Aston Villa vs Birmingham Prediction, Betting Tips and Preview
Aston Villa take on Birmingham in Championship action this Sunday. Read the match predictions to find out why our betting tip is for the home side to take all three points.
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Aston Villa vs Birmingham Preview
Aston Villa still have automatic promotion into the Premier League in their sights and will hope to leapfrog Derby into second place with a win against Birmingham on Sunday. Villa are currently twelve points off league leaders Wolves but only one point behind Derby who face Norwich on Saturday afternoon. Villa manager Steve Bruce would love to take his club back to the Premier League after they were relegated two seasons ago after a dismal season where they accumulated just 17 points and securing automatic promotion by finishing in second place looks to be their best hope.
Six consecutive league wins bring Villa into this Second City Derby in high spirits. Two goals from struggling Burton weren’t enough to take away any points from Villa as they put three past The Brewers last weekend to keep the pressure on promotion-rivals Derby.
Steve Bruce will likely field an unchanged side that has performed so well recently as The Villans look to make it nine league wins in a row. Strikers Gabby Agbonlahor and Jonathan Kodjia and defender Chris Samba will all miss the game through injury.
Birmingham’s last game saw them eliminated from the FA Cup by Premier League side Huddersfield which will now give Steve Cotterill and his side a chance to focus fully on the league. They sit 19th in the table and only four points off the relegation zone but their performances and results recently have been positive. Their only league defeat in their last seven games was at the hands of Derby and they’ve managed to find the net three times in their last two league games against Sheffield Wednesday and Sunderland. Aston Villa will no doubt prove to be a tougher match than their previous two but we expect them to give Steve Bruce’s side a good game.
Jonathan Grounds will not travel to Villa Park after being stretchered off in the game against Sheffield Wednesday following a challenge with Jacob Butterfield and is likely to be replaced by Cohen Bramall at left-back. Apart from this change, Steve Cotterill is expected to field the same starting eleven that won 3-1 against Sheffield Wednesday in hope of a similar scoreline.
Aston Villa vs Birmingham Betting Tips
- Aston Villa have won 6 drawn 1 and lost 3 of their last 10 matches
- Birmingham have won 5 drawn 3 and lost 2 of their last 10 matches
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Aston Villa have scored an average of 1.8 goals and conceded an average of 1.2 goals per game
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Birmingham have scored an average of 1.3 goals and conceded an average of 1 goal per game
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 6 of Aston Villa’s previous 10 matches
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 3 of Birmingham’s previous 10 matches
Aston Villa vs Birmingham Prediction
Both sides come into this fixture in good form but it is the home side who will be most confident in picking up three points. Scoring thirteen goals in their last four league games, Villa will look to add to that tally and keep the pressure on Derby at the top of the table. Birmingham shouldn’t be written off given their recent results but with Villa having the home advantage and Birmingham only managing one victory in the last thirteen second city derbies we’d expect Steve Bruce’s men to edge the win.
Team PredictionsAston Villa vs Birmingham Prediction, Betting Tips and Preview
Aston Villa (4-1-4-1 formation): Johnstone; Hutton, Terry, Chester, Mohamady; Bjarnason; Adomah, Hourihane, Grealish, Snodgrass; Hogan
Birmingham (4-2-3-1 formation): Stockdale; Colin, Roberts, Dean, Bramall; Kieftenbeld, Ndoye; Jota, Davis, Boga; Gallagher
RECENT Head To Head
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Head to Head Statistics
Last3 matches
| Aston Villa | Birmingham |
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| Wins | |
| 2 | 0 |
| Corners | |
| 5 | 6 |
| Fouls | |
| 28 | 31 |
| Shots | |
| 17 | 21 |
| Shots on Target | |
| 5 | 4 |
| Yellow Cards | |
| 3 | 5 |
| Red Cards | |
| 0 | 0 |
Birmingham haven’t beaten Villa in their last five meetings with Villa winning two of those 1-0 and the remaining three finishing as draws. None of the last 5 meetings have seen over 2 goals, although both teams come into this fixture in-form and have attacking threat.
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Compare Odds
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| Aston Villa - Aston Villa | 3 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.88 | 2.9 | ||||
| Birmingham City FC - Birmingham City FC | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8.5 | ||||
| Birmingham City FC - Aston Villa | 29 | 34 | 27.03 | 26 | 34 | ||||
| Birmingham City FC - Draw | 17 | 17 | 17.01 | 18 | 17 | ||||
| Aston Villa - Draw | 17 | 17 | 15.5 | 15 | 17 | ||||
| Aston Villa - Birmingham City FC | 41 | 61 | 75.19 | 56 | 67 | ||||
| Draw - Birmingham City FC | 9.5 | 9 | 9.8 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Draw - Aston Villa | 4.33 | 4.25 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.6 | ||||
| Draw - Draw | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
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| Over 1.5 | 1.44 | 1.42 | 1.44 | 1.36 | 1.39 | 1.44 | 1.44 | ||
| Under 0.5 | 7 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | |||
| Under 3.5 | 1.18 | 1.2 | 1.18 | 1.2 | 1.18 | 1.2 | 1.2 | ||
| Over 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.75 | 4.33 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| Under 1.5 | 2.62 | 2.65 | 2.65 | 3 | 2.92 | 2.75 | 2.75 | ||
| Over 6.5 | 81 | 59.88 | 81 | ||||||
| Over 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.08 | 1.1 | 1.05 | 1.1 | 1.1 | |||
| Over 4.5 | 11 | 7.75 | 11 | 9 | 9.6 | 9 | 10 | ||
| Over 7.5 | 201 | ||||||||
| Under 7.5 | 1 | ||||||||
| Under 8.5 | 1 | ||||||||
| Over 5.5 | 23 | 14.5 | 29 | 21 | 34.01 | 15 | 21 | ||
| Under 4.5 | 1.05 | 1.05 | 1.06 | 1.05 | 1.02 | 1.05 | 1.05 | ||
| Over 2.5 | 2.39 | 2.25 | 2.4 | 2.25 | 2.56 | 2.38 | 2.38 | ||
| Under 5.5 | 1.01 | 1.01 | 1.02 | 1.01 | 1.01 | 1.01 | 1.01 | ||
| Under 2.5 | 1.53 | 1.6 | 1.53 | 1.6 | 1.62 | 1.57 | 1.57 | ||
| Under 6.5 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Over 2.0 | 1.85 | ||||||||
| Under 2.0 | 2 |
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| No | 1.61 | 1.65 | 1.67 | 1.67 | 1.76 | 1.73 | 1.62 | ||
| Yes | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.22 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
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| Birmingham City FC | 5.5 | 5 | 5 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Aston Villa | 1.83 | 1.8 | 1.87 | 1.83 | 1.89 | 1.85 | 1.83 | ||
| Draw | 3.39 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.15 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
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