Leicester vs Birmingham Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 27th January 2024

Leicester come up against visiting side Birmingham in a FA Cup fixture on Saturday at King Power Stadium.

Leicester have their target aimed at getting one over Birmingham this coming Saturday. However, the latter should be highly motivated at the prospect of showing their skills in front of the crowd at King Power Stadium.

Leicester scored 17 times, conceded ten and held on for five clean sheets in their last ten games.

Birmingham average 0.9 goals a game in their last ten outings, scoring a total of nine goals. They conceded an average of 1.3 per game, for a total of 13 goals, whilst keeping their opponents from scoring once.

Birmingham visit Leicester for their first meeting since March 2020, when The Foxes put a 1-0 win on the board at King Power Stadium, also in the FA Cup.

Leicester vs Birmingham Prediction

Leicester Form

In the last three outings, Leicester beat Millwall by 2-3, lost 3-1 against Coventry, before drawing 1-1 with Ipswich. It has been a bit hit-and-miss for Leicester but at least mostly hit, as they put four wins on the board in their previous six FA Cup matches. They didn't draw any matches, but lost twice, scoring ten goals while conceding five.

Birmingham Form

In their last three matches, Birmingham drew 2-2 with Swansea, beat Hull by 2-1 and beat Stoke by 1-2. Birmingham claimed just one win from the last six away games in the FA Cup. They also drew three and were defeated two times, as they were outscored by eight goals to five.

We fully expect Leicester to claim a win against Birmingham, but we believe the visitors have enough resistance in them to minimize the expected defeat.

Leicester vs Birmingham Squads

Leicester Squad

The 43-year-old coach of the home team, Enzo Maresca, will select the lineup against Birmingham from this squad:

Alex Smithies, Danny Ward, Mads Hermansen, Callum Doyle, Conor Coady, Harry Souttar, James Justin, Jannik Vestergaard, Ricardo Pereira, Wout Faes, Cesare Casadei, Dennis Praet, Hamza Choudhury, Harry Winks, Kaleb Dyke, Kasey McAteer, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Marc Albrighton, Wanya Marcal-Madivadua, Wilfred Ndidi, Abdul Issahaku, Jamie Vardy, Kelechi Iheanacho, Patson Daka, Stephy Mavididi, Thomas Cannon, Yunus Akgun.

Birmingham Squad

Here is the full team squad of Birmingham. The 60 year-old Tony Mowbray will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Ruddy, Etheridge, Jeacock, Drameh, Sanderson, Aiwu, Longelo, Laird, Long, Buchanan, Roberts, Oakley, Chang, Dozzell, Gardner, Hall, Sunjic, James, Bacuna, Anderson, Miyoshi, Bielik, Duffy, Burke, Donovan, Dembele, Stansfield, Novak, Jutkiewicz, Hogan, Roberts.

Leicester vs Birmingham Team News

Leicester could be looking at four players on the injured and absent list ahead of their upcoming match against Birmingham. Leicester have to alter their line-up, as both Harry Souttar, Kelechi Iheanacho and Patson Daka get a day in the shade.

Sidelined with an injury, Leicester can't field Wilfred Ndidi on Saturday against Birmingham.

Birmingham will have to make do without a group of four missing from their roster prior to their upcoming match this coming Saturday against Leicester.

Birmingham need to do without Marc Roberts, Ethan Laird, Alfie Chang and George Hall, who are not fit enough to travel to King Power Stadium.

Leicester vs Birmingham Lineups

Leicester vs Birmingham H2H

It finished with a 1-0 win for Leicester in the most recent meeting between the two sides. Will they be able to put the brakes on their opponent again this coming Saturday at King Power Stadium, or will Birmingham manage to assert some revenge?

Leicester vs Birmingham Results

Leicester vs Birmingham Betting Tips

Lukas Jutkiewicz shows decent form right now for Birmingham, as he scored two goals in his last six games in the FA Cup. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Leicester, who are strong favourites on Saturday. Siding with Kelechi Iheanacho also look a nice prospect as he scored four goals in his last six FA Cup matches.

Leicester claimed all three points eight times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing one along the way. They endured defeat in one of the games in this run. Birmingham won two of their last 10 games away, while drawing two and losing six in this series of matches. Leicester have a justified hope of getting on the scoresheet at King Power Stadium, since Birmingham only managed six clean sheets in their 10 most recent away matches. The hosts claimed one clean sheets in their last 10 matches on home soil.

In the past ten matches for Leicester across all competitions, over 2.5 goals happened in seven times of them with an average of 2.5 goals goals scored by themselves. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten games for Birmingham, who scored 1.4 times on average in these matches.