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

Sat 18th Jan, 15:00 BST, St. Andrew's Stadium, Birmingham

Exeter City pay League One rivals Birmingham City a visit on Saturday afternoon, as Gary Caldwell leads his men into an away clash with Chris Davies & co. at the St. Andrew's Stadium. The odds you see on the page are provided straight from top bookmakers, while predictions are calculated from stats over a 20-game period. Particular attention is given to League One match data, including head-to-head records. Hit the tabs below to explore.

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Best Tip: Birmingham to win

We're predicting Birmingham will be victorious come the end of the 90 mins on Saturday in the win / draw / win market. The recent form stats and historical head-to-head (H2H) records below all point in that direction and, as favourites with the bookies, the odds back that up too. Expect jubilant celebrations among the home fans when that final whistle blows at St. Andrew's Stadium.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Birmingham are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 62% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.33.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Birmingham 62%	1/3	-
Draw 23%	4/1	-
Exeter 15%	8/1	-
Birmingham 1-0 15%	13/2	-
Birmingham 2-0 13%	11/2	-
Draw 1-1 11%	17/2	-
Birmingham 2-1 9%	8/1	-
Draw 0-0 8%	12/1	-
Birmingham 3-0 8%	7/1	-
Exeter 1-0 6%	20/1	-
Birmingham 3-1 5%	10/1	-
Exeter 2-1 4%	22/1	-
Birmingham 4-0 3%	12/1	-
Draw 2-2 3%	20/1	-
Birmingham 4-1 2%	18/1	-
Exeter 2-0 2%	40/1	-
Birmingham 3-2 2%	28/1	-
Birmingham 5-0 1%	25/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 45%	4/6	-
Under 2.5 Goals 55%	23/20	-
Home 1st Goal 58%	2/9	-
Away 1st Goal 36%	7/2	-
No 1st Goal 6%	12/1	-
BTTS - Yes 42%	21/20	-
BTTS - No 58%	7/10	-
BTTS - Home Win 22%	11/5	-
BTTS - Draw 14%	11/2	-
BTTS - Away Win 6%	16/1	-
Home/draw 85%	1/14	-
Away/draw 38%	9/4	-
Home/away 77%	1/6	-
Over 1.5 Goals 71%	1/5	-
Under 1.5 Goals 29%	10/3	-
Over 3.5 Goals 24%	13/8	-
Under 3.5 Goals 76%	4/9	-
Over 4.5 Goals 11%	4/1	-
Under 4.5 Goals 89%	1/6	-
Over 5.5 Goals 4%	9/1	-
Under 5.5 Goals 96%	1/16	-
Over 0.5 Goals 92%	1/25	-
Under 0.5 Goals 8%	12/1	-
Home DNB 78%	1/10	-
Away DNB 31%	6/1	-
Birmingham win to nil 40%	11/10	-
Exeter win to nil 9%	14/1	-
Birmingham / Birmingham 43%	20/21	-
Birmingham / Exeter 2%	40/1	-
Birmingham / Draw 4%	18/1	-
Draw / Birmingham 21%	3/1	-
Draw / Exeter 5%	16/1	-
Draw / Draw 11%	13/2	-
Exeter / Birmingham 4%	20/1	-
Exeter / Exeter 5%	16/1	-
Exeter / Draw 4%	20/1	-

Win / draw / win League One table

Birmingham have played 23 matches so far this season and lay in 1st place in the League One league table. Birmingham are unbeaten at home after 11 games and have kept 6 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 23 games against teams below in the table, having won 16, drawn 5 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 10 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. Birmingham have outscored their opponents by 41 goals to 28 goals.

Home League Performance

Birmingham have played 11 games at home winning 8, drawing 3 and losing 0 games. They have scored 19 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and conceded 6 goals at home.

