{"id":289322,"date":"2011-03-03T17:37:38","date_gmt":"2011-03-03T17:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/03\/birmingham-v-west-brom\/"},"modified":"2011-03-03T17:37:38","modified_gmt":"2011-03-03T17:37:38","slug":"birmingham-v-west-brom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/03\/birmingham-v-west-brom\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham v West Brom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div>\n                        <!-- S BO --><br \/>\n\t<!-- S IINC --><br \/>\n\t\t<!--template: $Id: \/\/depot\/feeds\/Sport\/SportsStatsV3\/main\/SOLRenderService\/xslt\/football\/match\/html\/football_match_page_lead_score.json.html.xslt#5\n$ --><\/p>\n<p><!--Hashcode: 58630672--><br \/>\n<!-- E IINC --><!-- S IINC --><!--template: $Id: \/\/depot\/feeds\/Sport\/SportsStatsV3\/main\/SOLRenderService\/xslt\/football\/match\/html\/football_match_wrapper.html.xslt#2 $--><!--Fixture ID: 3284563--><!--template: $Id: \/\/depot\/feeds\/Sport\/SportsStatsV3\/main\/SOLRenderService\/xslt\/football\/match\/html\/football_match_summary.html.xslt#5 $--><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, 5 March 2011<\/p>\n<p>Barclays Premier League<\/p>\n<table summary=\"This table is for live text and stats\" caption=\"\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\"><span>Home Team<\/span><\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\"><span>Score<\/span><\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\"><span>Away Team<\/span><\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\"><span>Time<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Birmingham<\/td>\n<td> v <\/td>\n<td>West Brom<\/td>\n<td>12:45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><span><\/span><span><\/span><span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n               <\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\n               <\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\t\t\t<!--template: $Id: \/\/depot\/feeds\/Sport\/SportsStatsV3\/main\/SOLRenderService\/xslt\/football\/match\/html\/football_match_team_list.json.html.xslt#10\n$ --><\/p>\n<p><!--match id=3284563, status=FIXTURE--><br \/>\n<!--template: $Id: \/\/depot\/feeds\/Sport\/SportsStatsV3\/main\/SOLRenderService\/xslt\/football\/match\/html\/football_match_stats.json.html.xslt#10 $--><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>BIRMINGHAM<\/p>\n<p>WEST BROM<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>Possession<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Birmingham<\/span> <span>50%<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>West Brom<\/span> <span>50%<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--template: $Id: \/\/depot\/feeds\/Sport\/SportsStatsV3\/main\/SOLRenderService\/xslt\/football\/match\/html\/football_match_commentary.json.html.xslt#1 $--><br \/>\n<!--Fixture ID: 3284563--><\/p>\n<p><!-- E IINC --><\/p>\n<p><span><b>Barclays Premier League<\/b><br \/><b>Venue:<\/b> St Andrew&#8217;s <b>Date:<\/b> Saturday, 5 March <b>Kick-off:<\/b> 1245 GMT<br \/><b>Coverage:<\/b> Watch live on Sky Sports 2 and highlights on Match of the Day; listen on BBC Radio 5 live and local radio; text commentary on BBC Sport website and mobiles<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>TEAM NEWS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!-- S SF --><\/p>\n<p><b>Birmingham have reported no fresh injury concerns following Sunday&#8217;s Carling Cup final win over Arsenal.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Defender Roger Johnson was visibly struggling with a calf injury during the game but is expected to be fit. <\/p>\n<p>West Brom go into this match with a clean bill of health and head coach Roy Hodgson may be tempted to name an unchanged line-up. <\/p>\n<p>That would see Scott Carson continue in goal and Abdoulaye Meite keep his place in defence. <\/p>\n<p><!-- E SF --><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Birmingham<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Doubtful<\/b>: Johnson (calf) <\/p>\n<p><b>Injured\/unavailable<\/b>: Dann (hamstring), McFadden (knee), Valles (foot) <\/p>\n<p><b>West Brom<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Injured<\/b>: None <\/p>\n<p><b>MATCH PREVIEW<\/b><\/p>\n<p>St Andrew&#8217;s welcomes home its conquering heroes as Alex McLeish&#8217;s Birmingham City side return to the field for the first time since their historic Carling Cup triumph.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t    <!-- S IBOX --><\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" align=\"right\" width=\"231\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" readability=\"2\">\n<tr readability=\"4\">\n<td width=\"5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/0ca56104o.gif\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<td readability=\"4\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>\t\t\t<b>Winning the cup was one of those things you dream about as a kid. We have to savour it and no-one can take away from us what happened on Sunday. But we now move onto the serious stuff in the league and making sure we stay up<\/b><br \/>\n\t\t<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<p>Birmingham boss Alex McLeish<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- E IBOX --><\/p>\n<p>But the victory parade has been put on hold until Sunday, as attention turns from celebration to relegation and a derby date with West Midlands rivals West Brom. <\/p>\n<p>Both sides are scrapping for top-flight survival and will see victory in this fixture as the perfect launch pad for the relegation run-in. Successive 1-1 draws with Wolves and Stoke have kept West Brom out of the bottom three, and new boss Roy Hodgson