Todays game is.
Stoke City 0 v 0 Birmingham City.
Stoke City are one of the giants of yesteryear with the great Stanley Mathews being a one time player but those years have long gone, Stoke at the moment are in 13th place with 3 points from 2 games.
Birmingham City are a sleeping giant who got relegated last season from the premiership, one of their claims to fame is selling Trevor Francis to Notts Forest for £1 million in 1979 for him to become the first £1 million player in England they lie in 4th place with 6 points from 2 games.
Britannia Stadium, Stoke.
Capacity 28,400
Attachment 52945
Stoke City 4-4-2
1 GK S Simonsen
2 RB C Hoefkens
5 CB M Duberry
6 CB C Hill (booked 75 min)
31 LB C Dickinson
7 RM L Chadwick (booked 81 min)
8 CM D Brammer
17 CM D Russell
12 LM P Sweeney
9 ST M Sidibe
15 ST V Pericard
Subs: 10 ST H Sigurdsson, 26 B A Pulis, 30 ST M Paterson (Chadwick 92 min), 11 M K Harper, 33 GK R Duggan
Birmingham City 4-4-2
1 GK M Taylor
2 RB S Kelly
16 CB O Tebily (booked 88 min)
21 CB N'Gotty
3 LB M Sadler
S RM Larsson
26 CM F Muamba
22 CM D Johnson
12 LM Nafti
27 ST N Bendtner
9 ST M Forssell (missed penalty 58 min)
Subs: 13 GK C Doyle, 8 CM D Dunn (Larsson 54), 4 CB M Taylor, 17 CM S Clemence (Forssel 84 min), 6 ST N Danns (Muamba 68 min)
Ref: R Beeby