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Birmingham City v Blackpool : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 29th Dec, 15:00 BST, St. Andrew's Stadium, Birmingham

We’ve League One action to look forward to on Sunday afternoon, as Chris Davies and his Birmingham City side host Neil Critchley’s Blackpool at the St. Andrew's Stadium. Stats drive the predictions below for all the markets, and changing between them shows bespoke analysis, including head-to-head, form and much more besides. The best odds are also provided. Hit the tabs below to find out more.

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We're ruling out a bore-draw or a narrow 1-0 win here, and instead are predicting over 1.5 goals. That means that Birmingham and Blackpool will score a minimum of 2 between them during 90 minutes. It's a prediction based on each side's recent form stats, as well as their historic head-to-heads. We give it a probability of 80%. Bookies have it at 1.20.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Birmingham are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 57% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.44.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Birmingham 57%	4/9	4/9
Draw 22%	18/5	18/5
Blackpool 21%	11/2	11/2
Draw 1-1 10%	8/1	7/1
Birmingham 2-1 10%	15/2	13/2
Birmingham 1-0 9%	13/2	6/1
Birmingham 2-0 9%	6/1	6/1
Birmingham 3-1 6%	11/1	9/1
Birmingham 3-0 6%	9/1	8/1
Blackpool 2-1 6%	18/1	14/1
Draw 2-2 5%	18/1	14/1
Blackpool 1-0 5%	16/1	14/1
Draw 0-0 5%	12/1	10/1
Birmingham 3-2 3%	22/1	18/1
Birmingham 4-1 3%	20/1	16/1
Birmingham 4-0 3%	16/1	14/1
Blackpool 2-0 3%	33/1	25/1
Blackpool 3-1 2%	40/1	33/1
Over 2.5 Goals 58%	4/6	13/20
Under 2.5 Goals 42%	23/20	11/10
Home 1st Goal 55%	3/10	-
Away 1st Goal 43%	13/5	-
No 1st Goal 3%	12/1	-
BTTS - Yes 57%	10/11	17/20
BTTS - No 43%	10/11	17/20
BTTS - Home Win 28%	21/10	2/1
BTTS - Draw 17%	5/1	9/2
BTTS - Away Win 11%	10/1	9/1
Home/draw 79%	1/9	1/9
Away/draw 43%	13/8	17/10
Home/away 78%	2/11	1/5
Over 1.5 Goals 80%	1/5	2/9
Under 1.5 Goals 20%	10/3	3/1
Over 3.5 Goals 36%	13/8	13/8
Under 3.5 Goals 64%	4/9	4/9
Over 4.5 Goals 19%	4/1	18/5
Under 4.5 Goals 81%	1/6	1/6
Over 5.5 Goals 9%	10/1	15/2
Under 5.5 Goals 91%	1/20	1/18
Over 0.5 Goals 95%	1/25	1/33
Under 0.5 Goals 5%	12/1	10/1
Home DNB 73%	1/6	1/7
Away DNB 36%	4/1	19/5
Birmingham win to nil 29%	6/4	-
Blackpool win to nil 10%	10/1	-
Birmingham / Birmingham 37%	6/5	23/20
Birmingham / Blackpool 2%	40/1	33/1
Birmingham / Draw 5%	14/1	14/1
Draw / Birmingham 20%	3/1	3/1
Draw / Blackpool 6%	12/1	11/1
Draw / Draw 12%	6/1	11/2
Blackpool / Birmingham 4%	20/1	16/1
Blackpool / Blackpool 8%	11/1	17/2
Blackpool / Draw 5%	18/1	14/1

Win / draw / win League One table

Birmingham have played 19 matches so far this season and lay in 1st place in the League One league table. Birmingham are unbeaten at home after 9 games and have kept 4 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 19 games against teams below in the table, having won 14, drawn 3 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 7 clean sheets and have failed to score in 1 fixture. Birmingham have outscored their opponents by 35 goals to 29 goals.

Home League Performance

Birmingham have played 9 games at home winning 7, drawing 2 and losing 0 games. They have scored 17 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and conceded 6 goals at home.

