Birmingham City vs Bristol City Prediction, Betting Tips and Preview
Birmingham City vs Bristol City in the Championship on Saturday. Read the match predictions to find out why a home win is the betting tip at St Andrew’s. Birmingham were held to a 1-1 draw away to Huddersfield Town in their last match while Bristol City lost 0-2 at home to Brighton & Hove Albion.
Birmingham City vs Bristol City Preview
Birmingham are without Paul Caddis and Rhoys Wiggins through injury but midfielder Robert Tesche is expected to be fit again after an ankle problem. Clayton Donaldson and the towering Lukas Jutkiewicz will partner up in attack, with David Cotterill and David Davis looking to supply them from the flanks.
Bristol City could welcome back Frank Fielding between the sticks, pending a pre-match assessment on the goalkeepers hip injury. It’s less likely that Luke Freeman will make the starting XI with an ongoing ankle complaint. Hordur Magnusson, Callum O’Dowda, Adam Matthews and Taylor Moore are available for selection after international duty.
Team Predictions Birmingham City vs Bristol City
Birmingham 4-4-2 formation: Kuszczak; Grounds, Shotton, Morrison, Spector; Davis, Gleeson, Kieftenbeld, Cotterrill; Jutkiewicz, Donaldson
Bristol City 4-2-3-1 formation: Fielding; Golbourne, Magnusson, Flint, Little; Smith, O’Neil; Bryan, Tomlin, Paterson; Abraham
Birmingham City vs Bristol City Betting Tips
- Birmingham have won 3 drawn 5 and lost 2 of their last 10 matches
- Bristol City have won 5 drawn 1 and lost 4 of their last 10 matches
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Birmingham have scored an average of 1.3 goals and conceded an average of 1.3 goals per game
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Bristol City have scored an average of 1.4 goals and conceded an average of 1.1 goals per game
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 4 of Birmingham’s previous 10 matches
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 6 of Bristol City’s previous 10 matches
Birmingham City vs Bristol City Prediction
Birmingham City’s form has dipped but they’ve twice come back from losing positions in recent weeks, with a 1-1 draw against rivals Aston Villa preceding the stalemate at Huddersfield. If they can get on the front foot here and score first, then I can see them getting their just desserts for battling on in those matches.
Bristol City have won just one of their previous 6 matches, losing 4 of them. Their sole win in that run came against struggling Blackburn Rovers and they made numerous errors at the back in the 2-2 draw away to Barnsley which preceded the loss at home to Brighton.
The Blues are unbeaten in 6 at St Andrew’s while Bristol City have failed to win in their last 3 away matches. This has the looks of a closely fought contest and with both teams rarely keeping clean sheets, there could be a few goals too. The hosts are taken to prevail here and BetVictor’s odds of 21/2 on a 2-1 Birmingham win can be readily snapped up.
Free Betting Tips
Match Prediction
BIRMINGHAM to win at 6/4 with Betway
Over/Under Prediction
OVER 2.5 goals at 21/20 with bet365
Correct Score Prediction
BIRMINGHAM 2-1 at 21/2 with BetVictor
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