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Birmingham City and Newcastle play at St. Andrew’s Stadium in a FA Cup match (Round 3). There has been only 1 direct showdown in the last 3 years between these two teams, on 10-12-2016, which ended Newcastle’s 4-0 victory.
Birmingham City
The home team plays their first match in this edition of the FA Cup with the intention of taking advantage of the home factor to achieve a positive result. The team arrives at this meeting after a home defeat by Brentford for (1-3). Birmingham City won 5, drew 2 and lost 3 of their last 10 home games for all competitions. The team have conceded goals to their opponents in 9 of the last 10 games, so their defense needs to improve, but their attack has scored regularly as they have managed to make it 7 out of the last 10 games. In 15 games, he never managed to turn the scoring in the 8 games in which he conceded the first goal.
The Birmingham City team come to this game with a 1-3 away defeat at home to Brentford, adding up the fourth consecutive game without proving the taste of victory: the only goal of the team was scored by Jutkiewicz. In this match within their domains, coach Gianfranco Zola must line up in the same tactical system of the last game, namely 4-4-2 with Jutkiewicz and Adams being the most advanced men in the home team: the first player is the top scorer of the Birmingham with 8 goals scored. For this game the coach can not use Gleeson, Donaldson and Wiggins, players who recover from injury.
Newcastle
The visiting team makes its debut in this edition of the FA Cup with the intention of achieving a positive result and surprising the team of the house. In the last game he played, for Championship, lost with Blackburn Rovers out by (1-0). In the last 10 games as a visitor Newcastle won 6, drawn 1 and lost 3. This is a team that scores often first: opened the scoring in 12 of their last 15 games, of those 12 reached the break in lead in 8 and managed to keep The advantage until the end of the 90 ‘in 10. In the last 15 games out for all the competitions there is 1 period that stands out: suffered 3 of his 7 goals between the minutes (76′-90’).
Rafa Benitez’s players arrive in this match with a 1-0 defeat at Blackburn Rovers, adding to their second defeat in the last three games. In this away game, the Spanish coach must keep the team in 4-4-1-1 benefiting possession of the ball and organized attacks, however, in some moments of the game should only act on the counterattack. It is important to note that Dwight Gayle is Newcastle’s main highlight so far: the offensive has scored 19 goals in 21 games played in the championship. For this game the coach can not count on Jesus Gamez and Aarons, both injured.
Prediction: Newcastle Win @ 1.98