19:45 local time.
The English Premier League football match between Chelsea (3rd) and Birmingham City (13th) kicks off on 20 April 2011.
Chelsea go into this game in third spot in the league table, 2 points behind second placed Arsenal who are in also action in the North London derby at Spurs. This is the first of 3 consecutive home games for Chelsea who came through an awkward looking fixture at West Brom with a 3-1 win at the weekend. There is still no sign of a goal for Torres, a late substitute on Saturday, but despite the goal drought continuing for their record signing, Chelsea's Premier League form shows 5 wins and 1 draw from the last 6 matches. That sequence includes home wins over both Manchester clubs but they made hard work of beating Wigan 1-0 in their last outing at Stamford Bridge. Alex and Ramires are doubtful for Chelsea.
Birmingham's 2-0 home win over Sunderland at the weekend means they have taken 7 points from the last 9 available. They have a 5 point cushion over the sides in the relegation zone and this is their “game in hand” over most of the sides in the lower half of the log. Away from home against the top sides Birmingham have conceded 5 goals at Old Trafford, drawn 0-0 at Manchester City and lost 2-1 at Arsenal. They must still visit Spurs and Liverpool.
Birmingham took full advantage of Chelsea's slump in form in the middle third of the season to record a 1-0 win at St. Andrews. They have lost on their last 3 visits to Stamford Bridge including a 3-0 defeat last season.
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●Head-to-Head:
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Chelsea---------------------Birmingham
32------------Played----------32
61------------Points-----------38
18---------------Won----------8
7--------------Drawn----------14
7---------------Lost------------10
58------------Scored----------33
26------------Conceded------43
3---------League Position----14
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●Recent Meetings:
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2010-11-20 Birmingham City Chelsea FC 1-0
2010-01-27 Chelsea FC Birmingham City 3-0
2009-12-26 Birmingham City Chelsea FC 0-0
2008-01-19 Birmingham City Chelsea FC 0-1
2007-08-12 Chelsea FC Birmingham City 3-2
2006-04-01 Birmingham City Chelsea FC 0-0
2005-12-31 Chelsea FC Birmingham City 2-0
2005-04-09 Chelsea FC Birmingham City 1-1
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●Form Guide:
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Chelsea: WWWDWW
Stoke : LDLWDW
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●Recent Fixtures
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Chelsea
West Brom - Chelsea 1 - 3
Man Utd - Chelsea 2 - 1
Chelsea - Wigan 1 - 0
Chelsea - Man Utd 0 - 1
Stoke - Chelsea 1 - 1
Chelsea - Man City 2 - 0
Birmingham City
2 - 0 Birmingham - Sunderland
1 - 1 Blackburn - Birmingham
2 - 1 Birmingham - Bolton
2 - 1 Wigan - Birmingham
2 - 3 Birmingham - Bolton
1 - 1 Everton - Birmingham
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●Chelsea Stats for the season
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Home/Away Stats
14 clean sheet this season
24 games scoring a goal
16 games scoring more than 1 goal
9 games scoring more than 2 goals
18 games conceding a goal
5 games conceding more than 1 goal
3 games conceding more than 2 goals
13 games where total score is over 2.5 goals
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●Birmingham Stats for the season
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Home/Away Stats
9 clean sheets this season
23 games scoring a goal
l10 games scoring more than 1 goal
0 games scoring more than 2 goals
23 games conceding a goal
13 games conceding more than 1 goal
5 games conceding more than 2 goals
14 games where total score is over 2.5 goals
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●Chelsea results analysis
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When looking at Chelsea home performance in league points, Chelsea’s performance is greatest when looking at opponents in the bottom 6 with an average of 3 points per game.
Against opponent such as Birmingham City that is currently placed in the mid 8 of the English Premier League Chelsea has managed to collect an average of 1.77 points in 13 matches this season. Concerning matches played at home against the mid 8 this season Chelsea has collected 1.83 points on average in 6 matches.
Chelsea Results – English Premier League
Matches Average Points Win Draw Loss
All matches (32) 1.91 18 7 7
All vs. top 6 (8) 1.25 3 1 4
All vs.mid 8 (13) 1.77 6 5 2
All vs. bottom 6 (11)2.55 9 1 1
Home (15) 2.33 11 2 2
Home vs. top 6 (4) 2.25 3 0 1
Home vs. mid 8 (6) 1.83 3 2 1
Home vs. bottom 6 (5) 3 5 0 0
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My Team
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(if Ramires is injured)
-----------------------Cech---------------------------
Ivanovic-------Luiz--------Terry-----------Cole--
---------------------Mikel-----------------------------
---------Yossi-----Lampard-----Zhirkov-----------
------------Drogba----------Torres-----------------
(If Ramires is fit)
-----------------------Cech---------------------------
Ivanovic-------Luiz--------Terry-----------Cole--
---------------------Essien---------------------------
---------Ramires--------------Lampard------------
----------------------Yossi---------------------------
------------Drogba----------Torres-----------------
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