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Chelsea face a trip to Birmingham City at St Andrew's on Saturday afternoon, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 17 of the 45 previous games, with the hosts winning just 15.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in December 2009, when they played out a goalless draw in a Premier League match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Wed 27 Jan | Chelsea | 3 - 0 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 26 Dec | Birmingham C. | 0 - 0 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 19 Jan | Birmingham C. | 0 - 1 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sun 12 Aug | Chelsea | 3 - 2 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 01 Apr | Birmingham C. | 0 - 0 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 31 Dec | Chelsea | 2 - 0 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 09 Apr | Chelsea | 1 - 1 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Birmingham City have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 6.
The Blues have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The games have constituted a decent return of 8 goals for the Blues, and 4 goals against.
Birmingham C. are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclays Premier League with a return of just 13 points from their 13 games thus far. Chelsea are currently sitting proudly at the top of the entire league, having collected 28 points from the 13 games played.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Birmingham C. | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| Chelsea | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Chelsea are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Birmingham C. | Drawn last 2 games at home. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not won in the 5 most recent games. |
| Chelsea | 4 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 8 outings ago. |