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Barnsley face a trip to Birmingham City at St. Andrew's on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Tykes will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 18 and win only 8 of the 34 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was was two seasons ago, in November 2006, with Birmingham C. running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a Championship match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Mon 09 Apr | Barnsley | 1 - 0 | Birmingham C. | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 11 Nov | Birmingham C. | 2 - 0 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 16 Feb | Birmingham C. | 1 - 0 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 13 Oct | Barnsley | 1 - 3 | Birmingham C. | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 13 Jan | Barnsley | 2 - 3 | Birmingham C. | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Mon 28 Aug | Birmingham C. | 4 - 1 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 1999/2000 | Thu 18 May | Barnsley | 1 - 2 | Birmingham C. | D1PO |
Recent respective form guides
Birmingham City are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. A total of 12 goals have been scored by the Blues in those games, with 6 conceded.
Barnsley have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Tykes have hit 7 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Birmingham C. are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 6 points from 2 games. Barnsley are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola Championship with a return of just 0 points from their 2 games thus far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Birmingham C. | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 13 |
| Barnsley | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Tykes are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Birmingham C.. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Birmingham C. | Unbeaten in the last 9 home games. Won their latest 4 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 5 . |
| Barnsley | Lost each of the previous 3 away matches. Not won in previous 3 away matches. An overall losing run of 4 games. No win in the 4 most recent games. |