Aston Villa v Birmingham

The Second City Derby returns for a 125th renewal on Sunday, and this will be as important as ever, with Birmingham hoping to use the extra fizz to help lift them out of danger at the bottom, and Villa hoping to sustain a real push for that second automatic promotion spot behind Wolves.

The hosts come into this one reporting a fully fit squad, with Gabby Agbonlahor ready to return, and Lewis Grabban hoping to make his debut after joining from Bournemouth during the window. Villa also come into this in search of a seventh straight league win.

Birmingham should recall the previously rested David Davis and Maikel Kieftenbeld to the starting side but Jonathan Grounds will be out due to a knee injury.

In terms of how the tie has gone in recent years, Villa are unbeaten in 11 league ties, and the last man to score for Birmingham at Villa Park was Mikel Forsell a full ten years ago. Despite that run, Villa have never dominated, three times winning 1-0, and sharing a brace of 0-0s and 1-1s.

We'll take a punt on a correct score in this one, with the 1-0 looking the most likely outcome at 11/2 sure to give us a run for our money.

1pt Aston Villa to win 1-0 at 11/2

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