Exeter are in 15th position in the League One on 31 points having played 24 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

6 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 14 goals and kept 4 clean sheets. They have scored 10 goals in total and failed to score in 4 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

15 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 2 and won 5. Exeter have conceded 19 goals, scored 13, failed to score in 5 fixtures and have kept 6 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 Exeter
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Birmingham Home	23	16	5	2	24	53	-	-	l 0-2A	Jan 18
2	Wycombe	25	15	6	4	23	51	Mar 1	w 2-3A	d 2-2F	l 2-1A
3	Wrexham	25	15	6	4	19	51	w 3-1A	Jan 23	Mar 29	l 3-0A
4	Huddersfield	24	14	5	5	18	47	w 1-0F	Jan 28	Apr 26	l 2-0A
5	Barnsley	25	12	6	7	6	42	Apr 5	w 1-2A	l 1-2F	Apr 1
6	Reading	24	12	5	7	6	41	d 1-1A	Feb 22	l 1-2A	Mar 4
7	Stockport	25	10	8	7	10	38	w 2-0F	d 1-1F	Apr 5	l 2-0A
8	L Orient	24	11	4	9	10	37	Feb 25	w 1-2F	Jan 28	w 0-1F
9	Mansfield	23	11	4	8	5	37	Apr 26	d 1-1F	Jan 14	May 3
10	Bolton	24	11	4	9	-1	37	w 2-0F	Mar 4	l 1-2F	w 0-2F
11	Charlton	23	9	7	7	6	34	Feb 15	l 1-0A	w 1-0F	Feb 22
12	Lincoln	25	8	8	9	-2	32	Mar 8	w 1-3A	d 0-00-0	Mar 22
13	Rotherham	24	8	7	9	0	31	Feb 1	w 0-2F	w 1-0F	Mar 15
14	Stevenage	23	8	7	8	-2	31	Mar 11	Mar 22	w 2-0F	Feb 1
15	Exeter Away	24	9	4	11	-3	31	Jan 18	w 0-2F	-	-
16	Blackpool	24	7	9	8	-3	30	d 0-00-0	Apr 12	Jan 25	l 2-1A
17	Wigan	23	7	6	10	-2	27	w 2-1F	w 0-3F	Feb 8	d 0-00-0
18	Northampton	25	6	8	11	-15	26	d 1-1F	Mar 15	Mar 1	l 2-1F
19	Peterborough	24	7	4	13	-5	25	w 3-2A	Feb 8	l 1-2F	Jan 21
20	Bristol R	24	7	4	13	-16	25	w 2-0F	Apr 1	w 3-1A	Apr 12
21	Crawley	23	5	5	13	-19	20	Apr 18	w 0-1F	d 4-4A	Apr 21
22	Shrewsbury	24	4	5	15	-20	17	Mar 29	l 3-2A	Mar 8	w 0-2F
23	Cambridge	24	4	5	15	-21	17	Feb 11	May 3	w 1-0F	Feb 15
24	Burton	24	2	8	14	-18	14	w 2-0F	Apr 21	Apr 18	w 1-2A

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Win / draw / win form

Birmingham have not lost in 13 consecutive home league games

Birmingham have kept a clean sheet for 4 consecutive home league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

10 / 20

Clean sheets

10 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Birmingham	0 - 0	Blackpool
Birmingham	2 - 0	Burton
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

10 / 20

Clean sheets

10 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Birmingham	3 - 0	Wigan
A	Birmingham	1 - 1	Stockport
H	Birmingham	0 - 0	Blackpool
H	Birmingham	2 - 0	Burton
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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Wycombe	2 - 1	Exeter
Burton	1 - 2	Exeter
Stockport	2 - 0	Exeter
Wrexham	3 - 0	Exeter
Huddersfield	2 - 0	Exeter
Shrewsbury	0 - 2	Exeter
L Orient	0 - 1	Exeter
Wigan	0 - 0	Exeter
Blackpool	2 - 1	Exeter
Bolton	0 - 2	Exeter
Northampton	2 - 1	Exeter
Northampton	1 - 2	Exeter
Port Vale	2 - 4	Exeter
L Orient	2 - 2	Exeter
Cheltenham	1 - 2	Exeter
Shrewsbury	0 - 3	Exeter
Peterborough	2 - 1	Exeter
Lincoln	1 - 0	Exeter
Wigan	1 - 2	Exeter
Barnsley	1 - 2	Exeter

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Lost

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

Goal Statistics

Birmingham City's fans will be hoping for goals on Saturday afternoon, not least because Exeter City have conceded in each of their last 10 League One matches. A PG of 1.8 for C. Davies's side suggests that run should continue.

