Birmingham City vs Burton Albion betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the League One match on December 26th, 2024

Birmingham City and Burton Albion will play on Thursday, December 26th, 2024, at 15:00h (UTC), in a League One game to be held in England, check the Birmingham City vs Burton Albion betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Birmingham City vs Burton Albion 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, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

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Introduction to the Birmingham City vs Burton Albion 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 2.58 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.59 goals per game of the last championship.

Birmingham City last match

In the last match played, Birmingham City met Bristol Rovers, in a match valid for the League One. The match ended in a win by 2-0. The coach C. Davies' on that occasion lined the team up with a 3-4-1-2 formation.

The positive result confirmed that the team's favoritism before the start of the match was certain, making the odds 1.20.

It was certainly not the best Birmingham City performance of the season. However, the exhibition of Jay Stansfield should be highlighted. He called responsibility in the contest and was a crucial player in the team's victory.

Burton Albion 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, Burton Albion, who used a 4-3-3 formation, faced the Exeter City team with a final score of 1-2.

Before the kick-off the home team's defeat had odds of 2.35, which explains why it was considered a fairly even match.

Birmingham City vs Burton Albion h2h

It was on 16-07-2022 when these two teams last clashed on the field. That match, which ended with the 1-2 win for Birmingham City, was valid for the 2022 season of the Club Friendlies.

The previous match between these teams was a cliffhanger.

The Birmingham City team in their last five matches has produced solid performances, while Burton Albion has been more irregular.

This football game will be officiated by S. Mather while G. Taylor and J. Topp will assist him from the sideline.

Birmingham City

League One leaderboard now

The Birmingham City team with 42 points currently occupies the 2nd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Promotion, with a campaign of 13 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses.

This means that in the 22nd round, the Wrexham team is closing in at 3rd place, with no points difference separating them.

Birmingham City analysis

Birmingham City at the end of round 21 in League One had 34 goals scored and 16 conceded.

Birmingham City has been in fantastic form lately, winning their last 4 matches after a disappointing loss. They seem to have found their groove and are playing with confidence and flair, which bodes well for their future performances.

Teams usually have some control over the opponents if they achieve ball possession above 50%. Therefore, to control the game, the Birmingham City team usually tries to reach an average ball possession of 69.33%.

Playing in their home base prove wise for this team, as their record of 7 wins, 0 losses, and 2 draws shows. Playing as the visiting team, meanwhile has given them 6 games won.

While Burton Albion has only managed to convert 17 of their 1664 attacks into goals, Birmingham City has been much more successful with 2040 attacks and 34 goals.

Best goalscorer from Birmingham City

If we want to highlight a player from the team's attack at this stage, we have to name Jay Stansfield. The Attacker scored 10 goals in the current season, helping Birmingham City to achieve victory in several disputes.

It should also be noted that 4 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Burton Albion

League One leaderboard now

With 12 points won, Burton Albion is in 23rd place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation zone. The team's campaign so far is 2 wins against 12 losses, plus 6 draws.

Which means that Shrewsbury Town team, at position 24, is in close pursuit of the team, that has the same score number, in the 22nd round.

Burton Albion analysis

The goal difference is on the negative side for Burton Albion, which after 21 rounds has conceded 32 but has only scored 17.

It seems that Burton Albion is having trouble scoring goals, with a low number of goals scored and a high number of games where they failed to score. This implies that their attacking play needs improvement, with a focus on creating better chances and converting them into goals.

With an average of 0.85 goals per game, the team struggles on the offensive end, and considering that it will also be playing away from home, the odds are all against it.

Best goalscorer from Burton Albion

Until this stage of the season, in terms of individual exhibitions, the highlight is Danilo Orsi-Dadamo. The Attacker has scored 6 times in this competition and helped Burton Albion avoiding adverse outcomes on several occasions.

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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 10 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Burton Albion is Danilo Orsi-Dadamo, he has scored in 6 opportunities.

Between 75-90 minutes is a good time to bet as some study have shown this to be the time where most goals occur.

Corners Top Betting Tips

Something to explore in order to get favorable betting results is noting the average of 4.94 corners per game which one can get by combining the number of corners of both teams.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.57 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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