Championship: Birmingham vs Southampton – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Championship round 4 match between Birmingham and Southampton and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.

As the early season favourites, Birmingham will look to justify their title credentials on Tuesday when they take on Southampton for a round 4 match in the Championship.

Looking at the current standings in the Championship, the two teams are separated by three points.

Form: Birmingham vs Southampton

Birmingham Form

Birmingham hope for some consistency, as their fans saw their team win, lose and draw in their last three matches. A close game with Bristol City resulted in a 2-2 draw, followed by a 1-6 defeat against Brentford, before beating Wrexham by 1-2. Birmingham won half of their previous six matches on home soil in the Championship, while also drawing two. They suffered one defeats, while they scored nine and conceded six goals.

Southampton Form

The results have been up and down for Southampton, who beat Stoke by 3-1. Following that up proved too difficult, as they lost 1-4 against West Ham, before claiming a victory in a 5-1 game against Millwall. Southampton came through their last six away games in the Championship with four wins. Of those six matches, they drew once and lost once in which, they scored 14 and conceded seven.

Betting stats and facts for Birmingham and Southampton

Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Birmingham and Southampton played across all tournaments.

Players in form: Birmingham vs Southampton

Phil Neumann look like value in the goal scoring market with three strikes to his name in six Championship matches. The visitors are crossing their fingers Cyle Larin adds to his seven Championship goals come this coming Tuesday.

Betting markets: Birmingham vs Southampton

Full-time result

In their last 10 matches at St Andrew’s Knighthead Park across all tournaments Birmingham won five times, drew three and lost two times. Southampton claimed eight wins, zero draw and two defeats in their last 10 games away. Birmingham are a tough nut to crack right now, with no less than 8 matches without defeat. Southampton conceded a goal in their 7 most recent matches. Southampton have not lost to Birmingham in 6 consecutive meetings.

Both teams to score

Birmingham scored the first goal of the match in four of their previous ten games. Southampton scored the opening goal in five of a possible ten games. Both teams have scored in the last 8 consecutive away games Southampton played. Birmingham managed four wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches across all tournaments. Birmingham have scored in 4 consecutive league meetings with Southampton.

Total goals

Birmingham saw over 2.5 goals in six of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.6 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of the last ten games for Southampton, who managed to hit the net 2.3 times on average in these games. Southampton are on a fine streak of scoring at least one goal in their last 23 matches.