Tottenham face a trip to Birmingham City at St. Andrew's at lunchtime on Saturday, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Spurs have won 12 of the 35 games compared to the host's 16 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in November 2002, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Sat 05 Apr | Tottenham | 2 - 1 | Birmingham | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 30 Nov | Birmingham | 1 - 1 | Tottenham | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 31 Oct | Tottenham | 1 - 3 | Birmingham | LC |
| 1985/1986 | Wed 16 Apr | Tottenham | 2 - 0 | Birmingham | DIV1 |
| 1985/1986 | Sat 15 Mar | Birmingham | 1 - 2 | Tottenham | DIV1 |
| 1983/1984 | Sat 25 Feb | Tottenham | 0 - 1 | Birmingham | DIV1 |
| 1983/1984 | Sat 22 Oct | Birmingham | 0 - 1 | Tottenham | DIV1 |
Recent respective form guides
Birmingham City are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 13 goals for the Blues, with 5 goals against.
In complete contrast to Birmingham, Tottenham are having a torrid time on their travels, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While the Spurs have hit 7 goals, 13 have hit the back of the wrong net.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Birmingham | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 13 |
| Tottenham | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Blues, as the Spurs have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Birmingham | Unbeaten in the last 6 home games. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Tottenham | An overall losing run of 3 games. No win in the 3 most recent games. |