Birmingham vs West Bromwich Albion Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 6th October 2023

When West Bromwich Albion come to St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium for the Championship match on Friday, Birmingham will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

Birmingham are placed ten with 15 points after ten matches. West Bromwich Albion occupy a position as five in the league on 16 points.

The atmosphere at Birmingham must be close to dreadful, as they have 3 defeats in the last 6 games across all tournaments. An improved performance, paired with a bit of luck, is needed in their next game to turn the situation around.

Birmingham go into their next Championship match, scoring a humble average of 1.2 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 12 times, while conceding ten. That amounts to an average of one per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring three times.

When it comes to goal-scoring West Bromwich Albion are not the most prolific side. They scored a sustainable 17 times in their previous ten matches, making it 1.7 goals per game. They conceded 11 goals for an average of 1.1 a game, achieving a clean sheet in four of these matches.

Birmingham hope to extend their grip on West Bromwich Albion, whom they outclassed in their last two meetings, winning 3-2 and 2-0, respectively.

Birmingham vs West Bromwich Albion Prediction

Birmingham Form

Birmingham delivered a bit of everything as their last three matches added four points to their tally. An encounter with Queens P.R. brought a 0-0 draw, which was followed by a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Norwich. Their most recent game had them back on the winning trail, as they beat Huddersfield by 4-1. Birmingham won three of their previous six matches at St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium in the Championship. They drew two and suffered one defeats, scoring nine goals to five against.

West Bromwich Albion Form

West Bromwich Albion look well suited to take on any opponent with seven points to show off from three matches. They started off drawing 0-0 with Millwall, before downing first Preston by 0-4, then Sheffield Wednesday in a 1-0 win. West Bromwich Albion claimed just one win from the last six away games in the Championship. They also drew three and were defeated two times, as they were outscored by eight goals to ten.

Bookmakers rate the match more or less equal, but Birmingham have looked a little shaky recently. We believe, it could be optimal time for West Bromwich Albion to visit St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium, and we back them for a good result.

Birmingham fought their way to zero wins and zero points from their last two games against teams inside the top six. They were on target one times in these matches, but also let in four goals. West Bromwich Albion took one wins from their last three games against teams from the top half of the Championship table. They collected five points, scored five goals and conceded one. Birmingham have a record of four wins, three draws and three defeats in the Championship this season. West Bromwich Albion are looking at four wins, four draws and two defeats in the Championship.

Birmingham vs West Bromwich Albion Squads

Birmingham Squad

The 43-year-old coach of the home team, John Eustace, will select the lineup against West Bromwich Albion from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Championship this season:

John Ruddy (0/10), Neil Etheridge (0/0), Zachary Jeacock (0/0), Cody Drameh (0/7), Dion Sanderson (0/10), Emanuel Aiwu (0/0), Ethan Laird (0/3), Kevin Long (0/10), Lee Buchanan (0/7), Marc Roberts (0/0), Marcel Oakley (0/1), Alfie Chang (0/0), Brandon Khela (0/1), Gary Gardner (0/2), George Hall (0/1), Ivan Sunjic (0/9), Jordan James (1/9), Keshi Anderson (0/8), Koji Miyoshi (2/10), Krystian Bielik (0/10), Mark Duffy (0/0), Oliver Burke (0/0), Sam Cosgrove (0/0), Siriki Dembele (3/6), Emmanuel Longelo (0/8), Jay Stansfield (0/0), Juninho Bacuna (0/10), Lee Novak (0/0), Lukas Jutkiewicz (2/6), Scott Hogan (1/10), Tyler Roberts (0/1).

West Bromwich Albion Squad

Here is the full team squad of West Bromwich Albion. The 40 year-old Carlos Corberan will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Alex Palmer (0/10), Joshua Griffiths (0/0), Cedric Kipre (1/9), Conor Townsend (0/10), Darnell Furlong (1/10), Erik Pieters (0/9), Kyle Bartley (1/6), Martin Kelly (0/0), Semi Ajayi (1/7), Adam Reach (0/0), Alex Mowatt (1/8), Brandon Thomas-Asante (2/8), Grady Diangana (0/5), Jayson Molumby (0/9), Jed Wallace (1/10), John Swift (5/10), Matthew Phillips (2/10), Nathaniel Chalobah (0/8), Okay Yokuslu (0/10), Pipa (0/0), Tom Fellows (0/0), Daryl Dike (0/0), Jeremy Sarmiento (1/9), Josh Maja (0/5).

Birmingham vs West Bromwich Albion Team News

At the time of writing, Birmingham have five players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet West Bromwich Albion this coming Friday.

Lee Buchanan, Keshi Anderson, Ethan Laird, George Hall and Tyler Roberts are all absent from the Birmingham squad that faces West Bromwich Albion at St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium.

Going into their next game on Friday, West Bromwich Albion have almost all their players available for selection, with only two of them seemingly unable to play.

Names like Adam Reach and Daryl Dike most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Birmingham.

Birmingham vs West Bromwich Albion Lineups

Birmingham vs West Bromwich Albion H2H

Birmingham had a good reading on West Bromwich Albion in their last two meetings, which they won by 3-2 and 2-0, respectively. Birmingham have a 40% win rate in the against West Bromwich Albion, who won three of these matches. The total record reads 4-3-3, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Birmingham vs West Bromwich Albion Results

Both teams found the back of the net five times in the past ten matches between home side Birmingham and West Bromwich Albion. Best priced odds on BTTS with the bookies are at 5/6.

Birmingham vs West Bromwich Albion Betting Tips

While John Swift added three strikes to his account in his last six games in the Championship, Siriki Dembele scored twice in his last six.

Birmingham claimed all three points four times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing three along the way. They endured defeat in three of the games in this run. West Bromwich Albion won one of their last 10 games away, while drawing five and losing four in this series of matches. West Bromwich Albion scored the opening goal in five of their previous 10 away games. Birmingham, however, were first off the mark four times in their last 10 home games.

Under 2.5 goals happened three times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals. Birmingham managed an average of 1.4 goals, with West Bromwich Albion averaging 1.1 goals in these. Both teams not to score was a winning bet five times in this run of matches. In Birmingham's last ten games, there have been over 2.5 goals in four of them. They managed to average 1.2 goals goals per match across all tournaments. In the previous ten matches for West Bromwich Albion, betting on over 2.5 goals turned out to be a winning bet in six of them. On average, West Bromwich Albion scored 1.7 times goals per game.