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PREVIEW | Watford vs Birmingham City - team news, lineups, predictions

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Watford and Birmingham City face each other this Thursday at the Vicarage Road for round 25 of the EFL Championship.

Watford currently have 38 points and lie in 6th position. In their last match, Javi Gracia's team prevailed 0-1 against Norwich City (EFL Championship 2025/26).

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Birmingham City have 31 points to their name this season and occupy 15th position in the table. In their last fixture, Chris Davies's team shared the spoils 1-1 with Southampton (EFL Championship 2025/26).

The last meeting between the two teams ended with Birmingham City winning 2-1.

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Watford

Caleb Wiley - Injury
Rocco Vata - Injury
Edo Kayembe - Called Up To National Team
Kwadwo Baah - Injury
Mamadou Doumbia - Called Up To National Team
Jack Grieves - Injury

Birmingham City

Scott Wright - Injury
Lee Buchanan - Injury
Ethan Laird - Hamstring Injury
Bright Osayi-Samuel - Called Up To National Team

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Watford ( vs Norwich City 2025-12-29): Egil Selvik, Jeremy Ngakia, Max Alleyne, Mattie Pollock, Marc Bola, Tom Ince, Imran Louza, Hector Kyprianou, Othmane Maamma, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Luca Kjerrumgaard

Birmingham City ( vs Southampton 2025-12-29): James Beadle, Alfons Sampsted, Phil Neumann, Jack Robinson, Eiran Cashin, Tomoki Iwata, Paik Seung-ho, Patrick Roberts, Willum Willumsson, Jay Stansfield, Kyogo Furuhashi

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