Birmingham City and Norwich City return to action in the EFL Championship when they square off at St. Andrew’s Stadium on Saturday. The Canaries have failed to win their last 11 matches since late August and will head into the weekend aiming to end their dire run.
Birmingham City were made to rue their wasteful display in front of goal last time out as they fell to a 2-1 defeat against Middlesbrough just before the international break.
Before that, Chris Davies’ men picked up consecutive victories over Portsmouth and Millwall, scoring eight goals and keeping two clean sheets across the two games, and had won three of their last four games since October 21.
With 21 points from 15 matches, Birmingham City are currently 11th in the EFL Championship table, level on points with Leicester City, Wrexham and West Bromwich Albion.
Meanwhile, Norwich City failed to stop the rot last time out as they fell to a 2-1 defeat against Leicester City when the two sides met at Carrow Road on October 8.
The Canaries have gone 11 straight games without a win, losing eight and claiming three draws since a 2-0 victory over Blackburn Rovers on August 30.
Norwich City have picked up just nine points from their 15 Championship matches so far to sit bottom but one in the standings, only above last-placed Sheffield Wednesday.
Birmingham City vs Norwich City Head-To-Head and Key Numbers
- With 30 wins from the last 77 meetings between the sides, Norwich City hold the upper hand in the history of this fixture.
- Birmingham City have picked up 24 wins in that time, while the spoils have been shared on 23 occasions.
- Norwich City are unbeaten in 11 of their last 12 games against Birmingham City, claiming 10 wins and one draw since August 2016.
- Birmingham have lost just one of their seven Championship home matches this season, while claiming four wins and two draws so far.
Birmingham City vs Norwich City Prediction
It has been a shocking campaign for Norwich City, who are one of the early favorites to go down as they find themselves scrambling for life at the wrong end of the table.
Birmingham, meanwhile, have been rock-solid at home this season and we are backing them to come away with the desired result here.
Prediction: Birmingham City 2-1 Norwich City
Birmingham City vs Norwich City Betting Tips
Tip 1: Result - Birmingham City to win
Tip 2: First to score - Birmingham City (Norwich have conceded the opening goal in seven of their last eight games)
Tip 3: Over 4.5 cards - No (There have been fewer than five bookings in five of the last six meetings between the two teams)