Championship: Derby vs Birmingham – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Championship round 7 match between Derby and Birmingham and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.

Derby enjoy home advantage, when visitors Birmingham swing by this coming Saturday for a clash in the Championship. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Derby are placed 22th with four points after six matches. Birmingham occupy a position as 15th in the league on seven points.

Team form: Derby vs Birmingham

Derby Form

Derby managed one win in the last three matches, which was a 0-2 victory against Portsmouth. They went on to lose 3-0 against West Ham, before getting dumped in a 0-1 defeat against West Bromwich. Derby claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the Championship. They also drew one and lost three, scored six goals and conceded eight.

Birmingham Form

Birmingham are winless in their last three matches, but managed a 1-1 draw with Southampton and a 2-2 draw with Wolverhampton. In their most recent match, they were defeated 2-1 at the hands of Norwich. Birmingham 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 seven goals to six.

Betting stats and facts for Derby and Birmingham

Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Derby and Birmingham. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.

Players in form: Derby vs Birmingham

Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Sammie Szmodics, who is performing well for Derby. He found the back of the net twice in his most recent Championship outings. He’ll be out to add more goals against Birmingham.The visitors will be looking to Phil Neumann to find the net once again, after managing two Championship goals for Birmingham in recent matches.

Popular markets: Derby vs Birmingham

Full-time result

Derby claimed a modest four wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in one of the games, whilst losing five. Birmingham won six of their last 10 games away, drew three and lost one of the games in this run.

Both teams to score

Surprisingly, Derby only scored the first goal of the match in three out of their last ten games. Interestingly, Birmingham scored the opening goal of the match in just three of their last ten games. Both teams have scored in last 5 consecutive Birmingham games. Both teams have been quite terrible at keeping their opponents at bay in recent matches. While Derby managed to keep a clean sheet in one of the last 10 games, Birmingham kept their opponent from scoring in two of their last 10 matches. Derby have scored in 7 consecutive home meetings with Birmingham.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals happened in six of Derby’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of one goal during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten games for Birmingham, who scored 1.4 times on average in these matches.