Blackpool are in 12th position in the League One on 27 points having played 20 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

5 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 20 goals and kept 3 clean sheets. They have scored 18 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

9 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 4 games, drawn 2 and won 3. Blackpool have conceded 13 goals, scored 12, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Birmingham Blackpool
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Birmingham Home	19	14	3	2	19	45	-	-	Apr 12	Dec 29
2	Wycombe	20	13	5	2	21	44	Mar 1	w 2-3A	d 2-2A	Jan 4
3	Wrexham	21	12	6	3	17	42	w 3-1A	Jan 23	Apr 21	Dec 26
4	Huddersfield	20	12	3	5	16	39	w 1-0F	Jan 28	Jan 18	w 0-2F
5	Stockport	21	10	6	5	12	36	w 2-0F	Jan 1	l 0-3A	Mar 1
6	Lincoln	21	8	7	6	3	31	Mar 8	w 1-3A	d 1-1F	Jan 28
7	Reading	20	9	4	7	0	31	d 1-1A	Feb 22	Apr 1	w 0-3F
8	Bolton	19	9	4	6	-1	31	w 2-0F	Mar 4	Mar 29	l 2-1F
9	Barnsley	21	8	6	7	-1	30	Apr 5	w 1-2A	l 1-2A	Mar 8
10	Mansfield	19	8	4	7	1	28	Apr 26	d 1-1F	Feb 15	l 2-0A
11	Charlton	20	7	6	7	4	27	Feb 15	l 1-0A	Feb 1	w 1-2F
12	Blackpool Away	20	7	6	7	-2	27	Dec 29	Apr 12	-	-
13	Exeter	20	8	3	9	-3	27	Jan 18	w 0-2F	w 2-1F	Jan 25
14	Stevenage	19	7	5	7	-2	26	-	Mar 22	d 0-00-0	Apr 18
15	L Orient	20	7	4	9	3	25	-	w 1-2F	Mar 15	l 3-0A
16	Peterborough	20	7	3	10	1	24	w 3-2A	Feb 8	Mar 4	l 5-1A
17	Wigan	20	6	6	8	1	24	w 2-1F	Jan 4	d 2-2A	Apr 26
18	Rotherham	19	6	5	8	-2	23	Feb 1	w 0-2F	-	Apr 5
19	Bristol R	20	6	4	10	-11	22	w 2-0F	Apr 1	May 3	w 0-2F
20	Northampton	21	5	6	10	-13	21	d 1-1F	Mar 15	d 0-00-0	Mar 22
21	Crawley	20	5	4	11	-13	19	Apr 18	w 0-1F	Feb 22	l 2-1A
22	Cambridge	20	4	5	11	-15	17	Feb 11	May 3	Jan 11	d 4-4F
23	Burton	20	2	6	12	-15	12	Dec 26	Apr 21	w 3-0F	Feb 6
24	Shrewsbury	20	3	3	14	-20	12	Mar 29	l 3-2A	Jan 1	w 1-2A

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

11 / 20

Clean sheets

9 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Birmingham	2 - 0	Bristol R
Birmingham	2 - 0	Stockport
Birmingham	1 - 1	Northampton
Birmingham	2 - 0	Bolton
Birmingham	1 - 0	Huddersfield
Birmingham	3 - 2	Peterborough
Birmingham	3 - 1	Wrexham
Birmingham	2 - 1	Wigan
Birmingham	1 - 1	Reading
Birmingham	1 - 0	Norwich
Birmingham	3 - 0	Coventry
Birmingham	0 - 1	Cardiff
Birmingham	1 - 0	Preston
Birmingham	0 - 1	Watford
Birmingham	0 - 1	M'Boro
Birmingham	3 - 4	Southampton
Birmingham	2 - 1	Sunderland
Birmingham	1 - 0	Blackburn
Birmingham	2 - 2	Swansea
Birmingham	0 - 0	Bristol C

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Birmingham	1 - 0	Crawley
H	Birmingham	2 - 0	Bristol R
A	Birmingham	2 - 1	Barnsley
H	Birmingham	2 - 0	Stockport
A	Birmingham	2 - 0	Exeter
A	Birmingham	2 - 3	Shrewsbury
H	Birmingham	1 - 1	Northampton
A	Birmingham	1 - 1	Mansfield
H	Birmingham	2 - 0	Bolton
A	Birmingham	3 - 1	Lincoln
A	Birmingham	0 - 1	Charlton
H	Birmingham	1 - 0	Huddersfield
H	Birmingham	3 - 2	Peterborough
A	Birmingham	2 - 0	Rotherham
H	Birmingham	3 - 1	Wrexham
H	Birmingham	2 - 1	Wigan
A	Birmingham	2 - 1	L Orient
A	Birmingham	3 - 2	Wycombe
H	Birmingham	1 - 1	Reading
H	Birmingham	1 - 0	Norwich

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Reading	0 - 3	Blackpool
Shrewsbury	1 - 2	Blackpool
Bristol R	0 - 2	Blackpool
Bolton	2 - 1	Blackpool
L Orient	3 - 0	Blackpool
Peterborough	5 - 1	Blackpool
Mansfield	2 - 0	Blackpool
Huddersfield	0 - 2	Blackpool
Charlton	1 - 2	Blackpool
Cambridge	4 - 4	Blackpool
Crawley	2 - 1	Blackpool
Reading	3 - 2	Blackpool
Carlisle	0 - 1	Blackpool
Derby	1 - 0	Blackpool
Wigan	1 - 0	Blackpool
Northampton	0 - 1	Blackpool
Shrewsbury	0 - 2	Blackpool
L Orient	1 - 0	Blackpool
Peterborough	1 - 2	Blackpool
Cheltenham	2 - 0	Blackpool

