Birmingham City hosts Rotherham in round 3 of the English Championship. The match will be played on Saturday, September 26th at St. Andrew's Stadium (Birmingham)
The sale of the 17-year-old top teenager to Dortmund for 23 million euros and the arrival of the Spaniard Karanka as head coach are the main summer events in Birmingham. The hosts finished last season in 20th place, falling lower and lower every year. There are many questions to the management of the club, who fired one of the most underestimated English coaches of the new generation. Is there common sense in the blue kingdom? A new coach shouldn't rely on the money from the sale of Jude Bellingham. In the offseason, a number of free agents joined Birmingham City - Jon Toral, Andres Prieto, Ivan Sanchez, Neil Etheridge, Josh McEachran and Adam Clayton. The latter is an experienced fighter, who has played in the England second division for many years. This is a good transfer in the center of the field. We will look at the game of the Spaniards, although the same Toral has already played for a local club in the 2015-2016 Championship. Then he proved himself well. Birmingham will not please its fans with high scoring, as this squad lacks qualified attacking players.
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One way or another, the current lineup of the hosts is much stronger and more experienced than that of Rotherham. The Millers are a poor team, which has never set high goals, and promotion to the second most powerful league always ended in a struggle for survival. It is a sort of lift team between the second and third divisions of England. The visitors do not set the Thames on fire, and they cannot boast of technical football players, being inferior in class to almost all rivals and often relying on fighting qualities.
I will bet on the hosts of this meeting. It will be very strange to lose to such a weak opponent after two quite good matches (although there will be no fans in the stands). The Blues are superior to their rival in all respects, so I will not reinvent the wheel. Yes, the attack does not create many goal attempts, but is it worth comparing the defense of Rotherham and Swansea? I decided to bet on the victory of Birmingham with a zero handicap.
Prediction for the match: Birmingham City to win with 0.0 handicap
