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

Thu 26th Dec, 15:00 BST, St. Andrew's Stadium, Birmingham

the St. Andrew's Stadium faithful welcome Burton Albion's fans on Thursday afternoon, as Chris Davies's Birmingham City go head to head with Mark Robinson's troops in the League One. We want you to make a winning bet on this match, so every stats you could realistically need to make a smart selection is laid out below. Flip between 17 markets or take our top tip. We've got predictions, head-to-head analysis and odds for every one.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Birmingham 56%	-	-
Draw 24%	-	-
Burton 20%	-	-
Birmingham 1-0 13%	-	-
Draw 1-1 11%	-	-
Birmingham 2-0 11%	-	-
Birmingham 2-1 10%	-	-
Draw 0-0 7%	-	-
Burton 1-0 7%	-	-
Birmingham 3-0 6%	-	-
Birmingham 3-1 5%	-	-
Burton 2-1 5%	-	-
Draw 2-2 4%	-	-
Burton 2-0 3%	-	-
Birmingham 4-0 3%	-	-
Birmingham 3-2 2%	-	-
Birmingham 4-1 2%	-	-
Burton 3-1 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 48%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 52%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 55%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 40%	-	-
No 1st Goal 5%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 48%	-	-
BTTS - No 52%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 23%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 17%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 9%	-	-
Home/draw 80%	-	-
Away/draw 44%	-	-
Home/away 76%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 73%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 27%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 26%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 74%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 12%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 88%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	-	-
Home DNB 73%	-	-
Away DNB 37%	-	-
Birmingham win to nil 33%	-	-
Burton win to nil 11%	-	-

Win / draw / win League One table

Birmingham have played 17 matches so far this season and lay in 3rd place in the League One league table. Birmingham are unbeaten at home after 8 games and have kept 3 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 15 games against teams below in the table, having won 10, drawn 3 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 5 clean sheets and have failed to score in 1 fixture. Birmingham have outscored their opponents by 32 goals to 16 goals.

Home League Performance

Birmingham have played 8 games at home winning 6, drawing 2 and losing 0 games. They have scored 15 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 6 goals at home.

Burton are in 23rd position in the League One on 11 points having played 18 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

4 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 14 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 8 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

17 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 11 games, drawn 5 and won 1. Burton have conceded 30 goals, scored 14, failed to score in 8 fixtures and have kept 4 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 Burton
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Wycombe	18	12	4	2	18	40	Mar 1	w 2-3A	l 2-3A	Mar 4
2	Wrexham	19	12	4	3	17	40	w 3-1A	Jan 23	l 0-1A	Apr 5
3	Birmingham Home	17	12	3	2	16	39	-	-	Apr 21	Dec 26
4	Huddersfield	18	11	2	5	12	35	w 1-0F	Jan 28	Apr 12	Dec 29
5	Stockport	19	9	6	4	12	33	w 2-0F	Jan 1	l 0-3A	Mar 29
6	Reading	18	9	4	5	5	31	d 1-1A	Feb 22	Jan 28	l 3-1A
7	Bolton	17	9	3	5	1	30	w 2-0F	Mar 4	Mar 8	l 2-1A
8	Barnsley	19	7	6	6	2	27	Apr 5	w 1-2A	l 1-2A	Feb 1
9	Lincoln	19	7	6	6	1	27	Mar 8	w 1-3A	l 2-3F	Feb 22
10	Mansfield	17	7	3	7	0	24	Apr 26	d 1-1F	Mar 1	d 3-3A
11	Exeter	18	7	3	8	-3	24	Jan 18	w 0-2F	Dec 21	Apr 18
12	Charlton	18	6	5	7	-1	23	Feb 15	l 1-0A	l 0-1A	May 3
13	Blackpool	18	6	5	7	-5	23	Dec 29	Apr 12	Feb 6	l 3-0A
14	Stevenage	17	6	4	7	-3	22	-	Mar 22	d 0-00-0	Jan 11
15	Peterborough	18	6	3	9	1	21	w 3-2A	Feb 8	Jan 1	w 0-1F
16	L Orient	18	6	3	9	-1	21	-	w 1-2F	Apr 1	Dec 14
17	Northampton	19	5	6	8	-5	21	d 1-1F	Mar 15	Jan 4	d 0-00-0
18	Bristol R	18	6	3	9	-9	21	Dec 14	Apr 1	l 1-3F	Feb 15
19	Wigan	18	5	5	8	-1	20	w 2-1F	Jan 4	Mar 22	Jan 21
20	Rotherham	17	5	5	7	-4	20	Feb 1	w 0-2F	Jan 25	d 2-2F
21	Crawley	18	5	4	9	-11	19	Apr 18	Dec 23	d 0-00-0	Jan 18
22	Cambridge	18	4	4	10	-11	16	Feb 11	May 3	Apr 26	l 1-0A
23	Burton Away	18	2	5	11	-14	11	Dec 26	Apr 21	-	-
24	Shrewsbury	18	3	2	13	-17	11	Mar 29	l 3-2A	w 2-0F	Mar 15

