Birmingham vs Leeds Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 12th August 2023

Birmingham take on visitors Leeds at St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium in a Championship tie this coming Saturday.

Leeds failed in their attempt to get the new season underway with a win, but at least escaped from their opener with a point in hand.

Birmingham put a point up on the board in the premiere round of this brand new season, and they'll be hopeful of adding three more come on Saturday.

Birmingham took down Leeds in their most recent meeting, and bookmakers deem another win for the home side a likely scenario this coming Saturday.

Birmingham are not a high scoring team these days, as they only found the back of the net seven times in the last ten outings. That is an average of just 0.7 goals per game, as they conceded nine goals. They managed four clean sheets in these matches.

Leeds show off splendid stats in their last ten matches, where they hit the target 2.3 times on average per game. They scored 23 goals and conceded seven, an average of 0.7 a game. They held on for a clean sheet in five of these.

Leeds celebrated a 5-4 win as well as a 1-0 victory in the last two matches played against Birmingham.

Birmingham vs Leeds Prediction

Birmingham Form

Birmingham have seen it all in their last three matches, which gave them four points. First, they went down 1-2 against Sheffield United, before picking up a 1-1 draw against Swansea. Their latest match brought a 0-2 win in their encounter with Cheltenham. Birmingham claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the Championship. They also drew one and lost three, scored four goals and conceded four.

A runners-up spot is the absolute minimum Leeds should achieve for a season in which a tilt at league glory is their top priority.

Leeds Form

In their past three matches, Leeds lost 1-4 against Tottenham, drew 2-2 with Cardiff and won 2-1 against Shrewsbury. Leeds picked up five wins from a possible six on their recent travels in the Championship, while scoring 12 and conceding four goals. They also lost once while drawing none.

Leeds would probably consider anything lower than a second place finish to be a disappointment. The visitors have one eye on a title challenge and know a good start is imperative.

Birmingham are really tough to break down, but as the expense of scoring only few goals themselves. A low scoring encounter is on the menu on Saturday, when Leeds come visiting.

Birmingham vs Leeds Squads

Birmingham Squad

The 43-year-old Birmingham manager, John Eustace, will select the lineup against Leeds from these players (the statistics in the brackets refer to scored goals and games played in the Championship this season):

John Ruddy (0/1), Neil Etheridge (0/0), Zachary Jeacock (0/0), Dion Sanderson (0/1), Ethan Laird (0/1), Kevin Long (0/1), Lee Buchanan (0/1), Marc Roberts (0/0), Marcel Oakley (0/1), Alfie Chang (0/0), Brandon Khela (0/0), Gary Gardner (0/0), George Hall (0/0), Ivan Sunjic (0/1), Jordan James (0/1), Josh Williams (0/0), Keshi Anderson (0/1), Koji Miyoshi (0/1), Krystian Bielik (0/1), Mark Duffy (0/0), Sam Cosgrove (0/0), Siriki Dembele (1/1), Emmanuel Longelo (0/0), Juninho Bacuna (0/1), Lee Novak (0/0), Lukas Jutkiewicz (0/1), Scott Hogan (0/1), Tyler Roberts (0/1).

Leeds Squad

This is the full squad of players that the Leeds head coach Farke will select from for his starting XI:

Illan Meslier (0/1), Karl Darlow (0/0), Kristoffer Klaesson (0/0), Charlie Cresswell (0/1), Cody Drameh (0/0), Ethan Ampadu (0/1), Junior Firpo (0/0), Leo Hjelde (0/1), Liam Cooper (1/1), Luke Ayling (0/1), Pascal Struijk (0/1), Sam Byram (0/1), Sonny Perkins (0/1), Crysencio Summerville (1/1), Daniel James (0/1), Darko Gyabi (0/0), Jack Harrison (0/0), Jamie Shackleton (0/0), Joe Gelhardt (0/1), Stuart Dallas (0/0), Tyler Adams (0/0), Georginio Rutter (0/0), Helder Costa (0/0), Ian Poveda (0/1), Lee Erwin (0/0), Luis Sinisterra (0/1), Patrick Bamford (0/0), Sam Greenwood (0/0), Wilfried Gnonto (0/1).

Birmingham vs Leeds Team News

Birmingham are looking at up to five players on the injured and absent list ahead of their home match against Leeds on Saturday. Juninho Bacuna gets a day off from the Birmingham squad, as he serves out a suspension.

Lee Buchanan, Dion Sanderson, Scott Hogan and Keshi Anderson are all absent from the Birmingham squad that faces Leeds at St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium.

Leeds face a list of four absentees from the squad ahead of their next match on Saturday against Birmingham. Tyler Adams is suspended from the Leeds squad with too many penalty points to his name.

Names like Patrick Bamford, Luis Sinisterra and Stuart Dallas most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Birmingham.

Birmingham vs Leeds Lineups

Birmingham vs Leeds H2H

Leeds celebrated a 4-5 win in their most recent meeting with their Birmingham. Are we in for something similar at St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium on Saturday, or does the latter have something else in store? Look for a win for either side in the betting market here, as a stalemate seems highly unlikely. They have not played out a single draw in their last ten encounters. Birmingham managed five wins, while Leeds grabbed all three points five times in these ten encounters. Picking the home win gets you odds at 13/5 with the bookies, whereas the best betting odds on an away win at full-time are at 1/1.

Birmingham vs Leeds Results

In the past ten matches between home side Birmingham and Leeds both teams found the back of the net five times. Best priced odds on both teams to score with the bookies are at 2/3.

Birmingham vs Leeds Betting Tips

With another Championship season only just beginning to take form, we are still a bit in the dark as to who will dominate the scoring charts for both Birmingham and Leeds. Accordingly, we have listed some of the players who are expected to be getting it on for each team this season.

St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium saw three wins for Birmingham in their last 10 here across all tournaments. They also drew one and lost six, while Leeds won three of their 10 most recent outings on their travels, whilst drawing zero and losing seven. Birmingham won three of their last 10 games on home soil without allowing a goal.

Birmingham managed an average of 1.4 goals in the past ten encounters against Leeds, who scored 1.5 goals on average. Over 2.5 goals happened five times, while both teams scored five times. Birmingham saw over 2.5 goals in four of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.3 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of the last ten games for Leeds, who scored 1.2 times on average in those matches.