Preview: B'ham vs Reading
Preview: B'ham vs Reading
Reading have won one of the last five Premier League matches whilst Birmingham have had some good form under new boss Alex McLeish. Reading's 3-1 defeat of Liverpool last weekend could have sparked Coppell's team into some form.
Squads
Birmingham (from): Taylor, Kingson, Doyle, Kelly, Ridgewell, Schmitz, Sadler, Larsson, De Ridder, Muamba, Johnson, McSheffrey, Kapo, Jerome, Forssell, O'Connor, Queudrue, Danns, Parnaby, Djourou.
Reading (from): Hahnemann, Federici, Murty, De la Cruz, Rosenior, Ingimarsson, Sonko, Duberry, Bikey, Shorey, Convey, Harper, Gunnarsson, Fae, Cisse, Hunt, Doyle, Kitson, Lita, Long.
McLeish: we must take the game to them
"We have to make St Andrews a difficult place for teams to come to.
"We will be preparing the players for a very important game. We want the tempo up high, we want the fans behind us, we want to have a full house.
"I am really excited and we have to take the game to Reading, even though we know they are a good team."
Eyefootball Premiership Predictor
Birmingham 1-2 Reading
An away victory will be the perfect tonic for Steve Coppell and Kevin Doyle is the dangerman.
Goalscorer: Kevin Doyle.
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