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Blackpool	0 - 0	Stevenage
A	Blackpool	3 - 0	Reading
A	Blackpool	2 - 1	Shrewsbury
A	Blackpool	2 - 0	Bristol R
A	Blackpool	1 - 2	Bolton
H	Blackpool	0 - 0	Northampton
A	Blackpool	0 - 3	L Orient
H	Blackpool	2 - 2	Wigan
A	Blackpool	1 - 5	Peterborough
H	Blackpool	1 - 2	Barnsley
A	Blackpool	0 - 2	Mansfield
H	Blackpool	1 - 1	Lincoln
H	Blackpool	3 - 0	Burton
A	Blackpool	2 - 0	Huddersfield
A	Blackpool	2 - 1	Charlton
H	Blackpool	2 - 1	Exeter
H	Blackpool	2 - 2	Wycombe
A	Blackpool	4 - 4	Cambridge
H	Blackpool	0 - 3	Stockport
A	Blackpool	1 - 2	Crawley

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Birmingham

Blackpool

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

7 / 9

5 / 9

Clean sheets

4 / 9

2 / 9

BIR

BLP

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Birmingham
	0 - 1	Blackpool
Birmingham	1 - 0
Birmingham	1 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Birmingham	3 - 0
Birmingham	2 - 0
	0 - 1	Blackpool

Blackpool

Birmingham

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 9

5 / 9

Clean sheets

4 / 9

1 / 9

BIR

BLP

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Blackpool
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Blackpool	6 - 1
Blackpool	1 - 0
	1 - 2	Birmingham
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Blackpool	1 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	1 - 2	Birmingham
Blackpool	2 - 0

Goal Statistics

Birmingham City have been consistent in front of goal of late, finding the net in 10 consecutive League One games. Their PG of 1.9 against Blackpool on Sunday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

Birmingham City's defensive record is very strong, C. Davies's men having conceded 1 or less in 5 consecutive League One games. An average PG rating of 1.1 for Blackpool makes sense in this context.

	Birmingham 1st	Blackpool 12th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.9 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 14% 1 28% 2 27% 3 18% 4+ 13% There is a 86% probability that Birmingham will score 1 or more goals	0 34% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 71% probability that Blackpool will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-8 Birmingham’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-5 Blackpool’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.5 average goals scored	1.3 average goals scored
	0.8 conceded	1.5 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2024/2025 season

25%

better

BIR

BLP

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Games scored	18		15
Failed to score	1		5
Scored first	11		9
Goals scored	35		29
Avg. goals scored	1.8		1.5
Avg. shots per game	9		9
Avg. shots per goal	5		6
Conversion rate for	21		16
Avg. XG for	1.7		1.4
KickOff rating		+25%

24%

better

BIR

BLP

view stats

Games conceded	12		14
Clean sheets	7		6
Conceded first	8		9
Goals conceded	16		31
Avg. goals conceded	0.8		1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded	6		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		5
Conversion rate against	15%		20%
Avg. XG against	0.8		1.1
KickOff rating		+24%

Birmingham v Blackpool League One lLine ups will show here when available.

Birmingham League One squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
19	11	4	5
S Paik	J Stansfield	A May	C Klarer

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
S Paik MID	19		2	-
A May FWD	19	7	4	1 -
C Klarer DEF	18		1	5 -
W Willumsson MID	18	4	4	-
A Cochrane DEF	17		1	4 -
M Leonard MID	16			1 -
K Anderson FWD	16	3	4	5 -
K Bielik DEF	15	1		3 1
T Iwata MID	15	5	1	3 -
J Stansfield FWD	14	11	1	2 -
L Dykes FWD	14			1 -
E Laird DEF	13			2 -
T Gardner-Hickman MID	13			3 -
R Allsop GLK	12			3 -
L Harris MID	12	1		1 -
B Davies DEF	11			1 -
E Hansson FWD	11		1	-
A Yokoyama FWD	8		1	-
B Peacock-Farrell GLK	7			-
A Sampsted DEF	7			-
L Jutkiewicz FWD	5			-
S Wright FWD	5	1		-
D Sanderson DEF	2			-
L Buchanan DEF	2	1		-
B Khela MID	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
11	19	4	19
J Stansfield	J Stansfield	A May	W Willumsson

