Birmingham City will be no fools when it comes to the busy December schedule that awaits them, knowing full well that these games are crucial to promotion.
They have shown that they are also prone to mistakes, with a 3-2 defeat away to Shrewsbury Town at the end of November somewhat damaging to their pride, considering the Vixens are deep in a relegation battle in League One. The other side of League One.
However, Chris Davies believes his unit is made up of some serious guys and will soar as 2025 approaches, and there are many who deserve credit within his talented camp.
Birmingham’s standout players this season
Birmingham bounced back from a disappointing defeat to Gareth Ainsworth’s side in December with a huge win.
Jay Stansfield’s performance in Birmingham’s last away win at Barnsley was no surprise and the former Fulham gem added two more league goals for South Yorkshire, Led the team to score three points in a fierce game. He then also scored in Saturday’s 2-0 win over Bristol Rovers, taking his own league tally to a new high. Impressive ten.
However, Davies’ attackers aren’t the only stars who deserve a glowing mention, as the defense will also have to dig deep to ensure the Blues continue to rack up victory after victory.
Most recently, Krystian Bielik showcased his aerial skills in the 2-0 win over Stockport County. Successfully won eight duelsas the team kept a clean sheet and scored three points.
In addition, the coolness and composure of Tomoki Iwata and Seung-ho Baek in the midfield ensured that Birmingham did not lose their minds in tense situations, especially the Korean who assisted Stansfield’s crucial goal against Tykes, Very impressive. The winning goal.
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However, there is one former Blues player who currently performs better in Holland’s midfield than the level-headed No. 13, who never had a brief spell at St. Andrew’s.
Halilovic’s record since leaving Birmingham
was once known as ‘Real talent’ Written by Dutch great Rafael van der Vaart It’s fair to say that Aaron Halilovic’s career didn’t quite go to plan after his early footballing education at Barcelona.
The forgotten Croats will only make One first-team appearance He had a spell at Camp Nou before leaving Spain for Rangers, which even led to a surprise move to Birmingham City in 2020.
The diminutive attacking midfielder has suddenly enjoyed success in his new position, 17 first-team appearances He even scored a goal against Queens Park Rangers.
Halilovic’s stay at St Andrew’s would be short-lived, however, with the ten-time Croatia international leaving the Blues at the end of the 2020/21 season after failing to agree a new contract extension.
Statistics for Halilovic and Hercules Armero | |
|---|---|
Statistics | Halilovich |
Minutes played | 88 |
Number of goals scored | 0 |
Assist | 2 |
touch | 52 |
Accurate passing | 40/41 (98%) |
key pass | 2 |
Accurate long ball | 7/8 |
successful dribbling | 2/2 |
Total number of duels won | 5/5 |
Statistical basis Sofa Rating | |
While Halilovic’s brief time in England wasn’t the most memorable of his checkered playing career, Halilovic has impressed in his time at Fortuna Sittard so far this season. He became famous and recently contributed two assists in the Eredivisie.
This brings his league total of goals and assists to Two goals and three assistssurprisingly, this is better than Paik’s performance in League One Two assists, zero goals.
These figures are partly due to the fact that Halilovic is indeed more content to be involved in attack as a midfielder, but Birmingham would not refuse to bring their former player back if given the opportunity.
this “Extraordinary” Stars – as former footballer Miroslav Bikanic once described it – would be another flashy option at Davies’ disposal, but with the Fortuna Sittard ace out, the Birmingham boss will continue to try to lead his star-studded team back to the Championship immediately.
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