Our prediction for this Championship match:
Birmingham City
Match Time & Date:
30/08/2022
20:45
Prediction: 1-2
Norwich
Birmingham City welcome Norwich City to their St. Andrew’s Stadium in the Championship round 7. The Blues kicked off the new campaign in style, with the team beating Huddersfield Town 2-1, but they are on a four-game winless run in the English second tier ahead of the visit of Norwich. The hosts have been struggling in front of goal of late, with the team netting only one goal in total in the previous four league fixtures, meaning that head coach John Eustace should opt to make changes to the starting XI, especially up front.
Przemyslav Placheta is ineligible to face the Canaries, while Lukas Jutkiewicz misses out through suspension. The promotion-chasing visitors, on the other hand, have been showing signs of improvement of late, with the team winning each of their last three league matches. Even though talented midfielder Liam Gibbs suffered and injury in a 1-0 win over Sunderland, we are tempted to put our money on the visitors as they look unstoppable at the moment. Experienced forward Teemu Pukki is pushing for a start.
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 (Norwich):
After spending only one season in the Premier League, Norwich City dropped to the Championship at the end of the 2015/2016 campaign. Norwich City are located in Norwich, Norfolk and they welcome their rivals at Carrow Road.
The stadium was built and opened in 1935 and the capacity of the venues is 27,137 (all-seater). However the stadium’s record attendance is 43,984. The Canaries have won two League Cup trophies (1973, 1975) and their main rivals are Ipswich Town. The two teams have been facing each other in the East Anglian Derby since 1902.
The colour of Norwich City’s home kit is yellow and green and that is the main reason why they are known as the Canaries. The likes of Kevin Keeland, Ian Culverhouse, Steve Bruce, Duncan Forbes, Mark Bowen, Darren Huckerby, Ian Crook, Martin Peters, Darren Eadier, Chris Sutton and Iwan Roberts are notable footballers who played for the Carrow Road outfit in the past.
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