Birmingham City narrowly crashed out of the Europa League in midweek and without the distraction of Europe they now look ahead to their Championship clash with Crystal Palace on Monday (Palace 17/10, draw 11/5, Birmingham 13/8).
Blues currently find themselves in 14th place in the table but a push for promotion this season is still a realistic target for the club, who have three games in hand over some teams in the league.
Without the Europa League to draw attention from their bread and butter games in the Championship, Blues must now make the most of those matches in hand if they want to make a swift return to the Premier League.
However, they face a tricky trip to the capital on Monday with Palace being tough to beat at Selhurst Park this season.
The Blues welcome back skipper Stephan Carr after he was rested for the 1-0 victory over NK Maribor, which was not enough to put the Championship side through to the knockout stages of the Europa League.
Birmingham boss Chris Hughton was impressed with the performance of youngster Nathan Redmond (16/1 first goalscorer) in the win over the Slovenian outfit and the teenage winger is pushing for a place in the starting XI on Monday.
As for Palace they will have to do without their talented teenager Wilfried Zaha, who is suspended following his fifth yellow card in the 1-0 victory over Nottingham Forest last weekend.
The Eagles don’t have a bad replacement in Darren Ambrose (5/2 to score anytime) who was an unused replacement in the victory at the City Ground and is one of the best players for Palace on his day.
Both Dekel Keinan and Dean Moxey are a doubt for the clash with the Blues as both defenders are struggling with injuries and manager Dougie Freedman will have some decisions to make as to who will fill in at the back.
After a strong start to the season, which saw Palace in the playoff places, the London outfit had started to slip down the table and it looked like the bubble had burst at Selhurst Park.
However, the win over Forest proved the Eagles are still capable of battling out a victory and they will be a tough proposition for Birmingham, who will be feeling the pressure to make the most of those crucial games in hand.
The Blues have plenty of quality in attacking positions with the likes of Chris Burke and Nikola Zigic (7/1 first goalscorer) set to cause a weakened Palace defence problems.
Considering their decent away results in all competitions, the Blues might just have enough in their squad to get all three points at Selhurst Park but expect a closely-fought contest in the capital.
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