has already brought a more solid look to a side that had shipped 51 goals in 26 league games before he took charge. <\/p>\n<p>Birmingham&#8217;s biggest concern is at the other end of the pitch, and McLeish may be tempted to pair a rejuvenated Nikola Zigic with Wembley hero Obafemi Martins to help transform Blues&#8217; status as the division&#8217;s lowest scorers. <\/p>\n<p>A win over their local rivals would add to the feelgood factor and potentially lift Blues five points clear of trouble. Then the weekend&#8217;s celebrations can resume. <\/p>\n<p><b>MATCH FACTS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Head-to-head<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 West Brom&#8217;s only win in their last five league matches against Birmingham was 3-1 at the Hawthorns earlier this season. <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Eight of the nine goals West Brom have scored against Birmingham in the Premier League have come in the second half. <\/p>\n<p><b>Birmingham<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Birmingham are the division&#8217;s lowest scorers with 25 goals. According to Opta stats, they have fired in just 87 shots on target this season, fewer than any other side in the division. <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Along with Blackburn&#8217;s Ewood Park, St Andrew&#8217;s has seen the fewest number of goals scored in the Premier League this season (28). <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Blues have lost just three of their last 29 Premier League games at St Andrew&#8217;s. <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Both Barry Ferguson and loanee Matt Derbyshire could make their 100th English league appearances. <\/p>\n<p><b>West Brom<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Baggies have drawn four of their last five Premier League matches and the last three in a row. <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 They have gone a club record 26 Premier League games without a clean sheet. Their only clean sheet this season came in the second game of the campaign, a 1-0 home win over Sunderland. <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Roy Hodgson has won just one of his last 28 away matches as a Premier League coach. <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Carlos Vela has scored in his last two games for West Brom, earning a point in each instance. <\/p>\n<p><b>LEADING GOALSCORERS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!-- S IIMA --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<!-- E IIMA --><\/p>\n<p><b>Birmingham<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Zigic: 8 goals (5 league); Gardner: 7 goals (5 league) <\/p>\n<p><!-- S IIMA --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<!-- E IIMA --><\/p>\n<p><b>West Brom<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Odemwingie: 9 goals (9 league); Tchoyi: 4 goals (3 league) <\/p>\n<p><b>MATCH OFFICIALS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Referee<\/b>: Mike Jones <\/p>\n<p><b>Assistant referees<\/b>: Darren Cann &#038; Trevor Massey <\/p>\n<p><b>Fourth official<\/b>: Michael Oliver <\/p>\n<p><b>LAST LEAGUE MATCH LINE-UPS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Birmingham <\/b>(L0-2 v Newcastle, h): Foster, Ridgewell, Carr, Jiranek (Murphy 73), Johnson, Bentley, Larsson (Phillips 76), Ferguson, Gardner, Martins (Jerome 58), Zigic. Subs not used: Fahey, Beausejour, Bowyer, Doyle. <\/p>\n<p><b>West Brom <\/b>(D1-1 v Stoke, a): Carson; Reid, Meite, Olsson, Shorey, Brunt, Scharner, Dorrans, Mulumbu (Tchoyi 73), Thomas (Vela 82), Fortune (Odemwingie 73). Subs not used: Myhill, Morrison, Tamas, Jara. <\/p>\n<p><!-- E BO --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/0ca56104o.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/football\/eng_prem\/9410920.stm\" title=\"Birmingham v West Brom\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Birmingham v West Brom<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> \u00a0 Saturday, 5 March 2011 Barclays Premier League Home Team Score Away Team Time Birmingham v West Brom 12:45 BIRMINGHAM WEST BROM Possession Birmingham 50% West Brom 50% Barclays Premier League Venue: St Andrew&#8217;s Date: Saturday, 5 March Kick-off: 1245 GMT Coverage: Watch live on Sky Sports 2 and highlights on Match of the Day; listen on BBC Radio 5 live and local radio; text commentary on BBC Sport website and mobiles TEAM NEWS Birmingham have reported no fresh injury concerns following Sunday&#8217;s Carling Cup final win over Arsenal. Defender Roger Johnson was visibly struggling with a calf injury during the game but is expected to be fit. West Brom go into this match with a clean bill of health and head coach Roy Hodgson may be tempted to name an unchanged line-up. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-289322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Birmingham v West Brom - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/03\/birmingham-v-west-brom\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Birmingham v West Brom - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"\u00a0 Saturday, 5 March 2011 Barclays Premier League Home Team Score Away Team Time Birmingham v West Brom 12:45 BIRMINGHAM WEST BROM Possession Birmingham 50% West Brom 50% Barclays Premier League Venue: St Andrew&#039;s Date: Saturday, 5 March Kick-off: 1245 GMT Coverage: Watch live on Sky Sports 2 and highlights on Match of the Day; listen on BBC Radio 5 live and local radio; text commentary on BBC Sport website and mobiles TEAM NEWS Birmingham have reported no fresh injury concerns following Sunday&#039;s Carling Cup final win over Arsenal. 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