Championship: Birmingham vs Swansea – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Championship game between Birmingham and Swansea who meet up on Saturday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.

Swansea go up against Birmingham this coming Saturday for an exciting Championship meeting at St Andrew’s Trillion Trophy Stadium.

Sitting 20th in the Championship table, Birmingham have claimed 28 points after 26 rounds, while Swansea have amassed 32 points. This places the latter as number 16 in the Championship at the moment.

Team form: Birmingham vs Swansea

Birmingham Form

Birmingham have been too mediocre in their last three matches, where a win has failed to come their way. Against Bristol City, they gained a point in a 0-0 draw, before coming up short against Leeds, who ran out 3-0 winners. Lately, they managed to steal a point in a 1-1 draw with Hull. Birmingham only managed one meager home win from a possible six at St Andrew’s Trillion Trophy Stadium in the Championship. They also drew three and lost two of these six encounters, in which they scored seven and conceded nine goals.

Swansea Form

In their last three matches, Swansea drew 2-2 with Coventry, beat West Bromwich by 1-0, and beat Morecambe by 2-0. Swansea managed to win just once in their past six away games in the Championship. On top of winning once they also drew two as well as losing three, while scoring 15 times and letting in eight.

Betting facts for Birmingham and Swansea

Here are some fun facts that could come in handy when betting on the upcoming match between Birmingham and Swansea. The facts are based on the data from matches played across all tournaments.

Players in form: Birmingham vs Swansea

Popular markets: Birmingham vs Swansea

Full-time result

Birmingham have not lost to Swansea in three consecutive home meetings. In their last 10 matches at St Andrew’s Trillion Trophy Stadium across all tournaments, Birmingham won three times, drew four, and lost three times. Swansea claimed four wins, three draws, and three defeats in their last 10 games away.

Both teams to score

Surprisingly, Birmingham only scored the first goal of the match in three out of their last ten games. Swansea scored the opening goal in seven of the last ten away from home. Birmingham probably enjoy the prospect of scoring on Saturday, as Swansea managed only two clean sheets in the previous 10 matches. The former claimed three clean sheets in their last 10 matches. Both teams scored in the last three meetings between Birmingham and Swansea.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Birmingham’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of one goal during this run. Betting on over 2.5 goals in the last ten Swansea matches would have returned some winnings in six of them. Swansea managed to score an average of 1.3 times goals per game.

Suggested bet: Birmingham vs Swansea

In conclusion, we have a free betting prediction for this game between Birmingham and Swansea. The betting tip was formed based on the abovementioned statements.

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