FM Preview: Birmingham City v Huddersfield Town 06 Oct 2012

Last updated : 05 October 2012 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Birmingham City v Huddersfield Town fixture

Huddersfield Town travel to take on Birmingham City at St. Andrews on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Terriers will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.

The last time the two teams met at Birmingham City was more than a decade ago, in November 2000, the Blues carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a League Division One match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2007/2008 Sat 05 Jan Huddersfield 2 - 1 Birmingham C. F.A. Cup
2000/2001 Sun 06 May Huddersfield 1 - 2 Birmingham C. League Division One
2000/2001 Sat 25 Nov Birmingham C. 2 - 1 Huddersfield League Division One
1999/2000 Sat 08 Apr Huddersfield 0 - 0 Birmingham C. League Division One
1999/2000 Mon 03 Jan Birmingham C. 1 - 0 Huddersfield League Division One
1998/1999 Sat 20 Mar Huddersfield 1 - 1 Birmingham C. League Division One
1998/1999 Sat 31 Oct Birmingham C. 1 - 1 Huddersfield League Division One

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Recent respective form guides

Birmingham City have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 11 to 10.

The Terriers have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The games have constituted a decent return of 10 goals for the Terriers, and 8 goals against.

Birmingham City are currently lying in 19th place in npower Championship having mustered a points tally of 11 from their 9 matches played.

Huddersfield Town lie just outside the playoff positions in the npower Championship, picking up 14 from their 9 games so far.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Birmingham City 6 3 1 2 7 10 10
Huddersfield Town 6 3 1 2 11 9 10

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Huddersfield Town are not doing too bad on their travels, and we think they should continue by carving out a narrow victory at Birmingham City. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Birmingham City 4 games since last home draw.
Not drawn a match in their last 4 .
Huddersfield Town Undefeated in last 3 away games.
An overall losing run of 2 games.
No win in the 2 most recent games.

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