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Stansfield FWD	11	19	1	6
A May FWD	7	13	4	11
T Iwata MID	5	8	1	14
W Willumsson MID	4	13	4	19
K Anderson FWD	3	5	4	14
L Buchanan DEF	1	1
S Wright FWD	1	1		3
K Bielik DEF	1	1		1
L Harris MID	1	3
S Paik MID		5	2	11
A Yokoyama FWD		2	1	4
L Jutkiewicz FWD		1
A Sampsted DEF				2
E Hansson FWD		7	1	3
B Davies DEF				2
R Allsop GLK				2
E Laird DEF		2		6
L Dykes FWD		3		5
M Leonard MID		1		7
A Cochrane DEF			1	15
C Klarer DEF		1	1	3

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1544	28	121
C Klarer	W Willumsson	K Bielik

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C Klarer DEF	1544	24	114
K Bielik DEF	1355	28	121
A Cochrane DEF	1132	15	62
S Paik MID	1122	27	85
T Iwata MID	916	21	54
B Davies DEF	753	9	54
W Willumsson MID	671	28	77
R Allsop GLK	499		8
M Leonard MID	409	12	26
K Anderson FWD	408	23	78
T Gardner-Hickman MID	362	8	29
E Laird DEF	362	13	73
A May FWD	319	11	33
B Peacock-Farrell GLK	300		10
E Hansson FWD	198	6	14
J Stansfield FWD	195	25	47
L Harris MID	125	12	19
L Dykes FWD	119	5	52
A Sampsted DEF	109	5	12
S Wright FWD	81		5
D Sanderson DEF	77		4
L Buchanan DEF	72	2	7
A Yokoyama FWD	47	1	4
L Jutkiewicz FWD	42	1	15
B Khela MID	7		3

Blackpool League One squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
20	6	5	7
K Joseph	K Joseph	L Evans	L Evans

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
R Apter FWD	20	2		-
K Joseph FWD	20	6	2	3 -
L Evans MID	19	2	5	7 -
O Casey DEF	17	1		5 -
O Offiah DEF	16	1		3 -
J Lawrence-Gabriel DEF	15		2	1 -
E Embleton MID	15		1	-
A Fletcher FWD	15	2	3	-
D Ballard FWD	15	1		1 -
J Husband DEF	14	3		3 -
H Coulson DEF	14			2 -
J Rhodes FWD	14		1	2 -
H Tyrer GLK	12			3 -
C Hamilton MID	12	2	1	-
S Carey MID	11			1 -
M Pennington DEF	10		1	1 -
A Morgan MID	10	2		-
O Norburn MID	8		1	5 -
J Beesley FWD	8	1	1	-
R Finnigan MID	7			-
R O'Donnell GLK	6			-
Z Ashworth DEF	5			1 -
D Thompson DEF	3			-
E Baggott DEF	2			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	15	5	47
K Joseph	K Joseph	L Evans	L Evans

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
K Joseph FWD	6	15	2	15
J Husband DEF	3	3		3
R Apter FWD	2	13		13
A Morgan MID	2	4		6
L Evans MID	2	4	5	47
A Fletcher FWD	2	9	3	9
C Hamilton MID	2	5	1	10
O Casey DEF	1	4
O Offiah DEF	1	1		6
D Ballard FWD	1	8		7
J Beesley FWD	1	2	1	2
D Thompson DEF				1
R Finnigan MID		1		2
O Norburn MID		1	1	1
M Pennington DEF		1	1	2
S Carey MID		1		3
J Rhodes FWD		9	1	2
H Coulson DEF				6
E Embleton MID		1	1	7
J Lawrence-Gabriel DEF		4	2	4

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1254	47	134
L Evans	O Casey	O Casey

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Evans MID	1254	33	106
O Casey DEF	759	47	134
O Offiah DEF	722	33	85
J Husband DEF	591	21	81
A Morgan MID	469	20	42
H Tyrer GLK	460		8
J Lawrence-Gabriel DEF	446	12	86
H Coulson DEF	421	26	76
M Pennington DEF	406	18	60
R Apter FWD	404	25	70
K Joseph FWD	376	16	120
C Hamilton MID	245	20	59
R O'Donnell GLK	210		2
A Fletcher FWD	207	15	56
O Norburn MID	202	9	25
S Carey MID	190	11	22
E Embleton MID	164	8	14
D Ballard FWD	130	4	36
E Baggott DEF	98	3	6
J Rhodes FWD	90	1	30
Z Ashworth DEF	86	6	13
R Finnigan MID	84	9	17
J Beesley FWD	54	4	25
D Thompson DEF	14	1	5

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Birmingham City v Blackpool : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Birmingham have played 19 matches so far this season and lay in 1st place in the League One league table. Birmingham are unbeaten at home after 9 games and have kept 4 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Blackpool are in 12th position in the League One on 27 points having played 20 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

Birmingham v Blackpool League One lLine ups will show here when available.

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