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

St. Andrew's Stadium, Birmingham

Rotherham United are away on Saturday afternoon, as manager Steve Evans takes his team to visit Birmingham City and Chris Davies at the St. Andrew's Stadium in the League One. In this preview you'll find odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers for 17 different betting markets, alongside supporting data that changes as you go through them. Our predictions are based on 20-game form, so all statistics are shown for each side's last 20 too. Home vs away and overall performance can be viewed, while there's also head to head (H2H) history towards the bottom of the page.

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Birmingham City's next match is v Newcastle at 17:45 on Saturday 8th February
Rotherham United's next match is v Shrewsbury at 15:00 on Saturday 8th February

The last English League One meeting between Birmingham and Rotherham was on Saturday 1st February 2025

English League One

February 1st 2025

Birmingham 2	1 Rotherham

J. Stansfield 54'	44' S. Nombe
J. Stansfield 81'

	BIR RTH
Shots On	8 2
Shots Off	7 4
Corners	8 3
Possession	69% 31%
Fouls	8 19
Yellow/red cards	2/0 3/0

Birmingham	Rotherham

R. Allsop C. Klarer B. Davies E. Laird A. Cochrane T. Gardner-Hickman T. Iwata (K. Bielik 85') K. Dowell (M. Leonard 62') K. Anderson (S. Wright 61') L. Dykes (A. May 62') J. Stansfield (G. Hanley 85')	D. Phillips Z. Jules S. Raggett R. James C. Humphreys H. Odofin (J. Holmes 88') L. Sibley J. Powell (J. Hugill 82') A. Green S. Nombe (D. Gore 27') M. Wilks

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Best Tip: Both teams not to score

Studying the bookmakers' odds and collated statistics regarding the two teams ahead of this League One game, a bet on win / draw / win for Birmingham to win and delight their home supporters is the way we would recommend bettors go. We predict they will overpower Rotherham, and head-to-head (H2H) records show they have the pedigree to do so. It may not all be plain sailing, but Birmingham claiming victory is the bet come Saturday afternoon.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Birmingham are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 59% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.57.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Birmingham 59%	3/5 7%	4/7
Draw 25%	14/5 7%	3/1 3%
Rotherham 16%	9/2 15%	5/1
Birmingham 1-0 17%	5/1 9%	9/2 4%
Birmingham 2-0 13%	11/2	11/2
Draw 1-1 11%	13/2 6%	6/1
Draw 0-0 11%	15/2 6%	15/2
Birmingham 2-1 9%	15/2	13/2
Rotherham 1-0 7%	12/1	10/1
Birmingham 3-0 7%	10/1 10%	17/2 5%
Birmingham 3-1 5%	14/1 15%	11/1
Rotherham 2-1 4%	18/1 10%	14/1
Draw 2-2 3%	20/1	16/1 13%
Birmingham 4-0 3%	22/1 10%	16/1
Rotherham 2-0 2%	28/1 15%	20/1 9%
Birmingham 4-1 2%	28/1 12%	20/1
Birmingham 3-2 2%	33/1	22/1 10%
Birmingham 5-0 1%	50/1 24%	33/1
Over 2.5 Goals 39%	43/40 1%	1/1 3%
Under 2.5 Goals 61%	8/11 1%	8/11 1%
Home 1st Goal 58%	2/5 5%	-
Away 1st Goal 35%	5/2 7%	-
No 1st Goal 7%	15/2 6%	-
BTTS - Yes 38%	11/10 5%	23/20 5%
BTTS - No 62%	4/6 3%	13/20 3%
BTTS - Home Win 19%	3/1	14/5 3%
BTTS - Draw 14%	9/2 8%	9/2 5%
BTTS - Away Win 6%	12/1	10/1 10%
Home/draw 84%	1/7 3%	2/15
Away/draw 41%	13/10 8%	11/8
Home/away 75%	1/4 2%	1/4
Over 1.5 Goals 66%	1/3	7/20 2%
Under 1.5 Goals 34%	9/4	2/1 3%
Over 3.5 Goals 19%	11/4	5/2 3%
Under 3.5 Goals 81%	1/4	1/4 3%
Over 4.5 Goals 8%	7/1	6/1 8%
Under 4.5 Goals 92%	1/12	1/12 2%
Over 5.5 Goals 3%	16/1	12/1
Under 5.5 Goals 97%	1/40	1/50
Over 0.5 Goals 89%	1/16 1%	1/18
Under 0.5 Goals 11%	9/1 11%	15/2
Home DNB 77%	1/5 3%	2/11 2%
Away DNB 33%	10/3 13%	16/5
Birmingham win to nil 41%	11/8 8%	-
Rotherham win to nil 10%	8/1 10%	-
Birmingham / Birmingham 33%	6/4 9%	11/8
Birmingham / Rotherham 2%	40/1	33/1
Birmingham / Draw 5%	14/1 12%	14/1
Draw / Birmingham 20%	3/1	3/1
Draw / Rotherham 7%	10/1 15%	10/1
Draw / Draw 16%	4/1 9%	17/4
Rotherham / Birmingham 4%	22/1	18/1
Rotherham / Rotherham 9%	9/1 17%	15/2
Rotherham / Draw 5%	16/1 11%	14/1