	Birmingham 1st	Exeter 14th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.8 goals	0.7 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 17% 1 30% 2 27% 3 16% 4+ There is a 83% probability that Birmingham will score 1 or more goals	0 49% 1 35% 2 13% 3 4+ There is a 84% probability of Exeter scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-11 Birmingham have scored 11% fewer goals at home than predicted	+28 Exeter have scored 28% more goals when away than predicted
	1.5 average goals scored	1.4 average goals scored
	0.7 conceded	1.3 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2024/2025 season

26%

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BIR

EXE

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Games scored	21		18
Failed to score	2		6
Scored first	14		12
Goals scored	41		28
Avg. goals scored	1.8		1.2
Avg. shots per game	8		7
Avg. shots per goal	5		6
Conversion rate for	21		16
Avg. XG for	1.6		1.1
KickOff rating		+26%

22%

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BIR

EXE

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Games conceded	13		15
Clean sheets	10		9
Conceded first	8		10
Goals conceded	17		31
Avg. goals conceded	0.7		1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded	6		10
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		7
Conversion rate against	12%		14%
Avg. XG against	0.8		1.5
KickOff rating		+22%

Birmingham v Exeter 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
22	12	5	5
S Paik	J Stansfield	W Willumsson	C Klarer

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
S Paik MID	23		2	-
A May FWD	23	10	4	1 -
W Willumsson MID	22	5	5	-
C Klarer DEF	21		1	5 -
A Cochrane DEF	20		1	4 -
M Leonard MID	20			1 -
T Iwata MID	19	5	1	4 -
K Bielik DEF	18	1		4 1
L Dykes FWD	18			1 -
E Laird DEF	17		2	3 -
T Gardner-Hickman MID	17			4 -
K Anderson FWD	17	3	4	5 -
J Stansfield FWD	17	12	1	2 -
R Allsop GLK	16			3 -
L Harris MID	16	1		2 -
B Davies DEF	15			1 -
E Hansson FWD	13		1	-
A Yokoyama FWD	9		1	-
B Peacock-Farrell GLK	7			-
A Sampsted DEF	7			-
S Wright FWD	7	1		-
L Jutkiewicz FWD	6			-
L Buchanan DEF	3	1		-
D Sanderson DEF	2			-
B Khela MID	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
12	21	5	24
J Stansfield	J Stansfield	W Willumsson	W Willumsson

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Stansfield FWD	12	21	1	7
A May FWD	10	18	4	11
W Willumsson MID	5	14	5	24
T Iwata MID	5	8	1	14
K Anderson FWD	3	5	4	14
L Buchanan DEF	1	1
K Bielik DEF	1	2		1
S Wright FWD	1	1		4
L Harris MID	1	4
E Hansson FWD		8	1	3
L Jutkiewicz FWD		1
A Sampsted DEF				2
A Yokoyama FWD		2	1	4
S Paik MID		5	2	15
B Davies DEF				2
R Allsop GLK				2
T Gardner-Hickman MID		1
E Laird DEF		2	2	7
L Dykes FWD		4		8
M Leonard MID		1		9
A Cochrane DEF			1	15
C Klarer DEF		1	1	3

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1716	34	146
C Klarer	S Paik	K Bielik

