Birmingham V Watford English League Championship Match 3 -August 2013. Birmingham City's new signing Darren Randolph is expected to start in goal.
Fellow recruits Kyle Bartley, Dan Burn and Neal Eardley are all vying for a place in defence.Watch Birmingham V Watford Live, Watch Birmingham V Watford Live Stream, Watch Birmingham V Watford Free Live Stream, Watch Birmingham V Watford Online, Watch Birmingham V Watford Online Free, Birmingham V Watford Live, Birmingham V Watford live stream Online.
New signings Gabriele Angella, Marco Davide Faraoni, Diego Fabbrini and Javier Acuna could all make their debuts for Watford at St Andrew's.
Watford have agreed permanent deals with a number of last season's loanees including Joel Ekstrand, Ikechi Anya, Cristian Battocchio and Daniel Pudil.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
• These clubs are level pegging after 42 competitive meetings spanning 82 years - both have won 17, with eight drawn.
• Watford had the better of the exchanges last season, when they did the double over Birmingham scoring six goals without conceding. Four of those were at St Andrews, when Birmingham-born Troy Deeney bagged a brace.
• It was the first time in 43 years that Birmingham had failed to score in a home league game against the Hornets.
• Watford kicked off their season in 1988/89 in the second tier with a 1-0 victory over the Brummies at Vicarage Road.
Birmingham City
• This is Birmingham's 1,000th home fixture in second-tier league football, as they begin their 50th season at this level.
• Relegated from the Premier League in 2011, Blues registered a fourth-placed Championship finish in 2012 and only managed 12th last term.
• Lee Clark's side took four games to get their first league win last season.
Watford
• Watford missed out on automatic promotion by one place and two points in May, and then lost to Crystal Palace in the play-off final.
• They are kicking off away from home for the fourth season running, and have not lost an opening league fixture for six seasons.
• This is the Hornets' 1,900th away league fixture, and a draw would take the clubs' total of league draws on the road to 500.