Win / draw / win League One table

Birmingham have played 26 matches so far this season and lay in 1st place in the League One league table. Birmingham are unbeaten at home after 12 games and have kept 7 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 26 games against teams below in the table, having won 18, drawn 6 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 12 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. Birmingham have outscored their opponents by 44 goals to 32 goals.

Home League Performance

Birmingham have played 12 games at home winning 9, drawing 3 and losing 0 games. They have scored 20 goals, kept 7 clean sheets and conceded 6 goals at home.

Rotherham are in 15th position in the League One on 37 points having played 27 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

7 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 17 goals and kept 3 clean sheets. They have scored 9 goals in total and failed to score in 7 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

16 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 3 and won 7. Rotherham have conceded 17 goals, scored 18, failed to score in 7 fixtures and have kept 3 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 Rotherham
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Birmingham Home	27	19	6	2	27	63	-	-	l 0-2A	l 2-1F
2	Wycombe	29	17	8	4	25	59	Mar 1	w 2-3A	-	l 2-0A
3	Wrexham	29	16	7	6	18	55	w 3-1A	d 1-1A	l 0-1A	Mar 8
4	Stockport	29	14	8	7	16	50	w 2-0F	d 1-1F	d 1-1A	Apr 12
5	Huddersfield	28	14	6	8	15	48	w 1-0F	w 0-1F	w 2-1A	d 0-00-0
6	L Orient	28	13	5	10	15	44	Feb 25	w 1-2F	Mar 4	l 1-0A
7	Charlton	28	12	8	8	8	44	Feb 15	l 1-0A	w 4-2F	d 1-1F
8	Reading	28	13	5	10	2	44	d 1-1A	Feb 22	w 2-1A	Feb 15
9	Bolton	29	13	5	11	0	44	w 2-0F	Mar 4	w 3-1F	Mar 22
10	Barnsley	29	12	7	10	2	43	Apr 5	w 1-2A	Feb 22	l 2-0A
11	Stevenage	27	11	7	9	2	40	Mar 11	Mar 22	w 2-0F	Apr 26
12	Lincoln	29	10	9	10	1	39	Mar 8	w 1-3A	w 2-1F	w 0-1F
13	Blackpool	28	9	11	8	1	38	d 0-00-0	Apr 12	Apr 5	Feb 11
14	Mansfield	27	11	4	12	1	37	Apr 26	d 1-1F	Apr 18	l 1-0A
15	Rotherham Away	28	10	7	11	0	37	w 2-1A	w 0-2F	-	-
16	Wigan	28	9	7	12	-1	34	w 2-1F	w 0-3F	l 0-1A	Apr 21
17	Exeter	29	9	5	15	-13	32	w 1-0F	w 0-2F	Mar 15	l 1-0A
18	Bristol R	28	9	4	15	-16	31	w 2-0F	Apr 1	d 0-00-0	Mar 1
19	Peterborough	29	8	6	15	-10	30	w 3-2A	Feb 8	May 3	d 3-3A
20	Northampton	29	7	9	13	-17	30	d 1-1F	Mar 15	w 3-0F	Apr 1
21	Burton	29	5	10	14	-14	25	w 2-0F	Apr 21	d 2-2A	l 4-2F
22	Crawley	27	6	6	15	-21	24	Apr 18	w 0-1F	Mar 29	l 1-0A
23	Shrewsbury	28	6	5	17	-20	23	Mar 29	l 3-2A	Feb 8	d 1-1A
24	Cambridge	28	5	7	16	-21	22	Feb 11	May 3	w 2-1A	w 0-1F

