Birmingham City vs Aston Villa Live Streams and TV Channels

Country	Channels
United States	Fox Soccer Plus, FoxSoccer.tv »live stream
Other Countries
Canada	Sportsnet World
United Kingdom	Sky Sports 2/HD
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Birmingham City vs Aston Villa Delayed and Repeat Broadcasts

Country	Date/Time (US/Eastern)	Channel
United States	Wed, Dec 01 20:00pm	Fox Soccer Plus
	Fri, Dec 03 11:00am	Fox Soccer Plus
	Sat, Dec 04 4:00am	Fox Soccer Plus
Brazil	Wed, Dec 01 22:00pm	ESPN Brasil
Canada	Fri, Dec 03 3:45am	Sportsnet World
	Sat, Dec 04 0:00am	Sportsnet World
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Birmingham City vs Aston Villa Match Preview

Bitter rivals Birmingham City and Aston Villa go head to head with a spot in the Carling Cup Semi-Finals at stake. Birmingham’s last trophy was in 1963 when they won the League Cup, the closest they have come to a trophy since is 2001, when they lost the 2001 League Cup Final to a Liverpool team managed by Gerard Houllier.

On Wednesday night, the Blues will face Houllier again, as the Frenchman is now in charge of an Aston Villa team hoping to go one better than last season’s Carling Cup Final defeat to Manchester United.

Star midfielder Alexander Hleb will be out for Birmingham with a hamstring strain. Villa will be without young winger Mark Albrighton due to appendix surgery, striker Emile Heskey is also struggling with a knee injury.

Star French midfielder Robert Pires could start for the Villains, Pires has two Premier League and three F.A. Cup titles from his days with Arsenal, but has not won the League Cup in his decorated career.

Birmingham City vs Aston Villa Match Report

Birmingham City progressed to the Carling Cup semi-finals with a victory over bitter rivals Aston Villa in a hot tempered second city derby. Nikola Zigic grabbed a late winning goal after Gabriel Agbonlahor had cancelled out Sebastian Larsson’s opener for Birmingham.

Birmingham went ahead in the 12th minute after their first real attack. Veteran midfielder Lee Bowyer was brought down in the penalty area by Richard Dunne, and Larsson calmly slid home the resulting spot kick.

Villa had the better of possession but Birmingham were convinced they had doubled their lead after 29 minutes. A long range shot by Zigic squirmed through the arms of Brad Friedel and across the line, sparking furious protests by Birmingham players, even though the linesman’s flag was raised for offside.

Minutes later, things got worse for Birmingham when Agbonlahor tied the scores after he was released by Jonathan Hogg. Villa played well after the goal and their dominance of possession continued throughout the second half.

The best chance for Villa came when Ben Foster saved well to deny Agbonlahor, and Ashley Young got to the rebound first only to see his shot blocked.

Birmingham soaked up the pressure and broke Villa’s hearts with an 84th minute goal from Serbian international forward Zigic. The tall striker turned home Cameron Jerome’s cross to wrap up the win.

Sadly, the game ended with sets of rival fans clashing on the field as tempers got out of control. It is certain that members of England’s 2018 World Cup bid looked on in horror ahead of decision day on Thursday.

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