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Derby County Birmingham City betting prediction


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The most likely scenario for this challenge will be the occurrence of several goals. The two teams are going through very delicate moment, where the lack of victories is visible. In any case, both use to practice an open football, creating several goal opportunities. It should be noted that three of the last five matches at this stadium ended with an Over 2.5.
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Preview
Derby County and Birmingham City face at iPro Stadium, in a match for the 9th round of the Championship. At this stadium, the head‑to‑head history favours the home team, since they have a record of 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in the last 5 matches. Sure enough, the last time these teams met at this stadium, on 27‑12‑2016, in a match for the Championship, Derby County won by (1‑0). The only goal of the match was scored by D. Bent (64' ). In this match the home advantage may play an important role, since Birmingham City presents significant differences between home and away performances.

Analysis Derby

After 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses, the home team is in the 15th position, havinf won 10 points so far. In the last match, they have lost in an away match against Bristol City by (4‑1), after in the previous match they have won (5‑0) at home, against Hull City. This is a team that usually maintains its competitive level in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 6 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses in away matches, with 22 goals scored and 23 conceded; against 7 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses at their stadium, with 30 goals scored and 21 conceded. Derby County has won 6, tied 2 and lost 2 of the last 10 home matches. Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 5 of the last 7 matches, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 6 of the last 7 matches for this competition. This is a team that likes to score first. They have opened up the score in 7 of the last 9 matches, they have reached half‑time in front in 4 of those 7 matches and have held on to the lead until the end of the 90' in 4 of them. there is 1 period that stands out in the last 4 home matches for all competitions: they have scored 3 of their 6 goals between minutes (31'‑45').

Derby heads into this match unmotivated after a 4-1 away loss against Bristol. The home team usually plays in a 4-3-3 formation, where the three most advanced players are Lawrence, Nugent and Weimann. For playing at home, it is expected that the Derby plays in a more offensive way, aiming to score the first goal of the match. Vydra, Huddlestone and Johnson should play in the midfield.

Confirmed Lineup: Scott Carson, Marcus Olsson, Curtis Davies, Chris Baird, Richard Keogh, Tom Huddlestone, Tom Lawrence, Bradley Johnson, Matěj Vydra, Andreas Weimann, David Nugent.
Coach: W. Rooney.

Analysis Birmingham

The away team is currently in the 23th position of the league, with 4 points won, after 1 win, 1 draw and 6 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Leeds United, by (2‑0). In the last match, they lost in a home match against Preston North End, by (1‑3). 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 15 goals scored and 23 conceded.

In this competition, they have a sequence of 4 losses in the last away matches. Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 7 of the last 8 matches for this competition. In their away matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 18 of the last 28 matches have ended with Under 2,5 goals. This is a team that has had a hard time trying to score first. They have opened up the score in only 2 of the last 8 matches for the Championship, they have reached half‑time in front in all of those 2 matches but have never been able to hold on to the lead until the end of the 90'. In 8 matches for this competition, they have conceded the first goal 5 times and have only turned the score around in 1.

Birmingham enters the field unmotivated with a 1-3 home defeat against Preston. The away team usually plays in a 4-3-3 formation, privileging offensive transitions and channeling their attack through the side aisles. The two most advanced players in the away team will be Boga and Maghoma, and the one responsible for defining and conducting his team's attacks is Davis. N'Doye, Davis and Lowe may play in the most central part of the field . The coach will not be able to count on Jenkinson for being injured.

Confirmed Lineup: Tomasz Kuszczak, Maxime Colin, Nsue, Harlee Dean, Michael Morrison, Cheikh N'Doye, David Davis, Craig Gardner, Jacques Maghoma, Jérémie Boga, Sam Gallagher.
Coach: T. Mowbray.

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The tip and bet suggestion for the Derby vs Birmingham match, on 23 September 2017, of the preview written by the editors of Online Betting Academy, goes to: Over 2,5 goals ⇒ bet available on betfair.

The Derby vs Birmingham on 23 September 2017 will be played at Derby, Pride Park Stadium.

The most voted bet by tipsters at Online Betting Academy, for the Derby Birmingham match, on the "match odds" market, was a win by Derby at with 94% 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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