Bet up to £25 risk-free on Birmingham City
Birmingham's cup form has been significantly stronger than their Premier League form this season but with their Saturday lunchtime clash against West Brom being both a midlands derby and one of those much-hyped relegation six-pointers, it does have the feel of a high-stakes cup collision.
With West Ham and Wolves both playing at home on matchday 29, there's a fair chance that the losers of the televised encounter at St Andrew's will end the weekend in the relegation zone, and while the Blues have only won four league games as hosts, they have to be fancied at [2.44].
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It's a massive price for a team that have won four of their last five in all competitions, keeping three clean sheets, and who have lost just one in eight since being humiliated 5-0 at Old Trafford in January. Their tally of eight league defeats is also the joint-lowest in the division outside the top five.
Taken at face value, Roy Hodgson has made a decent start to life at The Hawthorns in helping halt West Brom's run of seven losses in nine games, however while they have been collecting one point instead of none in recent outings, they are doing so in matches where they should be chasing three.
The Baggies were held by Wolves and Stoke and on both occasions required late Carlos Vela levellers to avoid winding up empty-handed. Birmingham though haven't conceded after the 50th minute in their last eight and haven't leaked a goal in the last ten minutes of a league tie since November 9.
Birmingham v West Brom
Kick-off: 12.45pm
Live on Sky Sports 1
Disagree with our verdict? West Brom are [3.4] to back, with the draw [3.35]...
Published: 4 Mar 2011
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