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Everton prepare to entertain Birmingham City at Goodison Park on Sunday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 36 wins out of 55 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Goodison Park was just last season, in August 2002, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1-1 final scoreline in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Thu 26 Dec | Birmingham C. | 1 - 1 | Everton | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 28 Aug | Everton | 1-1 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 08 Jan | Everton | 2 - 0 | Birmingham C. | FAC |
| 1985/1986 | Sat 18 Jan | Birmingham C. | 0 - 2 | Everton | DIV1 |
| 1985/1986 | Sat 31 Aug | Everton | 4 - 1 | Birmingham C. | DIV1 |
| 1983/1984 | Mon 02 Jan | Birmingham C. | 0 - 2 | Everton | DIV1 |
| 1983/1984 | Sat 24 Sep | Everton | 1 - 1 | Birmingham C. | DIV1 |
Recent respective form guides
Everton have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. These games have seen the Blues score just 6 goals, though they have conceded 3.
Birmingham C. have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. While the Blues have hit 5 goals, 8 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Everton find themselves struggling down in 14th position in the league having picked up 20 points from their 18 matches. Birmingham C.'s 26 points from 17 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 8th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Everton | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 11 |
| Birmingham C. | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against Birmingham C. is certainly an interesting one with me deciding its going to end up with a victory for the Blues in a close run game. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Everton | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Unbeaten run of 4 matches. |
| Birmingham C. | Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |