Barnsley vs Birmingham City betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the League One match on December 07th, 2024

Barnsley and Birmingham City are scheduled to play against each other on December 07th, 2024, Saturday at 15:00h (UTC), in a League One match to be held in England, check the Barnsley vs Birmingham City betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Barnsley vs Birmingham City will occur

The game will be played in the small Oakwell Stadium stadium, in the city of Barnsley, with a capacity for 23287 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live on Betarena, with access to all the information to help you with your sports betting, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Barnsley vs Birmingham City betting tip 2024/2025

Despite the season change, the League One has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.57 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.59 goals per game of the last championship.

Barnsley last match

Barnsley is coming off a loss. In its last outing they faced Wrexham in a match valid for League One, and the match ended 1-0. The eleven coached by D. Clarke played in a 3-5-2 formation.

The odds for the defeat of the home team before the match were 2.55, so it was expected to be a fairly even match.

The defense certainly did not shine in this match. One of those responsible for the crisis of the defensive department is Marc Roberts, cumbersome and unpunctual, constantly behind the opponents. The team's overall underwhelming performance was also due to his disappointing performance.

Birmingham City last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for FA Cup, Birmingham City, who used a 3-4-2-1 formation, faced the Blackpool team with a final score of 1-2.

Before the kick-off, the home win had odds of 2.15, which explains why it was considered to be a fairly close match.

Barnsley vs Birmingham City h2h

Barnsley was in 24th place when they last played Birmingham City who was 18th place in Championship. Barnsley played using the 4-2-3-1 formation while Birmingham City responded with a 4-3-3 arrangement.

The last face-to-face between these two clubs was on 22-01-2022 in a Championship match of the 2021/2022 season. On that occasion, the match ended with a 2-1 win for Birmingham City.

The last time these two teams faced off, neither team had a decisive advantage.

The Birmingham City team has accomplished more consistent results in the past five games, than Barnsley its counterpart.

Differently equipped teams striving for their own ambitions.

Barnsley

League One leaderboard now

Considering the home team Barnsley, standing in 8th place with 27 points in the League One competition in England. Their performance statistics have been such as 7 wins, 5 losses and, 6 draws.

This means that Lincoln City team, in 9th place, is close behind in the 19th round with a disadvantage of 1 point.

Barnsley positioned in the middle of the league table in the England League One without high aspirations, or relegation concerns will try to take advantage of being the hosts to get a win.

Barnsley analysis

After 18 rounds, Barnsley has a positive ratio of goals scored and goals against. The team sums 26 goals for and 23 conceded.

Best goalscorer from Barnsley

Adam Phillips has proved to be a tremendous individual asset for the team's offense this season. With 5 goals scored in the competition, the Midfielder has been instrumental in leading Barnsley to obtain favorable outcomes on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 2 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Birmingham City

League One leaderboard now

The Birmingham City team with 33 points currently occupies the 3rd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Promotion Play-off, with a campaign of 10 wins, 3 draws, and 2 losses.

Which means that the team, with an advantage of 1 point, in the 19th round is followed by the Huddersfield Town team in 4th place.

Birmingham City analysis

After 18 rounds, Birmingham City has a positive ratio of goals scored and goals against. The team sums 28 goals for and 15 conceded.

A team with great aspirations and abilities in the League One.

It is an average ball possession of 70.4% that the Birmingham City team usually uses to control the game. The reason for this is ball possession above 50% typically allows teams to have some control over their opponents.

With an away balance of 5 wins, 2 losses, and 1 draw in the League One, Birmingham City usually leaves little room for opponents to win.

Birmingham City is a more offensive team than Barnsley, having 1694 attacks vs. 1627 from Barnsley, having scored 28 times, in comparison, Barnsley converted into goal 26 times.

Best goalscorer from Birmingham City

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Jay Stansfield. The Attacker has scored 7 times in the current season and has helped Birmingham City come out with a positive result on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 3 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

For punters some entries may be relevant for this game, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Barnsley is Adam Phillips, who has already scored 5 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Birmingham City is Jay Stansfield, he has scored in 7 opportunities.

Some study shows us that between 75-90 minutes is where most goals occur, this can be a good bet for those who follow the live game.

The bet on under 2.5 goals is very compelling since frequently Birmingham City does not concede goals as a visitor. Birmingham City also averages 1.88 goals per match when playing away from their field.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.

Corners Top Betting Tips

One will find that combining the number of corners of both teams gives an average of 6.64 corners per game, making this something to note in attempting to obtain good betting results.

Birmingham City is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Birmingham City in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.5 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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