Birmingham require Braga favour
December 15, 2011 08:17:20 UK
Birmingham City need a victory in their final Europa League Group H game at home to NK Maribor to have any chance of reaching the knockout stages of the competition.
Chris Hughton's Birmingham need Braga to do them a Europa League favour.The Blues also need last season's beaten finalists Braga to beat Club Brugge in Belgium to ensure that they reach the last 32.
City have yet to register a win on home turf in the group stage, but Blues left-back David Murphy is confident that his side can do what they need to do against their Slovenian visitors.
He told the Birmingham Mail: "We are confident we can beat anyone at St Andrew's. We are looking forward to it and we will do our job we need to do, but we obviously need the other result to go our way.
"I wouldn't say it would be a massive let-down if we didn't get through. I think we've had a good crack at Europe this year.
"We have been disappointed on certain occasions, but we have played well in the competition. All we can do is win our game and see what the others do."
Striker Marlon King is likely to be given the nod in attack after scoring both goals in the 2-1 weekend win over Doncaster Rovers, while midfielder Guirane N'Daw should overcome cramp to feature.
Birmingham are 1.44 to win the game, while Braga are 3.25 to see off Club Brugge, with City 12122.00 to go all the way in the competition.
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