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Birmingham	1 - 3	Stoke

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
A	Birmingham	1 - 1	Huddersfield
A	Birmingham	0 - 0	Rotherham

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Peterborough	0 - 1	Burton
Cambridge	1 - 0	Burton
Bolton	2 - 1	Burton
Reading	3 - 1	Burton
Blackpool	3 - 0	Burton
Rotherham	2 - 2	Burton
Northampton	0 - 0	Burton
Mansfield	3 - 3	Burton
Fleetwood	3 - 0	Burton
Stevenage	1 - 2	Burton
Wigan	1 - 1	Burton
Exeter	1 - 0	Burton
Portsmouth	2 - 1	Burton
Cheltenham	0 - 0	Burton
L Orient	1 - 2	Burton
Bristol R	1 - 2	Burton
Cambridge	0 - 0	Burton
Derby	3 - 2	Burton
Bolton	1 - 0	Burton
Charlton	1 - 1	Burton

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Burton	0 - 1	Wrexham
A	Burton	1 - 0	Peterborough
H	Burton	0 - 1	Charlton
H	Burton	0 - 3	Stockport
H	Burton	2 - 0	Shrewsbury
H	Burton	0 - 0	Crawley
A	Burton	0 - 1	Cambridge
H	Burton	2 - 3	Wycombe
A	Burton	1 - 2	Bolton
H	Burton	1 - 3	Bristol R
A	Burton	1 - 3	Reading
A	Burton	0 - 3	Blackpool
H	Burton	1 - 2	Barnsley
A	Burton	2 - 2	Rotherham
A	Burton	0 - 0	Northampton
H	Burton	0 - 0	Stevenage
A	Burton	3 - 3	Mansfield
H	Burton	2 - 3	Lincoln
A	Burton	0 - 3	Fleetwood
H	Burton	3 - 2	Reading

Goal Statistics

Birmingham City have been consistent in attack of late, finding the net in 8 consecutive League One matches. Their PG of 1.7 against Burton Albion on Thursday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

	Birmingham 3rd	Burton 23rd
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.7 goals	0.9 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 18% 1 31% 2 26% 3 15% 4+ 9% There is a 82% probability that Birmingham will score 1 or more goals	0 41% 1 37% 2 16% 3 4+ There is a 78% probability of Burton scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-10 Birmingham’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-4 Burton’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.5 average goals scored	1.0 average goals scored
	1.0 conceded	1.5 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2024/2025 season

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BAL

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Games scored	16		10
Failed to score	1		8
Scored first	9		5
Goals scored	32		16
Avg. goals scored	1.9		0.9
Avg. shots per game	8		7
Avg. shots per goal	5		8
Conversion rate for	22		13
Avg. XG for	1.6		0.8
KickOff rating		+45%

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BIR

BAL

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Games conceded	12		13
Clean sheets	5		5
Conceded first	8		10
Goals conceded	16		30
Avg. goals conceded	0.9		1.7
Avg. shots/game conceded	6		10
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		6
Conversion rate against	15%		17%
Avg. XG against	0.8		1.4
KickOff rating		+20%

Birmingham v Burton 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
17	9	4	5
A Cochrane	J Stansfield	A May	K Anderson

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
A Cochrane DEF	17		1	4 -
S Paik MID	17		2	-
A May FWD	17	7	4	1 -
C Klarer DEF	16		1	4 -
W Willumsson MID	16	4	4	-
M Leonard MID	14			1 -
K Anderson FWD	14	3	3	5 -
K Bielik DEF	13	1		3 1
T Iwata MID	13	5	1	3 -
L Dykes FWD	13			1 -
J Stansfield FWD	12	9	1	2 -
E Laird DEF	11			2 -
T Gardner-Hickman MID	11			3 -
E Hansson FWD	11		1	-
R Allsop GLK	10			3 -
L Harris MID	10	1		1 -
B Davies DEF	9			1 -
A Yokoyama FWD	8		1	-
B Peacock-Farrell GLK	7			-
A Sampsted DEF	7			-
S Wright FWD	5	1		-
L Jutkiewicz FWD	4			-
D Sanderson DEF	2			-
B Khela MID	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
9	15	4	15
J Stansfield	J Stansfield	A May	A Cochrane

