Birmingham vs Oxford Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 23rd August 2025

Birmingham hope to live up to their early billing as the Championship title favourites this coming Saturday when they welcome Oxford over to the St Andrew's Knighthead Park for a round 3 match.

With four points to show for the first two matches it has been a decent opening to the new campaign for Birmingham, who aim for three more points this time around.

Birmingham will be satisfied after collecting four points from a possible six in their new Championship campaign, as they aim for three more points this time around.

Birmingham and Oxford have high hopes for this new season and should be expected to put up a good game as they chase three important points in round 3.

Birmingham only average a modest 1.1 goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored 11 goals. They also conceded eight for an average of 0.8 per game. They kept their opponents from scoring four times.

Oxford managed a bearable 12 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.2 goals per game. They conceded 14 goals in total, and while claiming three clean sheets, they conceded 1.4 goals an average per game.

This is the first time Birmingham squares up against Oxford in the Championship in the 21st century, thus both face a whole new experience of coming up against an unknown opponent.

Birmingham vs Oxford Prediction

Birmingham Form

Their last three matches saw Birmingham drawing 1-1 with Ipswich, before taking out Sheffield United by 2-1, and Blackburn by 1-2. Birmingham won half of their previous six matches on home soil in the Championship, while also drawing one. They suffered two defeats, while they scored six and conceded three goals.

Oxford Form

It is all or nothing with Oxford, who only triumphed once in their previous three outings. They were defeated 0-1 against Portsmouth, before beating Colchester 1-0. Unable to build on that, they lost 3-2 against Hull. Oxford claimed just one win from the last six away games in the Championship. They also drew two and were defeated three times, as they were outscored by 11 goals to nine.

Oxford could find it tough to break down the defensive barriers put up by Birmingham at St Andrew's Knighthead Park this coming Saturday. The home side doesn't score much themselves, though, and we aim for the under 2.5 goals betting market.

Birmingham vs Oxford Squads

Birmingham Squad

The 40-year-old coach of the home team, Chris Davies, will select the lineup against Oxford from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Championship this season:

Bradley Mayo (0/0), James Beadle (0/0), Ryan Allsop (0/2), Alexander Cochrane (0/2), Alfons Sampsted (0/0), Christoph Klarer (0/2), Eiran Cashin (0/1), Ethan Laird (0/2), Lee Buchanan (0/0), Phil Neumann (0/2), Alfie Chang (0/0), George Hall (0/0), Kanya Fujimoto (0/0), Keshi Anderson (0/2), Marc Leonard (0/0), Mark Duffy (0/0), Seung-Ho Paik (0/2), Taylor Gardner-Hickman (0/1), Tommy Doyle (0/2), Tomoki Iwata (0/2), Willum Willumsson (0/1), Bright Osayi-Samuel (0/2), Demarai Gray (0/2), Jay Stansfield (2/2), Kyogo Furuhashi (0/2), Lee Novak (0/0), Lyndon Dykes (1/2), Marvin Ducksch (0/0), Scott Wright (0/0), Tyler Roberts (0/0).

Oxford Squad

Below is the full team squad of Oxford. The manager Rowett will pick his starting XI against Birmingham from these players:

Jacob Knightbridge (0/0), Jamie Cumming (0/2), Matt Ingram (0/0), Simon Eastwood (0/0), Brodie Spencer (0/2), Ciaron Brown (0/0), Elliott Moore (0/2), Gregory Leigh (0/2), Hidde ter Avest (0/1), Jack Currie (0/2), Michal Helik (0/2), Peter Kioso (0/0), Sam Long (0/1), Stephan Negru (0/0), Brian De Keersmaecker (0/0), Cameron Brannagan (1/2), Joshua Johnson (0/0), Louie Sibley (0/1), Luke Harris (0/0), Matthew Phillips (0/1), Przemyslaw Placheta (0/0), Siriki Dembele (0/2), Will Vaulks (0/2), Gatlin O'Donkor (0/1), Leo Snowden (0/0), Mark Harris (0/2), Marselino Ferdinan (0/0), Nik Prelec (0/0), Ole Romeny (0/0), Owen Dale (0/0), Stanley Mills (0/2), Tom Bradshaw (0/2), Tyler Goodrham (0/2), Will Lankshear (1/2).

Birmingham vs Oxford Team News

Birmingham have an almost full squad available against Oxford at St Andrew's Knighthead Park with only one player possibly missing.

Alfie Chang sit this one out for Birmingham due to an injury.

Birmingham vs Oxford Lineups

Birmingham vs Oxford H2H

Having never played each other in the Championship in the 21st century, this is the first time Birmingham comes up against Oxford in this tournament as of late. Thus, any eventual h2h stats stems from meetings in cup matches or friendlies. Birmingham picked up one win in their previous four matches against Oxford, while the latter claimed two wins in these, with the remaining finishing a draw. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 10/3.

Birmingham vs Oxford Results

Birmingham vs Oxford Betting Tips

Michal Helik shows decent form right now for Oxford, as he scored two goals in his last six games in the Championship. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Birmingham, who are strong favourites on Saturday. Siding with Jay Stansfield also look a nice prospect as he scored three goals in his last six Championship matches.

Birmingham won seven of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing two and losing one as well. Oxford won two from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew four and lost four in this run. Both teams scored in three of the last 10 home league matches for Birmingham. Both teams also found the back of the net six times in the previous 10 league games away for Oxford.

Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Birmingham’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.2 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in three of Oxford's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.4 goals in these matches.