West Brom have 44 points from 29 games to be placed sixth in the standings, while Birmingham are struggling at the 18th spot with 35 points.
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West Bromwich Albion will hope to continue their recent good run of form when they travel to Birmingham City for an EFL Championship contest on Friday night. Both teams are heading into this match on the back of registering a victory in their last match. However, if recent form is taken into account then the visitors will be having a upper hand. The same cannot be said for the home side who have been struggling big time this campaign.
Coming into this game, Birmingham City survived a 4-3 thriller against Swansea City in their last match. Prior to that though their run in the league has been quite poor. Even though Birmingham will be happy to see their losing streak come to an end in their last match, they still have a long way to go to move clear of the relegation zone.
On the other hand, West Bromwich Albion have seen an upward surge since the arrival of Carlos Corberan in October. After flirting with relegation in early part of the season, they are now in the middle of the play-off race. Most of the credit must be given to Corberan for the change in mentality in the club. As things stand, West Brom have 44 points from 29 games to be placed sixth in the standings, while Birmingham are struggling at the 18th spot with 35 points from the same number of matches as their opponent.
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There will be some big-name players who will miss this match for both sides. Marc Roberts will continue to miss this game for Birmingham. Jobe Bellingham will join him on the sidelines, while there are question marks over Reda Khadra’s participation. On positive front though Troy Deeney, Harlee Dean and George Hall are available for this contest. Meanwhile, West Brom will miss Kyle Bartley and Matt Phillips for this contest. They will be joined on the sidelines by goalkeeper Alex Palmer.
Birmingham City possible line-up: Ruddy, Sanderson, Long, Trusty, Colin, Bielik, Hannibal, Chong, Longelo, Hogan, Khadra
West Bromwich Albion possible line-up: Button, Furlong, O’Shea, Pieters, Townsend, Molumby, Yokuslu, Albrighton, Wallace, Diangana, Dike
Birmingham City
| Opponents | Score |
| Swansea | 3-4 (W) |
| Blackburn | 0-1 (L) |
| Blackburn | 2-2 |
| Preston | 1-2 (L) |
| Forest Green | 1-2 (W) |
West Brom
| Opponents | Score |
| Coventry | 1-0 (W) |
| Bristol City | 3-0 (L) |
| Burnley | 2-1 (L) |
| Chesterfield | 4-0 (W) |
| Luton | 2-3 (W) |
| Last 5 matches (all competitions) | Results |
| West Brom lose to Birmingham City | 2-3 |
| Birmingham City beat West Brom | 1-0 |
| West Brom beat Birmingham City | 1-0 |
| Birmingham City lose to West Brom | 0-4 |
| West Brom draw Birmingham City | 0-0 |
The EFL Championship match between Birmingham City and West Bromwich Albion will take place at St. Andrew’s on Saturday at 1:30 am IST.
The EFL Championship match between Birmingham City and West Bromwich Albion can be seen on Talksport 2 Radio UK, Sky Sports Football, Sky Sports Main Event, SKY GO Extra, Sky Ultra HD in the United Kingdom.
