Our prediction for this FA Cup match:
Birmingham City
Match Time & Date:
08/01/2022
18:30
Prediction: 1-2
Plymouth
Birmingham City and Plymouth face each other at St. Andrew’s Stadium in what is expected to be an interesting FA Cup game. The Blues do not seem to be at their sharpest ahead of Saturday’s clash, with the team failing to win the previous four Championship games. Birmingham City have been struggling at the back of late, and they are unlikely to keep a clean sheet in the FA Cup game.
Both Marc Roberts and Adan George are sidelined with injuries for the hosts. The Pilgrims, on the other hand, aim to build on back-to-back wins over Charlton and Cheltenham. The League One side are high on spirits ahead of the trip to Birmingham, and we predict that the underdogs are going to advance to the FA Cup last 32. Conor Grant has overcome his injury, while Brendan Galloway should miss out for the visiting team.
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 (Plymouth):
Nicknamed the Pilgrims, Plymouth are a professional football club that host their rivals at Home Park. The stadium, which can hold up to 18,600 people, was built in 1892 and opened the following year. Plymouth footballers wear dark green jerseys and white shorts when playing in front of home fans, while light green and white are the dominant colours of their away kit.
The Pilgrims made it to the FA Cup semi-finals in the 1983-84 season, with the team advancing to the Football League Cup semis on two occasions (1964-65, 1973-74). The Pilgrims recorded their biggest win against Millwall on January 16, 1932, with the team beating the Lions 8-1, and they repeated the success in 1994 as they rolled over Hartlepool United in the Second Division.
The club suffered their heaviest defeat against Stoke City (0-9) on December 17, 1960. Fellow Devon teams Exeter City and Torquay United are seen as the club’s fiercest rivals.
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