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Our recommended bet for Friday’s clash at St. Andrew’s comes in the form of a West Bromwich Albion victory over Birmingham City, featuring goals from both teams.
A £10 wager for such an outcome will secure you a return of £43 with Betway.
Match preview
A Birmingham City outfit fresh off a morale-boosting return to form will play host to West Bromwich Albion in the opening fixture of the Championship weekend on Friday, February 10th.
Birmingham, of course, headed into the latest round of fixtures in England’s 2nd tier in the midst of one of the division’s most alarming spells of form.
All told, dating back to last year, the Blues had slipped to defeat in no fewer than five fixtures on the spin.
Such woes culminated in John Eustace’s troops free-falling down the table, to within touching distance of the bottom three.
Making the trip to a Swansea City outfit fresh off clinching four points from an available six, Birmingham rediscovered their scoring touch, en route to emerging on the right side of a seven-goal thriller.
After Lukas Jutkiewicz pulled the visitors to the Liberty Stadium on level terms with 90 minutes on the clock, Arsenal loanee Aaron Trusty notched what could prove to be a season-altering winner a full seven minutes into time added on.
Club crest on the entrance gates to the stadium, pictured before West Bromwich Albion take on Leeds United in a SkyBet Championship fixture at the Hawthorns. (Alamy Stock Photo)
Clinching a 2nd win in succession on Friday evening, however, will prove easier said than done for Birmingham.
This comes with upcoming opponents West Bromwich Albion having notched a bounce-back result of their own last weekend.
After seeing a scintillating run brought to a firm end courtesy of back-to-back defeats across all competitions, West Brom put Coventry City to the sword at The Hawthorns by a goal to nil.
Grady Diangana proved himself match-winner on the day, courtesy of a close-range finish with a quarter of an hour on the clock.
The Baggies, at one point not long ago firmly entrenched in the bottom three, in turn, climbed back into the promotion playoff spots.
In fact, should they ultimately emerge triumphant once more on Friday evening, then Carlos Corberan – fresh off putting any remaining speculation surrounding his future to bed in midweek – will guide his side to within a solitary point of 3rd.
And, despite Birmingham’s confidence-inducing victory last time out, we at 101 are backing West Brom to manage exactly that come the full-time whistle at St. Andrew’s.
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