Birmingham City v Arsenal: compare preview

By John Ley 200PM GMT twenty-six Mar 2010

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Saturday, Mar twenty-seven

Birmingham City v Arsenal St Andrews Kick-Off 15.00 GMT

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Tale of the diversion

Birmingham lapse to St Andrews following Wednesdays outing to Blackburn, where they lost 2-1, their second improved in five days. Garry OConnor, David Murphy and Lee Carsley are blank by injury.

Arsenal have won their last 6 Premier League games, their most appropriate run given they won 7 in period in between Aug and Oct 2007.

During the run they have scored thirteen goals and conceded only three. But Thomas Vermaelen is dangling after his interest opposite his red label opposite West Ham was rejected, so with William Gallas still missing, Mikael Silvestre is approaching to stick on Sol Campbell in defence. Nicklas Bendtner is additionally a slight doubt.

What they"re saying

Alex McLeish "Eduardo is behind personification that is great. We are a improved side than we were dual seasons ago but it doesn"t indispensably meant we will kick Arsenal. We will try and fool around the football opposite Arsenal but we have still got to have tackles - only as the Arsenal group have got to have tackles. We can"t mount behind and admire them. They are a ruin of a great side."

Arsene Wenger "They are a great side. They are well organised. They fool around great football and have a really great earthy dynamic. They have finished intensely well until now. They have only had dual really formidable games but in each compare they have hold up tough for everyone in this joining so you have to give them credit. They are in a secure on all sides with scarcely 10 games to go that is remarkable."

Birmingham (4-4-1-1) Hart; Carr, R Johnson, Dann, Ridgewell; Gardner, Bowyer, Ferguson, Fahey; McFadden; Jerome.

Arsenal (4-5-1) Almunia; Sagna, Campbell, Silvestre, Clichy; Walcott, Song, Fabregas, Nasri; Arshavin, Bendtner.

Referee Howard Webb. Matches 22. R3. Y82.

This deteriorate Arsenal 3 Birmingham 1.

Last deteriorate Arsenal 1 Birmingham 1, Birmingham 2 Arsenal 2.

Stat of the diversion Birmingham are dominant in their last eleven homes games in the Premier League.

Betting tip Arsenal have to win but could be hold to a draw. Try 1-1 at 13-2.