Our prediction for this League 1 match:
Rotherham United and Birmingham City square off against each other at Aesseal New York Stadium in what is expected to be an interesting Championship game. The Millers continue with their old habit of producing fine performances at home, while struggling on the travels, but they dropped two points in a 2-2 draw with Burton Albion at the weekend. The good news for the hosts is that forward Joseph Hungbo has overcome his injury as well as centre-back Sean Raggett.
The Blues, on the other hand, aim to overtake Wrexham in top position in the standings. Even though Birmingham City are on a four-game winning run in League One, the share of spoils is on the cards at important players are back to contention for the home side. Chris Davies is unlikely to make changes to the starting XI that defeated the Dragons at the weekend as there are no fresh injury worries in the visiting team.
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.