For Birmingham this is their season defining match,a win here and they could stay up and their form of late has'nt been to bad especially at home but Rovers have'nt been to bad themselves of late and this game should be a beauty.

Birmingham sit in the relagation zone and need to win here to give themselves a chance at staying up,their last few matches the pressure has been showing for the players and they have not been able to come up with the results they have needed,they lost last week to their relagation foe in Fulham 2-0 and have had mixed results in their last 5 games,a loss last week as already mentioned as well as two home draws in their last 5 games although those two draws were against quality opposition in Liverpool and Everton and two big away losses to Villa 5-1 and also to Wigan 2-0,but there are at home ths week and they are the only club in the relagation battle to have the luxury of playing at home to save themselves from the drop,they have a decent record against Rovers also.

Blackburn sit in 7th place on the table after a very good last month they have won their last two matches against Derby 3-1 and the week before also away to Portsmouth 0-1,they have also recorded two draws against man United at home and also drew with Spurs away,their lone loss comming against Liverpool 4 matches ago now.

These clubs have played at Birmingham 54 times with Birmingham holding the edge winning 33 of those games with Rovers winning 7 and the other 14 have ended in draws.Birmingham have not lost at home to Blackburn in their last 3 games there,2-1 has been the score in each match and you have to go back to the 03/04 season to see where Rovers last won ay Birmingham 0-4.

Birmingham this season at home have had mixed fortunes winning only 5 of their 18 matches while losing 5 and drawing 8,Blackburn on their travels this season have won 7 of their 18 away games and have lost 5 while drawing the other 6.

Birmingham have it all to play for this weekend and I expect them to win but I am a bit worried about Blackburn pulling off a draw here,really Rovers are in better form and should be looking to cement a win here but with Birmingham havingit all to play for and being at home I think the crowd might just get them over the line,Can Rovers spoil the day for Birmingham? You beat they can but i'll put some faith in Birmingham and look for them to carry on their good home form against Rovers and for them to carve out a narrow win...Good Luck.



Pick : Birmingham WIN
Odds : 2.07
Stake : 7 / 10
Bookmaker : Pinnacle
Date : 2008-05-11
Match Result : 4-1
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