Birmingham City travel to West Brom on Friday and will hope to end a 13 year wait for a win against the Baggies.
The Blues are playing for the first time since they were docked nine points and subsequently plunged into the Championship relegation battle.
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Birmingham City have a woeful record against West Brom
They went from 13th in the table to 18th and are now just five points clear of the drop zone.
Meanwhile, West Brom are pushing for promotion to the Premier League. They are currently 10 points clear in the play-off places but are seven points off second place.
The Baggies sacked Darren Moore after their draw with Ipswich Town despite the club being fourth in the table.
They have gone on to win their next two games under caretaker boss James Shan and the two will face each other on Friday night, with commentary live on talkSPORT 2.
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The Blues do not have the best of records against their Midlands rivals in recent seasons and you have to go back to October 2006 to find their last win.
At the Hawthorns, they have not come away with three points since August 2005.
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The Baggies have won three of the last four meetings between the sides while the match earlier this season between the sides ended in a 1-1 draw.
Gary McSheffrey scored twice in their last win to give Steve Bruce’s side a 2-0 victory in a game where Paul Robinson was sent off for West Brom.
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Gary McSheffrey in action for Birmingham
Here’s how both teams lined-up for that game:
Birmingham City: Maik Taylor, Martin Taylor, Matt Sadler, Stephen Kelly, Radhi Jaidi, Fabrice Muamba, Damien Johnson, Stephen Clemence, Gary McSheffrey, Cameron Jerome, Nicklas Bendtner.
West Brom: Pascal Zuberbuhler, Martin Albrechtsen, Curtis Davies, Paul Robinson, Chris Perry, Jason Koumas, Jonathan Greening, Diomansy Kamara, Nigel Quashie, Zoltan Gera, Nathan Ellington.
The Blues are after their first win of the season, whilst the Baggies aim to regain their spot in top six with a win over Gary Monk's troops. Birmingham City's main goal is to secure yet another Championship survival and, no doubt, they will fight tooth and nail against WBA in order to grab something from Friday's football match.
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