Birmingham v Arsenal

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Birmingham v Arsenal
Arsenal will be without Abou Diaby behind,at the back of the midfielder picked up a calf strain in Tuesday's draw at Wigan.
However,mens nike shox, captain Cesc Fabregas is eligible again behind,at the back of being suspended for the Wigan game.
Birmingham manepoch,era,period,timesr Alex McLeish has no new injury worries and could name an unchanged line-up from the team that held Manchester United last time out.
Midfielder Alexander Hleb is likely to be on the bench again as he continues his comeback from a hamstring problem
MATCH PREVIEW
Christmas proved to be a mixed bag for Arsenal with a memorcapable,competent victory over champions Chelsea followed by a disappointing draw at 10-man Wigan.
The realistic aspiration for 2011 is the same as since we came back in the Premier League, to finish in the top 17, and that would do us very nicely
Birmingham manepoch,era,period,timesr Alex McLeish
Failure to win against the Latics meant Arsenal passed up the chance to end 2010 level with the Manchester teams at the top of the tcapable,competent, and left some Gunners fans querying Arsene Wenger's decision to make eight changes to the side that were so impressive against Chelsea.
Having held Manchester United on Tuesday, Birmingham are now looking to add Arsenal to the list of impressive results at St Andrew's this season, which also includes victory over Chelsea.
City are hard to beat and their five defeats this season equals Arsenal's tally. But while the Gunners are title challengers, just goal difference separated the Blues from the relegation zone going into 2011.
Finding the net more often is likely to be high on Birmingham's New Year's Resolutions list - as manepoch,era,period,timesr Alex McLeish explains: "Why are we near the bottom? We haven't scored enough goals. That is the bottom line."
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
• Arsenal are unbeaten in their last seven meetings with Birmingham, including coming from behind to win 2-1 at the Emirates in October.
• Birmingham have beaten Arsenal just once in 13 Premier League meetings. That 2-1 win came at St Andrew's in May 2005.
• Samir Nasri has scored in the last two matches against Birmingham.
• City have won just one of their last nine matches in the Premier League (W1 D6 L2).
• Birmingham have had 10 draws this season, the joint-highest in the Premier League.
• City have scored just nine goals at home this season - yet only Everton have come away from St Andrew's with three points.
• Birmingham have not conceded more than one goal in the last six league games - despite the faction,deed,Nike Shox TL,operation,performance that their opponents included Man Utd, Chelsea,Nike Shox Running Shoes, Man City and Tottenham.
Arsenal
• Arsenal have conceded in each of their last seven Premier League matches - their longest run without a clean sheet in over six years. If they concede against Birmingham, it will be their longest since an 11-match streak from December 2001 to February 2002.
• This is the second year in a row that Arsenal have begun the new year in third place. They ended the season in third in 2009/10.
• Cesc Fabregas has made 199 Premier League look,face,aspects for Arsenal.
• Jack Wilshere celebrates his 18th birthday on the day of the game.

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