Our prediction for this Championship match:
Aston Villa
Match Time & Date:
25/11/2018
07:00 AM
Prediction: 1-1
Birmingham City
Aston Villa and Birmingham City face each other in the Second City derby on Matchday 18. The Villans are brimming with confidence ahead of the local derby as they outplayed the likes of Bolton and Derby County in previous two league fixtures, whilst the Blues head into the Villa Park clash following a thrilling 3-3 draw with Hull City in front of home fans. The two teams are level on points ahead of the Second City derby and we predict that they are going to share the spoils at Villa Park. A man to watch in the home team will be Conor Hourihane, who found the net in a 3-0 win over Derby County, whilst Aston Villa defenders should have Lukas Jutkiewicz at bay, as the former Burnley attacker has already netted nine goals in the Championship this term.
Aston Villa vs Birmingham City H2H
Aston Villa
50%
Curent Form
Position
vs
Position
75%
Curent Form
Birmingham City
Last 6 Matches
League Statistics
Average Goals Per Match
Last 6 Matches
League Statistics
Average Goals Per Match
Aston Villa vs Birmingham City H2H Last Matches
11/02/18
Aston Villa
Birmingham City
29/10/17
Birmingham City
Aston Villa
Total Score
Aston Villa
Birmingham City
Aston Villa vs Birmingham City H2H
AST
50%
Curent Form
Position
vs
Position
75%
Curent Form
BIR
Last 6 Matches
League Statistics
Avg Goals/Match
Last 6 Matches
League Statistics
Avg Goals/Match
Aston Villa vs Birmingham City H2H Last Matches
11/02/18
AST
BIR
29/10/17
BIR
AST
Total Score
AST
BIR
Highlighted Player (Anwar el Ghazi):
Anwar El Ghazi is a product of famous Ajax football academy and it has to be noted that he scored 20 goals in 70 matches for the first team from 2014 to 2017. El Ghazi played for the likes of BVV Barendrecht, Feyenoord, Spartaan ’20 and Sparta Rotterdam during his youth career as well and, speaking of the first-team football, he moved to Ligue 1 side Lille in January 2017 for a fee of €8 million.
The pacey winger scored one goal in 12 appearances for les Dogues in the 2016/2017 Ligue 1 campaign, but, no doubt, there is a bright future ahead of the former Ajax starlet. Seeing that he has a dual citizenship, Anwar El Ghazi is eligible to represent both Netherlands and Morocco at senior level, but he made his debut for the Orange in a 2-1 win over Kazakhstan, with the Lille winger starting the match in a 4-3-3 formation alongside Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Memphis Depay.
Anwar El Ghazi is capable of playing as a centre-forward as well and his preferred foot is right.
Highlighted Team (Birmingham City):
Birmingham City are a club located in the city of Birmingham, England. Birmingham City were founded in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, but the club’s named was changed to Small Heath in 1888. 17 years later they became Birmingham and in 1943 they finally changed their name to Birmingham City.
The Blues welcome their rivals at St. Andrew’s, the stadium that was opened in 1906. Birmingham City compete in the Championship and their fiercest rivals are WBA and Aston Villa. The Blues made it to the FA Cup final twice, but they have yet to win the prestigious trophy. In 1931 they were beaten by their local rivals WBA in the title game (1-2), whilst in 1956 they were outplayed by Manchester City in the title game.
The colour of Birmingham’s home kit is blue with white stripe. Trevor Francis, Gil Merrick, Bob Latchford, Jeff Hall, Alex Govan, Joe Bradford and Christophe Dugarry are notable footballers who played for the St. Andrew’s outfit in the past.
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