Birmingham vs Preston prediction for Saturday’s Championship round 28 clash at St. Andrew’s Stadium in Birmingham. You can follow our free predictions betting tips and preview on this page.
Bookmaker Ratings Prediction One: Draw or Preston to Win – 1.62
Bookmaker Ratings Prediction Two: Under 2.5 Goals – 1.58
Bookmaker Ratings Prediction Three: Correct Score Group Bet 0-0 or 1-0 or 0-1 – 2.60
Draw or Preston to Win
Preston have an acceptable away record winning seven of their 13 road games which makes them 54% favorites to win this game. In addition, a draw has a 30% probability and two of the last three h2hs ended in draws.
Under 2.5 Goals
Playing at St. Andrew’s, 50% of Birmingham’s league fixtures ended with under 2.5 goals. Preston’s 62% of away games also produced the same number of goals. Seven of the last eight h2hs ended with under 2.5 goals.
Correct Score Group Bet 0-0 or 1-0 or 0-1
This group of scores is the most frequent one in both teams’ games this season. In detail, nine of Birmingham’s and 14 of Preston’s 27 matches in the Championship ended with one of these results. The same trend happened in the last three of the four h2hs.
Birmingham
It hasn’t been a fine season for Birmingham so far as they suffered their fourth defeat in a row at the hands of Bristol City by 2-4 last time out. The Blues are currently lying in the 18th position with 32 points and must be careful as they are just six points above the relegation zone.
Defensive weaknesses have been the key issues for manager John Eustace. Notably, Birmingham have conceded 2.13 goals per game in the last eight rounds which is 74.6% higher than their season’s average of 1.22. Moreover, the Blues have no clean sheets in their last five home games.
Preston
With the 0-4 home defeat against Norwich City, Preston suffered their fourth home defeat in a row. The Lilywhites have lost five of their last eight matches and with 37 points are in the 13th position on the Championship table.
On a positive note though, Preston’s 65% of points have been earned from their away games. Similarly, the Liliwhites scored 67% of their goals while playing on the road. Moreover, manager Ryan Lowe’s team didn’t concede a goal in seven of their 13 trips.
Most of the recent games between these two clubs were very tight and close encounters. In the last four meetings, each team won once and the other two ended in draws. Based on Preston’s better performances while playing away, we will back a double chance of a draw or away win.
Preston scored an average of 1.23 goals per game while playing away in the Championship. Birmingham conceded 1.12 goals per game at home. With odds of 2.25 at 1xBet, we predict Preston to score one or more goals.
Ched Evans is one of the most experienced players for Preston. The Welshman started his professional career at Manchester City in 2007. Evans is Preston’s top scorer this season with six goals and has a rating of 7.01 playing as a striker.
Birmingham are without Dean and Placheta due to injuries.
For Preston, Jakobsen and Maguire are the two players on the injury list.
Birmingham: Ruddy; Sanderson, Long, Trusty; Bielik, Colin, Bacuna, Chong, Graham; Deeney, Hogan;
Preston: Woodman; Diaby, Lindsay, Storey; Johnson, Browne, Ledson, McCann, Hughes; Cannon, Woodburn;
St. Andrews Stadium in Birmingham.
The kickoff is scheduled at 15:00 Uk Time.
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