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C Klarer DEF	1716	33	138
K Bielik DEF	1625	32	146
S Paik MID	1333	34	106
A Cochrane DEF	1284	21	79
T Iwata MID	1181	24	62
B Davies DEF	995	17	73
W Willumsson MID	833	31	87
R Allsop GLK	655		8
E Laird DEF	571	19	101
M Leonard MID	543	19	36
T Gardner-Hickman MID	452	13	44
K Anderson FWD	440	23	79
A May FWD	363	11	39
B Peacock-Farrell GLK	300		10
E Hansson FWD	231	7	15
J Stansfield FWD	226	26	49
L Harris MID	177	15	29
L Dykes FWD	166	6	60
A Sampsted DEF	109	5	12
S Wright FWD	99	1	8
D Sanderson DEF	77		4
L Buchanan DEF	73	3	8
A Yokoyama FWD	48	1	4
L Jutkiewicz FWD	42	1	15
B Khela MID	7		3

Exeter League One squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
24	5	3	10
J Whitworth	M Alli	E Francis	R Woods

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Whitworth GLK	24		1	1 -
J McMillan DEF	24	1	2	3 -
E Francis MID	23	2	3	2 -
I Niskanen MID	23	1	1	5 -
J Magennis FWD	23	3	2	1 -
T Crama DEF	22	3		4 -
M Alli FWD	21	5	2	2 -
J Aitchison MID	20		1	3 -
R Woods MID	20	2	1	9 1
K Doyle MID	19	3		1 -
P Sweeney DEF	18			4 -
C Watts MID	13	1		4 1
J Yfeko DEF	12		1	3 -
S Cox FWD	12			-
B Purrington DEF	11			-
J Bird FWD	11			1 -
V Harper MID	10	1	1	2 -
J Fitzwater DEF	9	1		-
D Mitchell MID	9	2	1	-
R Cole MID	9	1	1	2 -
J. Richards MID	7	1	1	2 -
A. Richards FWD	6	1		1 -
P Jones FWD	3			-
P Borges MID	1			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	12	3	16
M Alli	M Alli	E Francis	I Niskanen

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Alli FWD	5	12	2	9
J Magennis FWD	3	10	2	11
T Crama DEF	3	3		3
K Doyle MID	3	9		13
R Woods MID	2	2	1	11
E Francis MID	2	2	3	14
D Mitchell MID	2	4	1	3
J McMillan DEF	1	3	2	10
R Cole MID	1	5	1	2
J. Richards MID	1	1	1	3
V Harper MID	1	2	1	6
C Watts MID	1	4		4
A. Richards FWD	1	1		1
J Fitzwater DEF	1	1
I Niskanen MID	1	3	1	16
P Jones FWD				2
J Whitworth GLK			1	1
J Yfeko DEF			1	1
J Bird FWD		2
S Cox FWD		1		1
P Sweeney DEF		2		4
J Aitchison MID		5	1	8

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1256	40	115
T Crama	J McMillan	T Crama

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
T Crama DEF	1256	22	115
P Sweeney DEF	1073	18	85
R Woods MID	1012	19	60
E Francis MID	984	34	78
J Whitworth GLK	983		11
J McMillan DEF	876	40	64
I Niskanen MID	516	36	77
J Aitchison MID	464	17	62
J Yfeko DEF	453	21	57
J Fitzwater DEF	390	9	35
J Magennis FWD	288	6	90
K Doyle MID	275	21	47
M Alli FWD	243	19	83
B Purrington DEF	206	6	24
R Cole MID	150	5	10
C Watts MID	138	21	53
D Mitchell MID	133	6	18
V Harper MID	114	22	40
J. Richards MID	104	6	21
J Bird FWD	37	2	15
S Cox FWD	30	3	9
A. Richards FWD	18	3	12
P Jones FWD	6		3
P Borges MID	2		1

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

Birmingham have played 23 matches so far this season and lay in 1st place in the League One league table. Birmingham are unbeaten at home after 11 games and have kept 6 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Exeter are in 15th position in the League One on 31 points having played 24 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

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

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