Birmingham City vs Bristol Rovers betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the League One match on December 14th, 2024

Birmingham City and Bristol Rovers will be playing against each other on Saturday, December 14th, 2024, at 15:00h (UTC), in a League One football game in England, check the Birmingham City vs Bristol Rovers betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Birmingham City vs Bristol Rovers will occur

The game is set to be played in the St. Andrew's Stadium stadium, in the city of Birmingham, with a capacity for 32609 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the Birmingham City vs Bristol Rovers 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 2.56 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.59 goals per game of the last championship.

Birmingham City last match

Birmingham City comes from a win recorded in the last match played. The opponent was Exeter City, in a match valid for EFL Trophy, and the two teams finished the match with a score of 1-2. On the field, C. Davies' team lined up with a 4-2-3-1.

The team's favoritism prior to the match was confirmed thanks to the positive result, a victory that had odds of 1.50.

Bristol Rovers last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for League One, Bristol Rovers, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Leyton Orient team with a final score of 3-0.

Before the match, it had already been stated that defeat was the most logical outcome. The most obvious indication was the odds for their vicorty, 4.50.

Birmingham City vs Bristol Rovers h2h

The last time these teams met was for a Club Friendlies match, on 20-07-2019, referring to the 2019 season, which ended with a 1-2 win for Birmingham City.

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

The Birmingham City team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 5 wins, compared to the Bristol Rovers team, which won only 1 game.

Birmingham City

League One leaderboard now

The Birmingham City team with 39 points currently occupies the 3rd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Promotion Play-off, with a campaign of 12 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses.

In the 20th round, the team suffers a small disadvantage of 1 point compared to Wrexham who occupies position 2.

Birmingham City analysis

Currently, Birmingham City has a tally of 32 goals scored and 16 goals against, at the end of round 19 of League One.

Birmingham City is not among the teams that kick more often towards the target, with only 4.41 shots on goal per match on average. But it must be said that when it does attack, it does so accurately. Right now it averages 1.88 accomplishments per game, meaning that it has scored a goal on 40 percent of the occasions it has gotten to the shot.

The Birmingham City team seeks to control the game by trying to achieve an average ball possession of 69.53%. This is based on the observation that ball possession above 50% typically gives teams some control over their opponents.

Birmingham City has proven to be a formidable attacking force, with 1913 attacks resulting in 32 goals. Bristol Rovers, on the other hand, has only scored 17 times with 1661 attacks.

Best goalscorer from Birmingham City

When we analyze the team's attack so far, the competition's performance at the individual level Jay Stansfield is the player to highlight. Helping Birmingham City with 9 goals scored this season, the Attacker has been instrumental in achieving positive outcomes.

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

Bristol Rovers

League One leaderboard now

Bristol Rovers arrives in this game with 21 points, and in 18th place in the League One, having won 6 games in total and lost 9 times, making a total of 3 draws.

In the 20th round, Northampton Town, that is in the 17th place, has the same score.

Bristol Rovers analysis

Bristol Rovers shows a negative ratio between goals made and conceded, with 17 made and 26 conceded after 19 rounds of the league.

The team has shown its limits in attack, scoring 0.94 goals per game on average in the league. When we also consider that it will be playing away, we can imagine how the oddsmakers are not on its side.

Best goalscorer from Bristol Rovers

If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name Scott Sinclair. Bristol Rovers owes some of their triumphs to the Midfielder who scored 3 goals in this season.

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Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Birmingham City is Jay Stansfield, who has already scored 9 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Bristol Rovers is Scott Sinclair, he has scored in 3 opportunities.

For those looking to bet, noting that most goals occur 75-90 minutes into the game could be helpful.

Taking into consideration that Bristol Rovers scores an average of 0.89 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.25.

Corners Top Betting Tips

For favorable betting results, note that combining the number of corners of both teams gives an average of 5.02 corners per game.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.74 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

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