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Match Preview | Birmingham City (H)

The Hatters face Birmingham City tomorrow afternoon looking to record back-to-back wins for the first time this season.

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Following the midweek victory against Barnsley, Town have the opportunity to build on a promising start to the 2021/22 Sky Bet Championship campaign and will aim for a third win when the Blues arrive at Kenilworth Road.

The opposition:

Birmingham were defeated for the first time this season on Wednesday night following a 2-0 loss against Bournemouth.

Prior to that match, they had kept a clean-sheet in all three of their matches, including the Carabao Cup win against Colchester United, and opening day victory versus Sheffield United.

Last time we met:

Dan Potts scored the only goal of the game when the two sides last met during a scrappy contest at St Andrew’s.

Before that meeting, the Hatters had been unsuccessful against Birmingham since 2006 when a brace from Rowan Vine and a late David Bell strike secured all three points on that occasion.

Follow the action:

UK-based fans will not be able to watch the match on iFollow as this is a Saturday home match.

However, fans can tune into Simon Pitts’ match commentary through iFollow by purchasing an audio match for a single game, a month or for the season. Prices for all three options can be found HERE.

Overseas supporters can watch all live EFL Championship league matches provided that they have not been selected for international television broadcast in a territory that has an overseas broadcast provider.

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Ref watch

Referee: John Busby

Assistant Referees: Mark Russell and Michael George

Fourth Official: Charles Breakspear

John Busby is the man in charge at Kenilworth Road on Saturday and refereed the Hatters twice last season.

Firstly against Norwich City in the EFL Cup, before officiating the comeback away win versus Bristol City in April.

Busby has been the man in the middle for three matches so far this season, dishing out 16 yellow cards and one red.

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