BIRMINGHAM v FULHAM.

BIRMINGHAM v FULHAM Best prices 6-4 Birmingham, 2-1 Fulham, 23-10 Draw 3pm FIRST (OR LAST) GOALSCORER TEAM NEWS arry Ferguson returns from suspension, while Keith Fahey has recovered from an ankle knock. Murphy, Tainio (both knee), O'Connor (hip) and Taylor (ankle) are out. anny Murphy, who has missed the last five games with a knee injury, may return. Simon Davies should be on the bench after several months out with an ankle injury.

Birmingham Fulham 9 Points from last ten league games 12 W3 D4 L3 Last ten homes/aways W3 D4 L3 0.6 Avg goals scored in h/a league games 1.1 0.6 Avg goals conceded in h/a league games 1.5 80 Avg time of first h/a goal scored 38 76 Avg time of first h/a goal conceded 42 21/1 (19.5) Yellow/red cards (avg) 17/1 (17.7) P=poss pen taker B365 Bfred Bl Sq Boyle Coral Hills Lads Power S Jms Tote VC Benitez B 6 6 6 11-2 7 11-2 6 6 11-2 11-2 11-2 Jerome B 13-2 13-2 7 6 7 13-2 6 13-2 13-2 6 6 A Johnson F 6 13-2 13-2 13-2 -13-2 7 13-2 7 13-2 13-2 Zamora F 7 7 13-2 7 7 13-2 7 7 7 7 7 Dempsey F 15-2 8 9 15-2 7 15-2 9 8 9 15-2 15-2 Kamara F 15-2 8 -15-2 7 7 8 15-2 9 15-2 15-2 Phillips B 6 13-2 9 7 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 Nevland F 8 9 7 8 7 8 9 8 9 8 8 McFadden B P 6 13-2 9 7 10 7 7 7 8 7 7 Murphy F P 11 - - 14 10 14 12 12 - 14 14 Seol F 10 12 12 9 - 10 14 1212 9 9 Bowyer B 12 10 12 8 14 10 10 12 10 8 8 Duff F 14 14 16 14 10 14 10 14 14 14 14 McSheffrey B 15-2 10 12 14 16 14 9 12 14 14 14 Larsson B 14 14 14 12 16 12 14 14 16 12 12 Gera F 14 16 12 16 10 14 12 14 16 16 16 Fahey B 16 14 16 16 16 16 16 14 18 16 16 Ferguson B 16 16 18 20 16 20 16 20 20 20 20 Carsley B 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 Davies F 16 20 22 25 - 25 14 20 22 25 25 No goalscorer 15-2 15-2 15-2 15-2 8 15-2 8 7 8 7 17-2 Each-way 1/3 1,2,3,4,5 (Boyle, Stan James & VC win only; Blue Sq 1/3 1,2,3,4; Tote 1/3 1,2,3,4,5,6,7; Bet365 & Coral 1/3 on unlimited scorers) Others on request LAST SIX MATCHES Birmingham Fulham (a) 2-2 Liverpool (a) 1-1 Wigan (h) 0-0 Man City (a) 1-2* Roma (h) 2-1 Sunderland (h) 3-1 Liverpool (a) 1-3 Arsenal (a) 2-2 Man City (a) 1-2 Burnley (h) 1-1* Roma (h) 1-2 Bolton (h) 2-0 Hull *Cup match Referee C Foy Matches 9 Yellow cards 29 Red cards 1 Average cards make-up 35.0 (2008-09: 35.8); =9th strictest VERDICT LEADING SCORERS Birmingham L Bowyer 4 2 (0) J McFadden 16 2 (1) K Phillips 9 1 (0) G O'Connor 8 1 (1) L Ridgewell 6 1 (1) Fulham B Zamora 25 3 (3) C Dempsey 23 3 (0) D Murphy 13 2 (0) D Duff 16 2 (0) E Nevland 10 1 (0) Figure after player's name denotes this season's squad number.

Figure in brackets denotes first match scorer RECENT LEAGUE MEETINGS Fulham have recovered well from their slow start and they can take at least a point at Birmingham. The Cottagers haven't won away since the opening day, but recent draws at West Ham (2-2), Manchester City (2-2) and Wigan (1-1) have shown that they're a tough nut to crack. Roy Hodgson's men are scoring plenty of goals and may need only one to overcome the Blues, who have managed just four home goals. Fulham 0 on Asian handicap 1pt 2.17 Paddy Power at Birmingham at Fulham H-A H-A 2007-08 1-1 (55) 2-0 (70) 2005-06 1-0 (0) 0-0 (30) 2004-05 1-2 (40) 2-3 (10) Bookings make-ups in brackets Diomansy Kamara