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Arsenal pack their bags to visit Birmingham City at St Andrew's on Saturday afternoon, 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 previous match played between the two at St Andrew's was within the last three years, in February 2008, where the two teams cancelled each other out in an enthralling 2 - 2 draw in a Premier League match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 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 |
| 2004/2005 | Sun 15 May | Birmingham C. | 2 - 1 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 04 Dec | Arsenal | 3 - 0 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Birmingham City are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. A total of 8 goals have been scored by the Blues in those games, with 5 conceded.
Arsenal have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. The Gunners's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.
Birmingham C.'s 44 points from 31 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position. Arsenal's total of 67 points from their 31 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 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 |
| Arsenal | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 18 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The away form of the Gunners has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Birmingham C.. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Birmingham C. | Unbeaten in the last 12 home games. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Arsenal | 5 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 6 matches. Last drawn game 11 outings ago. |