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Stansfield FWD	9	15	1	5
A May FWD	7	12	4	9
T Iwata MID	5	6	1	13
W Willumsson MID	4	13	4	14
K Anderson FWD	3	5	3	12
L Harris MID	1	3
K Bielik DEF	1	1		1
S Wright FWD	1	1		3
A Cochrane DEF			1	15
A Sampsted DEF				2
A Yokoyama FWD		2	1	4
B Davies DEF				2
R Allsop GLK				2
E Hansson FWD		7	1	3
S Paik MID		2	2	10
E Laird DEF		2		5
L Dykes FWD		3		6
M Leonard MID		1		7
C Klarer DEF		1	1	2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1404	26	107
C Klarer	S Paik	K Bielik

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C Klarer DEF	1404	17	97
K Bielik DEF	1201	24	107
A Cochrane DEF	1132	15	62
S Paik MID	1002	26	78
T Iwata MID	807	19	50
B Davies DEF	619	9	48
W Willumsson MID	590	24	68
R Allsop GLK	412		8
M Leonard MID	388	10	24
K Anderson FWD	350	19	63
T Gardner-Hickman MID	347	8	29
E Laird DEF	344	13	68
B Peacock-Farrell GLK	300		10
A May FWD	283	10	29
E Hansson FWD	198	6	14
J Stansfield FWD	173	21	41
L Harris MID	117	11	18
L Dykes FWD	115	5	52
A Sampsted DEF	109	5	12
S Wright FWD	81		5
D Sanderson DEF	77		4
A Yokoyama FWD	47	1	4
L Jutkiewicz FWD	29		10
B Khela MID	7		3

Burton League One squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
17	6	3	5
R Sweeney	D Orsi	B Whitfield	E Watt

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
B Whitfield MID	18	1	3	1 -
T Kalinauskas FWD	18	1	3	1 -
R Sweeney DEF	17			2 -
E Watt MID	17	1	3	5 -
D Orsi FWD	17	6	2	2 -
T Vancooten DEF	16			3 1
M Crocombe GLK	15			-
U Godwin-Malife DEF	14	1	1	1 -
K Chauke MID	14			-
J Armer DEF	13			3 -
J Cooper-Love FWD	13	2		1 -
D Willis DEF	12			1 -
N. Akoto DEF	12			1 -
M Bennett FWD	12	1		3 -
A Bannon MID	9			1 -
B Bodin FWD	9	3		1 -
C Gilligan MID	8		1	1 -
C Webster MID	8	1		3 1
R Donovan FWD	6			-
J Sraha DEF	5			1 -
R Burrell FWD	5			-
H Isted GLK	3			-
G Bajrami DEF	1			1 -
R. Stutter FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	12	3	24
D Orsi	T Kalinauskas	B Whitfield	E Watt

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
D Orsi FWD	6	7	2	8
B Bodin FWD	3	5		3
J Cooper-Love FWD	2	2		6
B Whitfield MID	1	8	3	6
E Watt MID	1	6	3	24
U Godwin-Malife DEF	1	3	1	6
C Webster MID	1	4		2
T Kalinauskas FWD	1	12	3	10
M Bennett FWD	1	5		3
H Isted GLK				1
R Burrell FWD				1
R Donovan FWD				2
C Gilligan MID			1	2
N. Akoto DEF		1		3
A Bannon MID		2
D Willis DEF				3
J Armer DEF				5
K Chauke MID		2
T Vancooten DEF				2
R Sweeney DEF				2
R. Stutter FWD		1		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
915	38	139
E Watt	K Chauke	R Sweeney

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
E Watt MID	915	36	72
R Sweeney DEF	868	22	139
T Vancooten DEF	675	16	77
M Crocombe GLK	636	2	7
J Armer DEF	503	22	60
T Kalinauskas FWD	381	29	87
K Chauke MID	358	38	76
D Willis DEF	350	15	24
A Bannon MID	312	25	56
U Godwin-Malife DEF	292	15	58
B Whitfield MID	242	8	32
D Orsi FWD	221	6	26
C Webster MID	208	15	32
J Cooper-Love FWD	183	13	29
N. Akoto DEF	180	15	53
C Gilligan MID	161	11	19
B Bodin FWD	138	6	28
M Bennett FWD	130	6	52
H Isted GLK	110		3
J Sraha DEF	101	13	22
R Donovan FWD	62	4	15
R Burrell FWD	25	1	9
G Bajrami DEF	5
R. Stutter FWD	2

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

Birmingham have played 17 matches so far this season and lay in 3rd place in the League One league table. Birmingham are unbeaten at home after 8 games and have kept 3 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Burton are in 23rd position in the League One on 11 points having played 18 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

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

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