Birmingham City hosts Brentford in round 1 of the English Championship. The match will be played on Saturday, September 12th at St. Andrew's Stadium (Birmingham)
The hosts gained their last victory back in February. Birmingham tried to fix something, but its game looked frankly bad. The team was saved not thanks to its actions, but the mistakes of competitors. Head coach Karanka says that Birmingham will try to get into the top ten in the new season. Friendly matches with Tottenham and Leicester were good, but it is difficult to explain the defeat to the representative of the Second League in the League Cup match. It seems that the Blues simply do not believe that they can win back after conceding a goal.
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A glance at the latest results is enough to understand that the Bees are not quite all right. Brentford accelerated at the end of last season and gained seven victories in a row but failed at the most crucial moment. The team didn’t manage to promote to the Premier League, having lost to Fulham in the playoffs final. The preseason matches were rather strange - only one of three was won. The incomprehensible hard victory over Wycombe only in the added time of the first official cup match only confirms the guess. Then there was the sale of the top scorer Watkins to Aston Villa. For what and why? It will be incredibly difficult to take a place in the top two this season. Brentford built a new stadium to languish in the Championship for a few more seasons, or what?
Brentford may be the favorite of the upcoming match, but the last games were difficult for the Bees. There were no significant acquisitions. Many players left the team. I would like to look at the Bees in the first three or four rounds in order to draw conclusions. But it seems that the team will surely not be the favorite of the Championship this season. And the visitors failed to beat Birmingham City last season. The Bees are stronger in terms of the game. But whether they will be able to leave the field without conceding a goal is a big question. I think the hosts won’t lose with a big score.
Prediction for the match: Birmingham to win with +1.0 handicap
