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Man City prepare to entertain Birmingham City at City of Manchester Stadium on Sunday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 44 wins out of 63 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at City of Manchester Stadium was less than a year ago, in March 2003, the Sky Blues carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Fri 26 Dec | Birmingham C. | 2 - 1 | Man City | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 16 Mar | Man City | 1-0 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 26 Oct | Birmingham C. | 0 - 2 | Man City | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 05 Mar | Birmingham C. | 1 - 2 | Man City | LD1 |
| 2001/2002 | Wed 10 Oct | Man City | 6 - 0 | Birmingham C. | LC |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 15 Sep | Man City | 3 - 0 | Birmingham C. | LD1 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 06 Jan | Man City | 3 - 2 | Birmingham C. | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Manchester City's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. A generous 8 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Birmingham C.'s away form is none too clever either, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While the Blues have hit 5 goals, 9 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Man City find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 23 points from their 23 matches. Birmingham C.'s 31 points from 22 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 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 8 |
| Birmingham C. | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
These are testing times at City of Manchester Stadium for the Sky Blues and the Madmen are unable to see past Birmingham C. claiming victory in a close match.
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Man City | Drawn last 6 games at home. Failed to win in previous 9 home matches. |
| Birmingham C. | Not won in previous 3 away matches. 5 games since last defeat. |