Birmingham City vs Derby County -------- England Championship

Birmingham City play host to Derby County on Friday evening with the opportunity to move into third position in the Championship standings.
 
 
Birmingham City
Birmingham City went into the international break and played out a 1-1 draw against Barnsley last time out, which kept them at 8th in the table. Coming back to home turf this weekend, Birmingham City are looking for their first win of the season after the 0-2 loss to Bournemouth and goal-less draw with Stoke City. However, their defense played a major role in positive results so far, conceding 3 from 5 so far.
 
 
 
 
Derby County

Derby County’s poor start to the season continued last time out as they played out a 1-1 draw against Nottingham Forest. They won only 1 game so far with the remaining 3 being draws. Derby County were dumped out of the EFL Cup in their previous outing courtesy of a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Sheffield United. Improvements must be made in the attacking third as they average under 1 goal per game.