Normally tips on Stoke matches are easy to give: don't pick any Stoke players. They haven't had a single player in the top 5 point scorers in their last 3 Picklive matches (although they did manage 1 in the game before that!). However, tonight is slightly different as they're playing Birmingham who have had just 1 player in the top 5 in their last 2 matches.
I would suggest 3 from Birmingham and 2 from Stoke unless you strongly fancy one team to dominate or score 2 or more goals. Ferguson, Carr and Dann are the picks for Birmingham unless you fancy Gardner to score in which case you should include him. Hleb would be worth a risk if you think he can play for longer than 60 minutes.
For Stoke it's trickier. I would suggest two from Etherington, Collins, Huth and Wilson. Jones needs to score at least one to make up the points so you should pick based on your hunch on that.
Because both teams usually score poorly on Picklive it could be worth looking at the goalkeepers. Begovic would only need to make about 4 saves to edge into the top 2 or 3 Stoke players (assuming no goals, assists etc.). Foster would probably need 5 to make the same impact on the Birmingham list. But note, although that sounds like a low amount of saves it doesn't happen as often as you think.
This could be one of the lowest Picklive games ever and I doubt the jackpot will fall tonight. Now I've said that we'll probably end up with a 5-5 thriller.
Good luck!
by BensBulls
(Ben Wraith)
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