Aston Villa Vs Birmingham City

This derby is without doubt vented with hatred for each other that equals the derby in Glasgow. Aston Villa are without doubt the better side having won 22 major honours including the European Cup (Which only 4 English clubs have) Birmingham City have won one major trophy (League Cup) in 1963.

In recent years, Aston Villa have met their rivals in the league 9 times with Birmingham City having the upper hand Winning 4 out of nine losing 3 and drawing two, but overall Aston Villa have won 48 games lost 37 and drew 29 in all encounters Birmingham City have scored 150 goals compared to Villa's 175.

With the arrival of Birmingham City into the premiership after many years in the wilderness of the lower divisions, can they become a major force in top flight football, many critics believe them to be a mediocre club with limited success or ambition to challenge the big guns.

Historically Birmingham City have had a dismal success in competitions and compared to clubs in similar cities in England are quite low down in the order of 92 Football Clubs who make up the league in England and Wales. Birmingham City are 55th by comparision Liverpool (1st) Everton (5th) Manchester Utd (2nd) Manchester City (8th) Arsenal (3rd) Spurs (6th) Aston Villa (4th)