• Birmingham were thumped 3-0 at Watford on Thursday

• Coventry were held to a frustrating 1-1 draw at Charlton

• Recommended bet: Coventry to win

Birmingham boss Chris Davies is a man under pressure and his future could depend on the outcome of Sunday's lunchtime shootout with Coventry.

The Blues are on a seven-game winless run and now find themselves nearer the bottom three than the top six, though they will be heartened that leaders Coventry have begun to misfire, too.

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Team news

Christoph Klarer serves the final game of a three-match ban for Birmingham, although Tommy Doyle is available after suspension.

Key frontman Demarai Gray is missing and Jay Stansfield looks unlikely to make it after missing the 3-0 loss at Watford through injury.

Coventry left-back Jay Dasilva is back from a ban, a timely return with Kaine Kesler-Hayden set to miss out. Victor Torp is a doubt while top scorer Brandon Thomas-Asante is sidelined.

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The stats

Birmingham are without a win in seven games with their three fixtures at home in that sequence all producing 1-1 draws. They are without a clean sheet in 11.

There have been under 2.5 goals in each of Coventry's last six games.

Birmingham have been given four red cards, more than any of their Championship rivals.

Coventry are the division's top scorers with 55, at least 13 more than any other side.

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Prediction

These are testing times for Birmingham and a toxic atmosphere at St Andrew's may not improve their chances against Coventry.

The Blues are on a run of seven without a win to plunge down the Championship standings.

Their home form is still more than respectable — they are unbeaten at St Andrew's in seven, the last three all 1-1 draws — but the way they were booed off following this week's horror 3-0 loss at Watford showed how the mood has changed there.

Boss Chris Davies knows he is under massive pressure and all this plays into the hands of Coventry, who have already beaten Birmingham 3-0 at home this season.

Frank Lampard's pace-setters are also going through a difficult patch as they have failed to win five of their last seven games.

But such was their start to the season that they are still top and still well clear of the pack and their only losses since the end of October have been at the hands of Ipswich, who quite likely will be going back up automatically given the form they are in.

Birmingham are not in Ipswich's class right now, nor Coventry's, and that spells danger, especially if the crowd gets on the hosts' backs.

Take the visitors at a nice price given there is a 16-place gulf and 21 points between the two sides.

Back Coventry to win at 29/20 with LiveScoreBet.

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