Birmingham is next, playing The Blues for the third time this season, having two wins to count so far. Anything else than a win this time, will be a major blow and we do believe the quality gap between the two clubs should see Leicester coming good this Saturday.
We expect Enzo Maresca to keep the team from the previous game, possibly giving start to Jamie Vardy, placing Patson Dake on the bench, that might be the only change from the game vs. Norwich.
Birmingham do have their fifth man in charge this season. John Eustace, Wayne Rooney, Tony Mowbray, Mark Venus and Gary Rowett being the quintet over this period of time, seen very difficult and relegation could still be reality, hopefully not.
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Match Pack – Stats & Facts
Table Position
LEI: 3 (LC)
BIR: 20 (LC)
Injuries / Uncertainties / Suspensions / Unavailable:
LEI: Cannon, Nelson, McAteer
BIR: Jutkiewicz, Pritchard, Roberts, Chang
Form:
Last Three
Lei: W – L – L
Bir: W – L – L
Head to Head:
Last Three
FA Cup; 27.01.24, King Power Stadium 3-0 (W)
League Championship; 18.12.2023, St Andrews 3-2 (W)
FA Cup; 04.03.2020, King Power Stadium, 1-0 (W)
Possible Line-Up’s:
Leicester City:
Hermansen, Pereira, Doyle, Faes, Vestergaard, Winks, Ndidi, Dewsbury-Hall, Fatawu, Vardy, Mavadidi
Birmingham City:
Ruddy, Laird, Aiwu, Buchanan, Drameh, Seung-ho Paik, Sanderson, Bacuna, Bielik, Roberts, Stansfield.
Predicted Result: 3-0 (Win)
Players In Both Camps, Birmingham City
Focus On; Birmingham City
Nickname: The Blues
Manager: Gary Rowett
Captain: Dion Sanderson
Owners: Birmingham Sports Holdings, Shelby Companies
Kit Supplier: NIke
Kit Sponsor: Undefeated
Stadium: St Andrews
Capacity: 29.409
Wikipedia
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional football club based in Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, it was renamed Small Heath in 1888, Birmingham in 1905, and Birmingham City in 1943. Since 2011, the first team have competed in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football.
As Small Heath, they played in the Football Alliance before becoming founder members and first champions of the Football League Second Division. The most successful period in their history was in the 1950s and early 1960s. They achieved their highest finishing position of sixth in the First Division in the 1955–56 season and reached the 1956 FA Cup Final. Birmingham played in two Inter-Cities Fairs Cup finals, in 1960, as the first English club side to reach a major European final, and again the following year. They won the League Cup in 1963 and again in 2011. Birmingham have played in the top tier of English football for around half of their history:[8] the longest period spent outside the top division, between 1986 and 2002, included two brief spells in the third tier of English football, during which time they won the Football League Trophy twice.
St Andrew’s has been their home ground since 1906. They have a long-standing and fierce rivalry with Aston Villa, their nearest neighbours, with whom they play the Second City derby. The club’s nickname is Blues, after the colour of their kit, and the fans are known as Bluenoses, read more
Kit:
The new Birmingham home shirt was released today. It is made by Nike and will be worn in the 23-24 Championship. The home shirt applies two shades of blue to a basic Nike teamwear design. The torso and sleeves are royal blue, while the round neck collar and cuffs are a slightly darker shade.
also includes a navy wave graphic print across the front body panel, with the white logo of new sponsor undefeated sitting on top of it.
Arch-enemy: Aston Villa
Honours: Birmingham City is not a grand collector of the major trophies, but have two Carabao Cup victories to count, from the seasons, 1962-63 and 2010-11, also ending runners-up in this competition in 2000-01. They are also twice runners-up in the FA Cup, in 1931 and 1956.
A bit unknown and forgotten, but Birmingham City were close to win in European competitions, ending runners-up in the European Fairs Cup in the 1959-60 and 1960-61 seasons.
Domestic
1st Division / Premier League
Winners: – (best season; 6th, 1955/56
Runners-up: –
2nd Division / League Championship
Winners: 1892/93, 1920/21, 1947/48, 1954/55
3rd Division / League One
Winners: 1994/95
FA Cup
Winners: –
Runners up: 1931, 1956
League Cup
Winners: 1962-63, 2010-11
Runners up: 2000-01
Europe
European Fairs Cup; runners-up, 1959-60, 1960-61
Did You Know?
Whenever one thinks of English teams in major European finals, you tend to think of Manchester United, Liverpool or Chelsea. However, Birmingham City were the first English team to reach a major European final. They did so in 1960 when they were invited to enter into the second edition of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, a precursor to the modern Europa League.
Blues were invited due to Birmingham being among a number of cities that had recently hosted trade fairs and their route to the final consisted firstly of a 4-2 aggregate win over a representative team from Cologne. They then defeated a Zagreb XI 4-3 on aggregate before overcoming Belgian side Union Saint-Gilloise 8-4 again over a two-legged tie.
The final would see the Blues pitted against the mighty FC Barcelona. The first leg ended in a credible 0-0 draw at St. Andrews, but at Camp Nou, Birmingham were no match as Barca jumped into a 4-0 lead with two goals credited to Hungarian striker Zoltan Czibor. Blues would get a late consolation goal through Harry Hooper, but the tie was lost.
Blues would reach the final again just a year later but would come up short once more, this time to AS Roma. Interestingly Roma’s goalkeeper in that final was Fabio Cudicini, father of former Chelsea and Tottenham keeper Carlo.
Most Appearances: (G) Gil Merrick (1946-1959), 551
Most Goals: (F) Joe Bradford (1920-1935), 267
Other Famous Players: Trevor Francis, Bob Latchford, Archie Gemmill, Howard Kendall, Bob Hatton, Seb Larsson, Robbie Savage, Emile Heskey, Tony Want, Joe Gallagher, Geoff Vowden, Frank Womack, Malcolm Page, Colin Calderwood, Billy Jones, Caesar Jenkyns, Paul Caddis, Nikola Zigic, Alan Curbishley, Damien Johnson, Michael Johnson, Ray Martin, Garry Pendrey, Lukas Jutkiewicz
Record win: 12-0 v Nottingham Forest, (League), 8 March 1888
Record defeat: 0-9 v Sheffield Wednesday (League), 21 December 1889
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