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

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	1 - 0	Exeter
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

9 / 20

Clean sheets

11 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Birmingham	1 - 0	Huddersfield
A	Birmingham	1 - 1	Wrexham
H	Birmingham	1 - 0	Exeter
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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

7 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

13 / 20

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Burton	4 - 2	Rotherham
Huddersfield	0 - 0	Rotherham
Lincoln	0 - 1	Rotherham
Mansfield	1 - 0	Rotherham
Crawley	1 - 0	Rotherham
Barnsley	2 - 0	Rotherham
L Orient	1 - 0	Rotherham
Peterborough	3 - 3	Rotherham
Cambridge	0 - 1	Rotherham
Shrewsbury	1 - 1	Rotherham
Charlton	1 - 1	Rotherham
Wycombe	2 - 0	Rotherham
Exeter	1 - 0	Rotherham
Bristol C	2 - 0	Rotherham
Swansea	1 - 0	Rotherham
West Brom	2 - 0	Rotherham
Preston	3 - 0	Rotherham
Norwich	5 - 0	Rotherham
Coventry	5 - 0	Rotherham
QPR	2 - 1	Rotherham

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Rotherham	2 - 1	Cambridge
A	Rotherham	2 - 4	Burton
H	Rotherham	4 - 2	Charlton
H	Rotherham	3 - 1	Bolton
A	Rotherham	0 - 0	Huddersfield
A	Rotherham	1 - 0	Lincoln
H	Rotherham	1 - 1	Stockport
H	Rotherham	0 - 1	Wigan
A	Rotherham	0 - 1	Mansfield
H	Rotherham	3 - 0	Northampton
H	Rotherham	2 - 1	Lincoln
A	Rotherham	0 - 1	Crawley
A	Rotherham	0 - 2	Barnsley
H	Rotherham	2 - 0	Stevenage
A	Rotherham	0 - 1	L Orient
H	Rotherham	0 - 1	Wrexham
A	Rotherham	3 - 3	Peterborough
H	Rotherham	2 - 1	Reading
A	Rotherham	1 - 0	Cambridge
A	Rotherham	1 - 1	Shrewsbury

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Birmingham have not lost to Rotherham in 5 consecutive home league meetings

Birmingham have kept a clean sheet in 4 consecutive league meetings with Rotherham

Birmingham

Rotherham

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 8

Clean sheets

2 / 8

BIR

RTH

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Birmingham
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Birmingham	2 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Birmingham	3 - 1
Birmingham	4 - 2
	0 - 2	Rotherham
Birmingham	2 - 1
Draw	2 - 2	Draw

Rotherham

Birmingham

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

4 / 9

6 / 9

Clean sheets

3 / 9

5 / 9

BIR

RTH

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

Goal Statistics

Birmingham City have been steady in attack of late, finding the net in 5 consecutive League One matches. Their PG of 1.6 against Rotherham United on Saturday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

	Birmingham 1st	Rotherham 15th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.6 goals	0.7 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 21% 1 33% 2 26% 3 14% 4+ There is a 79% probability that Birmingham will score 1 or more goals	0 52% 1 34% 2 11% 3 4+ There is a 52% probability that Rotherham will fail to score

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-11 Birmingham have scored 11% fewer goals at home than predicted	-54 Rotherham have scored 54% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.5 average goals scored	0.5 average goals scored
	0.7 conceded	1.9 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2024/2025 season

39%

better

BIR

RTH

view stats

Games scored	22		14
Failed to score	2		11
Scored first	15		8
Goals scored	42		28
Avg. goals scored	1.8		1.1
Avg. shots per game	8		10
Avg. shots per goal	5		9
Conversion rate for	21		11
Avg. XG for	1.6		1.3
KickOff rating		+39%

27%

better

BIR

RTH

view stats

Games conceded	13		19
Clean sheets	11		6
Conceded first	8		15
Goals conceded	17		26
Avg. goals conceded	0.7		1
Avg. shots/game conceded	6		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		8
Conversion rate against	12%		13%
Avg. XG against	0.8		1.2
KickOff rating		+27%

Birmingham v Rotherham 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
25	14	5	6
C Klarer	J Stansfield	A May	C Klarer

