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Birmingham City Preston North End betting prediction


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This match has a strong tendency to be balanced, as Birmingham plays at home and Preston North End presents a competent defensive line when playing away from home. It is important to note that most of the matches of the two formations in these conditions ended with the market "under 2.5 goals" winning. Having said this and taking into account this balance, betting on a match with few goals in the final score is of enormous value.
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Preview
Birmingham City and Preston North End face at St. Andrew's Stadium, in a match for the 8th round of the Championship. In 4 head‑to‑heads in the last 3 years, the away team won 1 and tied 3. The last head‑to‑head between these two teams was played on 14‑02‑2017, and ended in a (2‑1) win by Preston North End. Both teams register significant differences between home and away results, so the home/away factor is worth atention.

Analysis Birmingham

The home team is currently in the 22th position of the league, with 4 points won, after 1 win, 1 draw and 5 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Norwich City, by (1‑0). In the last match, they lost in an away match against Leeds United, by (2‑0). This is a team that usually gets better results in away matches than at home, since in the last 30 matches they register 4 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses in away matches, with 13 goals scored and 16 conceded; against 4 wins, 2 draws and 9 losses at their stadium, with 14 goals scored and 21 conceded. Birmingham City has won 3, tied 2 and lost 5 of the last 10 home matches.

They haven’t won any of the last 5 matches for this competition. Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 6 of the last 7 matches, and their offense hasn’t been one of their best features, as they haven’t scored any goals in 5 of the last 7 matches for this competition. In 9 matches, they have conceded the first goal 5 times and have only turned the score around in 1.

Birmingham leaves for this match with a 2-0 defeat against Leeds, accumulating the fourth defeat in this competition. The team of Harry Redknapp presents a major imbalance in its sectors, having scored on average 0.43 goals and suffered on average 1.29 goals per match. Jacques Maghoma is the great highlight of Birmingham with 2 goals scored. Carl Jenkinson continues to recover from a shoulder injury.

Confirmed Lineup: David Stockdale, Nsue, Maxime Colin, Michael Morrison, Harlee Dean, Cheikh N'Doye, Jason Lowe, David Davis, Jérémie Boga, Jacques Maghoma, Sam Gallagher.
Coach: T. Mowbray.

Analysis Preston

The away team is currently in the 5th position of the league, with 12 points won, after 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. In the penultimate match, they tied in a home match against Barnsley, by (1‑1). In the last match, they won in a home match against Cardiff City, by (3‑0). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 5 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses in away matches, with 27 goals scored and 22 conceded; against 8 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses at their stadium, with 28 goals scored and 14 conceded. In the last 10 away matches Preston North End has won 5, tied 2 and lost 3. Defensive consistency has been one of their best features, as they have only conceded goals in 2 of the last 7 matches for this competition.

Preston North End leaves for this match with a 3-0 win against Cardiff, returning to victories after two straight matches without winning in the competition: the goals were signed by Maguire, Browne and Harrop. Preston's weakness is mainly in the finalization in the away games, as they have not yet scored goals after 3 matches. The defensive line also has presented great consistency: it suffered on average 0.29 goals per match. Sean Maguire is the highlight of the away team with 2 goals scored and 1 assist. For this match the coach will not count on Gregory Cunningham, injured.

Confirmed Lineup: Chris Maxwell, Calum Woods, Paul Huntington, Ben Davies, Joshua Earl, Daniel Johnson, Josh Harrop, Alan Browne, Jordan Hugill, Sean Maguire, Tom Barkhuizen.
Coach: A. Neil.

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The tip and bet suggestion for the Birmingham vs Preston match, on 16 September 2017, of the preview written by the editors of Online Betting Academy, goes to: Under 2,5 goals ⇒ bet available on betfair.

The Birmingham vs Preston on 16 September 2017 will be played at Birmingham, St. Andrew's Stadium.

The most voted bet by tipsters at Online Betting Academy, for the Birmingham Preston match, on the "match odds" market, was a win by Preston at with 43% of the tips.

 

Championship - 2017/2018

  • 100% 557 / 557 Games

  • Home team wins 43.09%
  • Draws 26.75%
  • Away team wins 30.16%
  • Over 1.5 72.71%
  • Over 2.5 47.22%
  • Over 3.5 25.13%
  • Goals 1414
  • Goals /match 2.54
  • Goals /match home 1.4
  • Goals /match away 1.13
  • Both teams score 49.55%
  • Goals after 80' 16.2%
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