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Played
January 7, 2012 12:30 PM GMT
St. Andrew's Stadium — Birmingham
Referee: M. Dean
Attendance: 14594
January 7, 2012 12:30 PM GMT
St. Andrew's Stadium — Birmingham
Referee: M. Dean
Attendance: 14594
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| Birmingham City | 2.35 | 2.55 | 2.30 | 8.00 | 2.40 | 12.00 | 2.35 | 2.30 |
| Draw | 3.30 | 2.40 | 3.20 | 1.20 | 3.25 | 1.07 | 3.20 | 3.20 |
| Wolves | 3.00 | 3.20 | 3.10 | 9.50 | 3.00 | 13.00 | 2.95 | 3.00 |
Birmingham City - Wolves Preview: Hosts look for revenge against their local rivals who stayed in Premier League at their expense
This match sees the visitors' captain Roger Johnson return to his former club for the first time but both sides could be willing to rest players due to their league commitments
By Joel Lamy
Getty Images
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PROBABLE LINEUPS |
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BIRMINGHAM CITY
 Myhill Spector, Ridgewell, Caldwell, Murphy Redmond, Mutch, Gomis, Beausejour Wood, Rooney |
WOLVES
 Hennessey Stearman, Johnson, Berra, Elokobi Hammill, Frimpong, Edwards, Kightly Ebanks-Blake, Doyle |
Nenad Milijas will sit out the final match of his three-game ban for Wolves, but there is better news with Michael Kightly back from his loan spell at Watford.
Jamie O’Hara is hoping to return to training soon but he is still recovering from a hernia operation and Jody Craddock (hamstring) and Ronald Zubar (knee) are also out.
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DID YOU KNOW? |
- Birmingham were set to stay in the Premier League until Stephen Hunt’s 87th-minute goal for Wolves against Blackburn Rovers on the final day of last season.
- Wolves won their first two away matches of the season at Blackburn and Northampton Town but have since played nine more times on their travels, drawing three and losing on six occasions.
- Their last clean sheet in the Premier League came in the 0-0 draw against Aston Villa on August 27.
- These two sides met at St Andrew's in the third round of the FA Cup two years ago with Wolves triumphing 2-0.
- Overall, Wolves have 61 all-time wins to Birmingham’s 38 and in cup competitions they have five wins to Birmingham’s two with a further two matches having ended as draws.
- Last season these two teams played out a 1-1 draw at St Andrew's with Wolves triumphing 1-0 at Molineux.
- Birmingham have an excellent home record in the Championship – in 11 matches they have won seven, drawn four and conceded just five times. The only team to have won at St Andrew's this season were Braga.
- They are in 14th place in the league but have two games in hand due to their previous Europa League commitments.
- Both of these teams lost 3-2 in this competition last season – Wolves at Old Trafford in the fourth round and Birmingham at home to Bolton in the 6th round.
- Birmingham have never won the FA Cup but Wolves have won it in: 1893, 1908, 1949 and 1960.
