Our prediction for this Championship match:
Birmingham City
Match Time & Date:
10/09/2021
21:00
Prediction: 1-1
Derby
St. Andrew’s Stadium will host Friday’s football game between Birmingham City and Derby County, the two teams who sit in the opposite halves of the table ahead of day 6. The Blues have been having their ups and downs in the new Championship campaign, with the team beating both Sheffield United and Luton Town, losing to Bournemouth, while sharing the spoils with both Stoke City and Barnsley.
Birmingham City are after their first home win of the season, and they are likely to fight tooth and nail against the Rams. Both Etheridge and Sanderson are rated doubtful for Friday’s game. The Rams, on the other hand, will be without Bielik, Ebosele, Kazim-Richards, and Knight against Birmingham City. Wayne Rooney’s troops aim to extend their unbeaten run to four games, and seeing that the two teams seem to be evenly matched, the share of spoils is on the cards.
Highlighted Player (George Friend):
George Friend has played for no less than nine English clubs so far in his career. Friend made his first-team debut for non-League club Exeter City on April 17, 2006 in a goalless draw with Forest Green Rovers and he stayed at St James Park until 2008. After ending his loan spells with Tiverton Town and Team Bath he joined Wolverhampton, but he made no more than seven appearances for the Wolves in the league.
The 188-cm-tall left-back, who is capable of playing as a centre-back as well, played for the likes of Millwall, Southend, Scunthorpe United and Exeter City on loan during his spell with Wolverhampton and at the end of the 2009/2010 season he signed a two-year deal with Doncaster Rovers. Friend made his Doncaster debut on August 7, 2010 in a 2-0 win over Preston and after three years at the club he was sold to Middlesbrough for a fee of £100,000.
The left-footed defender has been playing for Boro ever since and you should know that he made 24 appearances for the club in the 2016/2017 Premier League campaign.
Highlighted Team (Derby):
Derby County is one of the 12 founder members of the Football League. However, nowadays the Rams compete in the Championship and they play their home matches at Pride Park Stadium. Derby County have won the two trophies in the English top flight (1971/1972, 1974/1975), with the team lifting the FA Cup trophy just after the World War II (1946).
Derby’s main rivals are Nottingham Forest, Leicester City and Leeds United, but the rivalry between Forest and Derby is regarded as the biggest one.
The two teams take on each other in the East Midlands derby. The colour of Derby’s shirts is white, whilst their shorts are black. It has to be noted that the club was founded in 1884 by William Morley. The Rams competed in the European competitions four times, but they did not record a notable result in the European Cups. The club’s chairman is Mel Morris.
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