Birmingham City vs Leeds United Prediction, Betting Tips and Preview

Birmingham City take on Leeds United in a televised Championship match this Friday night. Read the match predictions to find out why an away win is the betting tip at St Andrews. The Blues picked up a morale boosting 1-2 victory away to local rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers in their last match but are generally in bad form. Meanwhile the Peacocks have looked good this season and arrive on the back of a 1-0 home win over fellow playoff contenders Sheffield Wednesday.

Birmingham City vs Leeds United Preview

Birmingham are coming to the end of a miniature injury crisis and will be pleased that Paul Robinson’s red card was rescinded, leaving the skipper free to play here. Rhoys Wiggins, Clayton Donaldson and Michael Morrison are still out injured but Jonathan Grounds and Lukas Jutkiewicz are available for selection and Jacques Maghoma is back in training. Craig Gardner may have to settle for a spot on the bench here.

Leeds are set to name an unchanged side to the one which beat Sheffield Wednesday. Chris Wood got the decisive goal to move on to 20 for the season and will be a real danger man for the visitors. Kemar Roofe, Stuart Dallas and Alfonso Pedraza will have a watching brief while Charlie Taylor is back in contention at left-back after a lengthy injury.

Team Predictions Birmingham City vs Leeds United

Birmingham 3-5-1-1 formation: Kuszczak; Grounds, Robinson, Shotton; Keita, Kieftenbeld, Tesche, Davis, Nsue; Adams; Jutkiewicz

Leeds 4-2-3-1 formation: Green; Berardi, Jansson, Bartley, Ayling; O’Kane, Bridcutt; Doukara, Hernandez, Sacko; Wood

Birmingham City vs Leeds United Betting Tips

• Birmingham have won 2 drawn 2 and lost 6 of their last 10 matches
• Leeds 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 0.7 goals and conceded an average of 1.7 goals per game
• Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Leeds have scored an average of 1.2 goals and conceded an average of 1.1 goals per game
• There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 5 of Birmingham’s previous 10 matches
• There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 4 of Leeds’ previous 10 matches

Birmingham City vs Leeds United Prediction

Winning away to Wolves may have kept Gianfranco Zola in a job but the fact remains that Birmingham have secured a paltry return of just 9 points from his first thirteen games in charge. There’s now 10 points between the Blues and the drop zone, so they shouldn’t get relegated but it’s all gone downhill after a promising start to the season.

Leeds had a dip in form a few games back when losing to Huddersfield and Cardiff but have recovered well and look destined to finish in the playoffs. The win over Sheff Wed has enhanced their position and gaining 3 points here would put them 11 clear of seventh-placed Fulham.

Gianfranco Zola is still trying to find a blend that works for Birmingham while Garry Monk has Leeds organised and well-drilled. I can envisage a frustrating night for the home side here with the visitors a tough team to break down. With Chris Wood likely to make the most of any chances that come his way, I expect the Leeds defence to hold firm and grind out a win.

Free Betting Tips

Match Prediction
LEEDS at 29/20 with Betfair

Over/Under Prediction
UNDER 2.5 goals at 13/18 with 888Sport

Correct Score Prediction
LEEDS 1-0 at 7/1 with BetVictor

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