Birmingham City V Ipswich Town: Championship Opener – Live

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Birmingham City and Ipswich Town return to nan Championship tonight, albeit from different directions, and perchance truthful successful different moods. Birmingham slummed it successful League One past season, racking up 111 points connected their measurement to nan 2nd third-tier title successful their history; meantime Ipswich, having reached nan Premier League arguably up of schedule, won conscionable 4 games each play and were cashiered backmost from whence they came.

Ipswich’s sorry destiny won’t person immoderate base connected nan ambitions of these 2 clubs. Town want to bounce backmost to nan apical formation immediately, and are nan short-priced favourites to triumph this division; Birmingham fancy pursuing successful Ipswich’s footsteps, fixed nan Tractor Boys were nan past squad to leap from League One to nan Premier League pinch successive promotions, and they’re third-favourites successful nan title for glory. Everyone tin activity retired really to enactment successful nan Premier League erstwhile they get there.

An breathtaking measurement to statesman nan Championship season, then. The lucifer kicks disconnected astatine 8pm UK time, and if we tin get done nan full evening without reference to either Tom Brady aliases Ed Sheeran that’ll besides beryllium great.