City are ready to welcome Birmingham City to City of Manchester Stadium on Sunday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 48 wins out of 68 previous matches.
The previous match played between the two at City of Manchester Stadium was within the last three years, in October 2007, the Sky Blues carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a Premier League match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sun 01 Nov | Birmingham C. | 0 - 0 | Man. City | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 29 Mar | Birmingham C. | 3 - 1 | Man. City | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 20 Oct | Man. City | 1-0 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 17 Dec | Man. City | 4 - 1 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 20 Aug | Birmingham C. | 1 - 2 | Man. City | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Wed 20 Apr | Man. City | 3 - 0 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 24 Aug | Birmingham C. | 1 - 0 | Man. City | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Manchester City have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. A total of 8 goals have been scored by the Sky Blues in those games, with 3 conceded.
Birmingham C. have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Blues have hit 7 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Man. City's total of 59 points from their 32 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Barclays Premier League. Birmingham C.'s 46 points from 33 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Man. City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 13 |
| Birmingham C. | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against Birmingham C. is certainly an interesting one with me deciding its going to end up with a victory for the Sky Blues in a close run game. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Man. City | Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Birmingham C. | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. Drawn each of the last 2 games. No win in the 5 most recent games. |