By CovSid67
January 28 2011

Head-To-Head, Recent Form, Team News, and the Latest Betting Odds, ahead of Saturday's FA Cup clash between Birmingham City and Coventry City!

Coventry City and Birmingham City have met 51 times in all competitions, with The Blues having won 21 times, compared to The Sky Blues 16 victories, while 14 matches have ended in a draw. 

The last time the two sides met, in the 2008/9 season, Coventry City did the double over their neighbours, with Clinton Morrison scoring the only goal of the game at St. Andrews, and Scott Dann scoring the only goal of the game at the Ricoh. 

Coventry City have won four of the last six fixtures played between the two sides at St. Andrews, while they have met twice before in the F.A. Cup, with both sides winning one match each. 

Coventry City's only victory in the last nine games was against Crystal Palace, with three matches drawn, and five ending in defeat (1-2, 0-2, 0-2, 1-2, and 2-1, possibly useful info, should you be looking to bet on a correct score!). 

Birmingham have a fairly decent home record this season, having (Fairly) recently drawn with MU and Spurs, and also beat Chelsea 1-0 (Though they were hammered 3-0 by Arsenal on New Years Day). 

Aidy Boothroyd has stated he will play his strongest possible side for the fixture, adding: 'I don’t think I will have a choice given the amount of players I have got available.' Birmingham City are expected to make changes from their midweek fixture, with Gardner, Johnson, and Jerome possibly missing, though David Bentley is available. 

Birmingham City knocked West Ham out of the League Cup earlier in the week (Having beaten Aston Villa in the previous round), around thirty years after Coventry City were knocked out of the same competition by West Ham. Congratulations Birmingham City, and thanks! 

Birmingham are 5/6 favourites to win the fixture, while Coventry are 4/1. The draw is 13/5. The draw and a Birmingham win are the lowest odds, at 7/1, while Coventry to win 1-0 is 14/1. 

Four Birmingham players head the 'first scorer' list before any Coventry player gets a look-in: Zigic, 11/2; Jerome, 11/2; Phillips, 15/2; and Derbyshire, 15/2, with Marlon King, at 17/2 - the same odds as a Blues player called Nathan Redmond. Bizarrely, Jutkiewicz at 10/1 is ahead of Eastwood, whose odds are 11/1 (With Jutkiewicz at 80/1 to score a hat-trick, with Eastwood and Marlon King at 100/1).