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Birmingham City Burton Albion betting prediction


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The most likely scenario for this match will be Birmingham don’t win. It’s certain the home team acts with the support of their fans, nevertheless, they’re going through a bad moment being only one victory in the last four home matches. It should be noted that Burton has three consecutive away wins.
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Preview
Birmingham City and Burton Albion meet at St. Andrew's Stadium, in a match for this stage of the FA Cup (3rd Round). In 4 head‑to‑heads in the last 3 years, the away team won 4. The last head‑to‑head between these two teams was played on 18‑08‑2017, and ended in a (2‑1) win by Burton Albion. Both teams register significant differences between home and away results, so the home/away factor is worth atention.

Analysis Birmingham

The home team plays its first match in this edition of the FA Cup with the intention of using the home advantage to get a positive result. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 2 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses in away matches, with 10 goals scored and 23 conceded; against 6 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses at their stadium, with 14 goals scored and 16 conceded. They come to this match after a away win against Reading by (0‑2). Birmingham City has won 4, tied 1 and lost 5 of the last 10 home matches. Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 matches. Goals have been frequent in their home matches, as 12 of the last 27 have ended with Under 1,5 goals and 19 out of 27 have ended with Under 2,5 goals. They have conceded the first goal in 8 of their 15 matches, and have never been able to turn the score around.

Birmingham comes motivated for this match after a 0-2 win at the Reading ground: Maghoma and Gallagher scored the goals of the win. The home team usually works in a 4-3-3 scheme, privileging a playing style of constant transitions, trying to take advantage of some mistake of the adversary. The three arrows aimed at the "enemy" goal will be Gallagher, Boga and Maghoma, and the player responsible for defining and guiding his team is the Englishman Davis. It’s possible that in the most central zone of the pitch Kieftenbeld, Gardner and Davis will work. The home team’s coach won’t count on Jenkinson for being injured.

Confirmed Lineup: David Stockdale, Maxime Colin, Jonathan Grounds, Marc Roberts, Harlee Dean, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Jacques Maghoma, Craig Gardner, David Davis, Jérémie Boga, Sam Gallagher.
Coach: T. Mowbray.

Analysis Burton Albion

The team plays its first match in this edition of the FA Cup with the intention of getting a positive away result. This is a team that usually gets better results in away matches than at home, since in the last 30 matches they register 5 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses in away matches, with 12 goals scored and 21 conceded; against 3 wins, 2 draws and 10 losses at their stadium, with 13 goals scored and 29 conceded. In their last match, for the Championship, they got an away win against Sheffield Wednesday by (0‑3). In the last 10 away matches Burton Albion has won 4, tied 3 and lost 3. Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches. In 15 matches, they have conceded the first goal 7 times and have never been able to turn the score around. In the last 17 away matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have conceded 9 of their 23 goals between minutes (46'‑60').

Burton comes motivated for this match after a 3-0 win against Sheffield Wednesday: Flanagan, Dyer and Naylor scored the winning goals. Contrary to the "enemy" of this match, Burton usually plays in a 5-2-3 scheme, where the three players of the offensive sector are Miller, Dyer and Akins. The visiting team, when invests on the offensive process they usually do it through the right flank, taking advantage of the depth offered by the right lateral defender Brayford. The coach Nigel Clough won’t count on Liam Boyce for being in injury time.

Confirmed Lineup: Stephen Bywater, John Brayford, Tom Flanagan, Kyle McFadzean, Ben Turner, Luke Murphy, Tom Naylor, William Miller, Lloyd Dyer, Lucas Akins.
Coach: J. Buxton, M. Paterson.

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The tip and bet suggestion for the Birmingham vs Burton Albion match, on 6 January 2018, of the preview written by the editors of Betting Academy Kenya, goes to: Double chance, Draw or Burton Albion ⇒ bet available on bet365.

The Birmingham vs Burton Albion on 6 January 2018 will be played at Birmingham, St. Andrew's Stadium.

The most voted bet by tipsters at Betting Academy Kenya, for the Birmingham Burton Albion match, on the "match odds" market, was a win by Birmingham at with 57% of the tips.

 

FA Cup - 2017/2018

  • 100% 884 / 884 Games

  • Home team wins 47.4%
  • Draws 16.74%
  • Away team wins 35.86%
  • Over 1.5 84.16%
  • Over 2.5 63.12%
  • Over 3.5 43.89%
  • Goals 2982
  • Goals /match 3.37
  • Goals /match home 1.82
  • Goals /match away 1.55
  • Both teams score 58.14%
  • Goals after 80' 3.09%
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