Sunday, January 16, 2011
Watch Birmingham City vs Aston Villa live streaming megavideo online 2011, January 16.
Birmingham v Aston Villa
Barclays Premier League
Home Team Score Away Team Time
Birmingham v Aston Villa 12:00
Barclays Premier League
Venue: St Andrew's Date: Sunday, 16 January Kick-off: 1200 GMT
Coverage: Watch live on Sky Sports 1 and highlights on Match of the Day 2; listen on talkSPORT and BBC local radio; text commentary on BBC Sport website and mobiles.
TEAM NEWS
Birmingham's new loan signing David Bentley is set to make his Blues debut after joining from Tottenham.
But central defender Scott Dann misses out after tearing his hamstring against West Ham in midweek.
Aston Villa winger Ashley Young serves a one-match suspension following his sending off at Sheffield United, while Emile Heskey is still banned.
Loan signing Kyle Walker is expected to start at right-back, and John Carew is available after returning to fitness.
Birmingham
Injured: Dann (hamstring), McFadden (knee)
Aston Villa
Suspended: Heskey (two matches), A Young (one match)
Injured: Delph, Ireland & L Young (all knee)
MATCH PREVIEW
Birmingham will be hoping their win over Aston Villa in the Carling Cup last month has well and truly put their poor run against their Midlands rivals to bed.
You have to go back nearly six years to find the last time Birmingham beat Villa in the league and, with both sides languishing at the wrong end of the table, victory on Sunday is more important than ever.
Villa slipped into the relegation zone for the first time since November 2003 after their 1-0 home defeat to Sunderland last week. But Gerard Houllier's side will leapfrog the Blues if they win.
Birmingham, beaten by West Ham in the first leg of their Carling Cup semi-final in midweek, have bolstered their squad by signing David Bentley on loan from Spurs until the end of the season.
The former England midfielder - who cost Spurs £15m when they signed him from Blackburn in July 2008 - is relishing Sunday's derby. "I hear it is quite a passionate affair," he said.
LAST LEAGUE MATCH LINE-UPS:
Birmingham (W2-1 v Blackpool, a): Foster; Carr, Johnson, Dann, Ridgewell, Hleb (Phillips 82), Gardner, Ferguson, Fahey (Larsson 57), Jerome, Derbyshire (Beausejour 76). Subs Not Used: Taylor, Zigic, Parnaby, Jiranek.
Aston Villa (L0-1 v Sunderland, h): Friedel; Cuellar, Dunne, Collins, Clark, Ashley Young, Reo-Coker (Bannan 88), Petrov (Albrighton 88), Downing, Agbonlahor, Heskey. Subs Not Used: Marshall, Pires, Delfouneso, Lichaj, Herd.
Birmingham v Aston Villa
Barclays Premier League
Home Team Score Away Team Time
Birmingham v Aston Villa 12:00
Barclays Premier League
Venue: St Andrew's Date: Sunday, 16 January Kick-off: 1200 GMT
Coverage: Watch live on Sky Sports 1 and highlights on Match of the Day 2; listen on talkSPORT and BBC local radio; text commentary on BBC Sport website and mobiles.
TEAM NEWS
Birmingham's new loan signing David Bentley is set to make his Blues debut after joining from Tottenham.
But central defender Scott Dann misses out after tearing his hamstring against West Ham in midweek.
Aston Villa winger Ashley Young serves a one-match suspension following his sending off at Sheffield United, while Emile Heskey is still banned.
Loan signing Kyle Walker is expected to start at right-back, and John Carew is available after returning to fitness.
Birmingham
Injured: Dann (hamstring), McFadden (knee)
Aston Villa
Suspended: Heskey (two matches), A Young (one match)
Injured: Delph, Ireland & L Young (all knee)
MATCH PREVIEW
Birmingham will be hoping their win over Aston Villa in the Carling Cup last month has well and truly put their poor run against their Midlands rivals to bed.
You have to go back nearly six years to find the last time Birmingham beat Villa in the league and, with both sides languishing at the wrong end of the table, victory on Sunday is more important than ever.
Villa slipped into the relegation zone for the first time since November 2003 after their 1-0 home defeat to Sunderland last week. But Gerard Houllier's side will leapfrog the Blues if they win.
Birmingham, beaten by West Ham in the first leg of their Carling Cup semi-final in midweek, have bolstered their squad by signing David Bentley on loan from Spurs until the end of the season.
The former England midfielder - who cost Spurs £15m when they signed him from Blackburn in July 2008 - is relishing Sunday's derby. "I hear it is quite a passionate affair," he said.
LAST LEAGUE MATCH LINE-UPS:
Birmingham (W2-1 v Blackpool, a): Foster; Carr, Johnson, Dann, Ridgewell, Hleb (Phillips 82), Gardner, Ferguson, Fahey (Larsson 57), Jerome, Derbyshire (Beausejour 76). Subs Not Used: Taylor, Zigic, Parnaby, Jiranek.
Aston Villa (L0-1 v Sunderland, h): Friedel; Cuellar, Dunne, Collins, Clark, Ashley Young, Reo-Coker (Bannan 88), Petrov (Albrighton 88), Downing, Agbonlahor, Heskey. Subs Not Used: Marshall, Pires, Delfouneso, Lichaj, Herd.
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