Burton Albion are meeting Birmingham City at the Pirelli Stadium, Burton tonight. The Brewers, Football League members only since 2009, have lost their first three fixtures this season, they have various banned players on their books, but may have some good news with, Stephen Warnock, available after injury. The odds are against them.
They have recently won promotion to the Championship under Nigel Clough in 2016 as runners up from Division One. Clough previously was manager between 1998-2009 and took over the reins again in 2015.
Neil Warnock was manager of the Brewers between 1981-6.
Burton have had only two shots on target in their three league games so far this season. Obviously this is the worst in the Championship and they lie 24th out of 24 whilst Birmingham are 12th, with a record of:
played 1 won 1 drawn 1 lost 1 g.d 0
Birmingham City (below) founded in 1875 is regarded as the 28th most successful club in the League based on trophies won.
Their most recent success was beating Arsenal in the League Cup final at Wembley in 2011 and then qualifying for the Europa League. How many of you have forgotten that upset?
Last season it took managers Rowett, Zola to try to revitalise the club and eventually Redknapp to keep the Blues in the Championship. Harry was their saviour at the "death".
Tonight they have captain, Michael Morrison, probably playing with a face mask after damaging his cheek and nose against Bolton. They need all the help they can get.
Burton beat Brum twice last season, the only two competitive matches ever between the two Midland clubs in history, losing twice 0-2.
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