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Newcastle Utd. face a trip to Birmingham City at St. Andrew's on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 48 games played, Magpies have recorded 14 wins, and Birmingham C. have come away with 23 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in October 2004, where the two teams cancelled each other out in an enthralling 2 - 2 draw in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 05 Nov | Newcastle Utd. | 1 - 0 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 01 Jan | Newcastle Utd. | 2 - 1 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sun 03 Oct | Birmingham C. | 2 - 2 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 31 Jan | Birmingham C. | 1 - 1 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 30 Aug | Newcastle Utd. | 0 - 1 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 03 May | Newcastle Utd. | 1 - 0 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 28 Sep | Birmingham C. | 0 - 2 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Birmingham City are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. While Blues have scored 4, a worringly large 11 have been leaked at the other end.
Newcastle Utd. have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. A generous 9 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Birmingham C. are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclays Premiership with a return of just 33 points from their 36 games thus far. Newcastle Utd.'s 54 points from 36 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 7th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Birmingham C. | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| Newcastle Utd. | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 15 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Newcastle Utd. are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Birmingham C. | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. |
| Newcastle Utd. | 19 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 5 matches. Last drawn game 12 outings ago. |