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
R Allsop GLK	20			3 -
C Klarer DEF	25		1	6 -
B Davies DEF	19			1 -
A Cochrane DEF	24		1	4 -
E Laird MID	21	1	2	3 -
T Gardner-Hickman MID	21		1	4 -
T Iwata MID	21	5	1	4 -
K Dowell MID	2			-
K Anderson MID	21	4	4	5 -
L Dykes FWD	22	1		2 -
J Stansfield FWD	21	14	1	2 -
Subs
B Peacock-Farrell GLK	7			-
K Bielik DEF	22	1		5 1
G Hanley DEF	2			1 -
M Leonard MID	24		1	2 -
L Harris MID	17	1		2 -
A May FWD	27	10	5	3 -
S Wright FWD	11	1		-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
14	24	5	17
J Stansfield	J Stansfield	A May	A Cochrane

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Stansfield FWD	14	24	1	7
T Iwata MID	5	8	1	15
K Anderson MID	4	6	4	16
E Laird MID	1	3	2	11
L Dykes FWD	1	7		11
R Allsop GLK				2
C Klarer DEF		1	1	4
B Davies DEF				3
A Cochrane DEF			1	17
T Gardner-Hickman MID		2	1	3
K Dowell MID		2		1
Subs
A May FWD	10	18	5	13
K Bielik DEF	1	2		5
L Harris MID	1	4		1
S Wright FWD	1	2		7
M Leonard MID		2	1	14

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1953	40	170
C Klarer	C Klarer	C Klarer

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
C Klarer DEF	1953	40	170
A Cochrane DEF	1460	32	101
B Davies DEF	1253	22	101
T Iwata MID	1251	27	71
R Allsop GLK	828		10
E Laird MID	744	30	136
T Gardner-Hickman MID	618	23	75
K Anderson MID	481	24	89
J Stansfield FWD	278	31	61
L Dykes FWD	244	9	93
K Dowell MID	31	2	4
Subs
K Bielik DEF	1648	33	153
M Leonard MID	710	28	52
A May FWD	396	12	46
B Peacock-Farrell GLK	300		10
L Harris MID	200	16	32
S Wright FWD	154	1	19
G Hanley DEF	1	1	2

Rotherham League One squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
26	6	5	6
H Odoffin	M Wilks	J Powell	H Odoffin

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
D Phillips GLK	20			1 -
H Odoffin DEF	26	3		6 -
S Raggett DEF	9	1	1	3 -
Z Jules DEF	15	1		4 -
R James DEF	26	1	1	2 -
M Wilks MID	25	6	2	5 -
C Humphreys MID	23	1	1	2 -
J Powell MID	28	1	5	3 -
L Sibley MID	3	1		1 -
S Nombe FWD	25	6	4	2 -
A Green FWD	9	3	4	-
Subs
C Dawson GLK	8			1 -
L Kelly MID	10	1	1	1 -
D. Gore MID	1		1	-
J Hugill FWD	20	1		1 -
J Holmes FWD	16			-
B. Hatton FWD				-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	28	5	36
M Wilks	M Wilks	J Powell	J Powell

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Wilks MID	6	28	2	11
S Nombe FWD	6	20	4	14
H Odoffin DEF	3	8		9
A Green FWD	3	6	4	7
S Raggett DEF	1	3	1	1
Z Jules DEF	1	3		2
R James DEF	1	2	1	18
C Humphreys MID	1	5	1	4
J Powell MID	1	5	5	36
L Sibley MID	1	2		1
D Phillips GLK				2
Subs
L Kelly MID	1	1	1	3
J Hugill FWD	1	2		1
C Dawson GLK				1
D. Gore MID			1	1
J Holmes FWD		1		3

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
891	60	248
J Powell	H Odoffin	H Odoffin

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
J Powell MID	891	44	157
R James DEF	859	37	95
H Odoffin DEF	716	60	248
C Humphreys MID	710	24	100
D Phillips GLK	700	1	12
Z Jules DEF	435	23	100
M Wilks MID	293	14	144
S Nombe FWD	259	30	127
S Raggett DEF	208	9	50
A Green FWD	124	4	32
L Sibley MID	49	7	12
Subs
L Kelly MID	326	20	57
C Dawson GLK	255		4
J Hugill FWD	131	2	74
J Holmes FWD	94	1	11
D. Gore MID	11		3

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

Birmingham have played 26 matches so far this season and lay in 1st place in the League One league table. Birmingham are unbeaten at home after 12 games and have kept 7 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Rotherham are in 15th position in the League One on 37 points having played 27 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

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

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