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Arsenal face a trip to Birmingham City at St Andrew's at tea-time on Saturday, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Gunners will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2010, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a Premier League match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2010/2011 | Sat 16 Oct | Arsenal | 2 - 1 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 27 Mar | Birmingham C. | 1 - 1 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 17 Oct | Arsenal | 3 - 1 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 23 Feb | Birmingham C. | 2 - 2 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 12 Jan | Arsenal | 1 - 1 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 04 Feb | Birmingham C. | 0 - 2 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sun 02 Oct | Arsenal | 1 - 0 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Birmingham City haven't lost in their last six home matches, but have drawn four of them. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 6.
The Gunners have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Gunners's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 10 goals for and 8 against.
Birmingham C. are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 19 points from 18 matches. Arsenal's total of 36 points from their 19 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Barclays Premier League.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Birmingham C. | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
| Arsenal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Arsenal 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. | Drawn last 2 games at home. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Arsenal | Not won in previous 2 away matches. |