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Everton face a trip to Birmingham City at St. Andrew's on Wednesday evening, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 20 of the 55 previous games, with the hosts winning just 18.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in December 2002, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sun 28 Dec | Everton | 1 - 0 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Thu 26 Dec | Birmingham C. | 1 - 1 | Everton | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 28 Aug | Everton | 1 - 1 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 08 Jan | Everton | 2 - 0 | Birmingham C. | FAC |
| 1985/1986 | Sat 18 Jan | Birmingham C. | 0 - 2 | Everton | DIV1 |
| 1985/1986 | Sat 31 Aug | Everton | 4 - 1 | Birmingham C. | DIV1 |
| 1983/1984 | Mon 02 Jan | Birmingham C. | 0 - 2 | Everton | DIV1 |
Recent respective form guides
Birmingham City have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Blues in those games, with 7 conceded.
In complete contrast to Birmingham C., Everton are having a torrid time on their travels, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. The Blues's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Birmingham C.'s 32 points from 23 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Everton find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 25 points from their 24 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Birmingham C. | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| Everton | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Blues, as the Blues have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Birmingham C. | Unbeaten in the last 5 home games. Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Everton | Not won in previous 4 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 7 most recent games. |