But with Birmingham already struggling in the second tier, Cotterill was ultimately unable to turn things around, and was sacked in March 2018, after five straight league defeats. In total, he won seven of his 27 games in charge of the Blues and departed with a points per game ratio of 0.96.

Charlton Athletic boss Nathan Jones has branded League One promotion rivals Birmingham City’s midfielder Krystian Bielik naive after comments he made about the club being “too good for League One”. The clash was arguably the game of the day as the undefeated big spending Birmingham City took on Nathan Jones out of form Charlton Athletic at The Valley.

Birmingham City are back on the road in League One today at Charlton Athletic. Top-of-the-table Blues have won all three of their away matches in the league to date and recorded a 1-0 victory at Charlton in the Carabao Cup in August.