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Field Report
Reader's Predictions
Top 3 Predictions
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Birmingham City 1-0 Wolves
- 13.93 %
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Birmingham City 1-2 Wolves
- 13.12 %
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Birmingham City 1-1 Wolves
- 12.3 %
| FA Cup (FA) | 18 Jan 2012 | Wolves 0 - Birmingham City 1 |
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| FA Cup (FA) | 7 Jan 2012 | Birmingham City 0 - Wolves 0 |
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| Premier League (EPL) | 1 May 2011 | Birmingham City 1 - Wolves 1 |
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| Premier League (EPL) | 12 Dec 2010 | Wolves 1 - Birmingham City 0 |
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| Premier League (EPL) | 7 Feb 2010 | Birmingham City 2 - Wolves 1 |
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Birmingham City
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| 6 Mar 2012 | Birmingham City 0 - Chelsea FC 2 | FA |
| 18 Feb 2012 | Chelsea FC 1 - Birmingham City 1 | FA |
| 7 Feb 2012 | Birmingham City 1 - Portsmouth 0 | ENG2 |
| 28 Jan 2012 | Sheffield United 0 - Birmingham City 4 | FA |
| 18 Jan 2012 | Wolves 0 - Birmingham City 1 | FA |
Wolves
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| 13 May 2012 | Wigan Athletic 3 - Wolves 2 | EPL |
| 6 May 2012 | Wolves 0 - Everton 0 | EPL |
| 28 Apr 2012 | Swansea City 4 - Wolves 4 | EPL |
| 22 Apr 2012 | Wolves 0 - Manchester City 2 | EPL |
| 14 Apr 2012 | Sunderland 0 - Wolves 0 | EPL |
| Returns: | Birmingham City £80.00 |
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| Returns: | Wolves £95.00 |
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| 13 | Colin Doyle | Goalkeeper |
| 23 | Jonathan Spector | Midfielder |
| 24 | Curtis Davies | Defender |
| 6 | Liam Ridgewell | Defender |
| 3 | David Murphy | Defender |
| 8 | Guirane N'Daw | Defender |
| 15 | Wade Elliott | Midfielder |
| 12 | Jordon Mutch | Midfielder |
| 14 | Morgaro Gomis | Midfielder |
| 22 | Nathan Redmond | Midfielder |
| 17 | Adam Rooney | Striker |
| - | Jack Butland | Goalkeeper |
| 4 | Steven Caldwell | Defender |
| 11 | Jean Beausejour | Midfielder |
| 18 | Keith Fahey | Midfielder |
| 9 | Marlon King | Striker |
| 19 | Nikola Zigic | Striker |
| 40 | Callum Reilly | Midfielder |
| 31 | Dorus De Vries | Goalkeeper |
| 5 | Richard Stearman | Defender |
| 14 | Roger Johnson | Defender |
| 16 | Christophe Berra | Defender |
| 11 | Stephen Ward | Defender |
| 7 | Michael Kightly | Midfielder |
| 8 | Karl Henry | Midfielder |
| - | Eggert Jonsson | Midfielder |
| 12 | Stephen Hunt | Midfielder |
| 9 | Sylvan Ebanks-Blake | Striker |
| 29 | Kevin Doyle | Striker |
| 1 | Wayne Hennessey | Goalkeeper |
| 3 | George Elokobi | Defender |
| 32 | Kevin Foley | Defender |
| 4 | David Edwards | Midfielder |
| 26 | Emmanuel Frimpong | Midfielder |
| 17 | Matthew Jarvis | Midfielder |
| 10 | Steven Fletcher | Striker |
| Nathan Redmond | |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Squad Number: | 22 |
| Games | Goals | YC | RC |
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| 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The 17-year-old became City’s second youngest ever debutant after Trevor Francis when he came on as a substitute in a 3-2 League Cup victory against Rochdale in 2010.
Given the chance in Blues’ final Europa League match of their campaign against Maribor, he was the stand-out performer and his cross was converted by Adam Rooney for the winning goal. Redmond is definitely one to keep an eye out for.
Given the chance in Blues’ final Europa League match of their campaign against Maribor, he was the stand-out performer and his cross was converted by Adam Rooney for the winning goal. Redmond is definitely one to keep an eye out for.
| Roger Johnson | |
| Position: | Defender |
| Squad Number: | 14 |
| Games | Goals | YC | RC |
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| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Plucked from Cardiff in 2009, Johnson played every Premier League match for Birmingham in their two seasons in the top flight but after they were relegated he moved to Wolves where he was immediately made captain. How will the home fans take to seeing one of their former star players now plying his trade with a local rival?
Both these teams have more pressing matters in the league and Birmingham manager Hughton might want to rest a few players with lots of league matches to come up. Blues have an excellent home record this season and will be desperate to put one over the team which effectively relegated them to the Championship.
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Striker Leicester City |
6 | 0 |
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Darius Henderson
Striker Millwall |
4 | 1 |
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Juan Mata
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4 | 1 |
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Andy Carroll
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4 | 0 |
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Ramires
Midfielder Chelsea |
4 | 0 |
