Ace Football previews the Championship round 4 match between Leicester and Birmingham and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.
Birmingham head over to the King Power Stadium on Friday to face title favourites Leicester in a round 4 match in the Championship.
A look at the Championship standings shows that one points and two places currently separate the two teams.
Form: Leicester vs Birmingham
Leicester Form
Leicester delivered a bit of everything as their last three matches resulted in a win, a loss and a draw. An encounter with Huddersfield brought a 2-2 draw, which was followed by a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Preston. Their most recent game had them back on the winning trail, as they beat Charlton by 0-1. Leicester showed little mercy in their past six matches at King Power Stadium, of which they won five, drew none and lost once. They hit the target 14 times, while letting in six themselves.
Birmingham Form
Despite losing their latest outing, results have generally been decent in the last three matches for Birmingham. They first took out Blackburn by 1-2 before downing Oxford by 1-0. The winning streak came to an end against Port Vale, who ran out 0-1 winners. Birmingham 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 seven goals to five.
Betting stats and facts for Leicester and Birmingham
Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Leicester and Birmingham. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.
- Leicester have won the last 6 home matches in a row while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- In 11 of the last 13 Leicester home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 9 of the last 10 Leicester matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 7 of the last 8 Leicester home matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Leicester have won 5 of the last 6 home matches while scoring less than 2.5 goals
- In the last 15 Birmingham matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 13 of the last 15 Birmingham away matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 8 Birmingham matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 11 of the last 13 Birmingham away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Birmingham have won 6 of the last 8 matches while scoring less than 2.5 goals
In-form players: Leicester vs Birmingham
It is the beginning of a new Championship campaign, and both Leicester and Birmingham will be looking for their main strikers this season. Accordingly, we have listed some of the in-form players who are expected to be getting it on for each team this season.
Popular markets: Leicester vs Birmingham
Full-time result
Leicester won six of their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while losing four times. Birmingham won seven of their last 10 games away from home, with zero draws and three defeats as well. Birmingham didn’t lose any of their previous 7 outings. Leicester have beaten Birmingham in 8 consecutive meetings.
Both teams to score
Leicester scored the first goal in six out of their last ten games. Birmingham scored the opening goal in six of the last ten away from home. Leicester managed three wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches across all tournaments. Both teams scored in the last 7 consecutive meetings between Leicester and Birmingham.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Leicester, who scored an average of 1.7 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in three of the last ten outings for Birmingham, who managed to score one time in those matches.
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