Birmingham City vs Exeter City betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the League One match on January 18th, 2025

Birmingham City and Exeter City will face each other in a League One game in England on Saturday, January 18th, 2025, at 15:00h (UTC), check the Birmingham City vs Exeter City betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Birmingham City vs Exeter City 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

You can find all the follow-up to the match live on Betarena, bringing odds, events, statistics, and more to help with your sports betting.

Introduction to the Birmingham City vs Exeter 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 2.55 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 Swindon Town, 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 positive result confirmed that the team's favoritism before the start of the match was certain, making the odds 1.30.

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

The odds for the home team to win before the match were 2.63, so it was logical to expect a fairly even match.

Birmingham City vs Exeter City h2h

Exeter City was in 1st place when they last went head-to-head in EFL Trophy against Birmingham City, who was in 2nd place. Exeter City formed a 3-4-1-2 arrangement while Birmingham City took to the pitch with a 4-2-3-1 formation.

These two clubs faced each other for the last time in a match of the 2024/2025 EFL Trophy season. The match, played on 10-12-2024, recorded the 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 3 wins, compared to the Exeter City team, which won only 2 games.

Birmingham City

League One leaderboard now

The Birmingham City team with 53 points currently occupies the 1st place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Promotion, with a campaign of 16 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses.

Which means that in the 27th round, the team is ahead with an advantage of 2 points over Wycombe Wanderers team who is in the 2nd place.

Birmingham City analysis

Currently, in the League One, Birmingham City sums 41 goals for and a total of 17 goals against, after 26 rounds played.

Birmingham City average of shots on goal is certainly not the brightest, but that cannot be said about the accuracy of getting on goal. In fact, the team has shot 4.39 times on goal, but has a goal-scoring average of 1.78. Basically, for every 5 shots on goal, it scores 2 goals.

The Birmingham City team often seeks control of the game with an average ball possession of 67.65%. This is because teams with ball possession above 50% usually have some control over their opponents.

Birmingham City has proven to be a formidable attacking force, with 2628 attacks resulting in 41 goals. Exeter City, on the other hand, has only scored 28 times with 1915 attacks.

Best goalscorer from Birmingham City

At the individual level, in this competition's offensive sector, it is worth mentioning Jay Stansfield. The Attacker has already scored 12 goals in the competition, being extremely important for Birmingham City, who have benefited from his performances several times to achieve essential triumphs.

It should also be noted that 5 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Exeter City

League One leaderboard now

Exeter City arrives in this game with 31 points, and in 15th place in the League One, having won 9 games in total and lost 11 times, making a total of 4 draws.

In the 27th round, the team has the same score that the Stevenage who occupies position 14.

Exeter City analysis

The goal difference is on the negative side for Exeter City, which after 26 rounds has conceded 31 but has only scored 28.

Best goalscorer from Exeter City

Millenic Alli has proved to be a tremendous individual asset for the team's offense this season. With 5 goals scored in the competition, the Attacker has been instrumental in leading Exeter City to obtain favorable outcomes on several occasions.

Bet suggestions for this game:

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 12 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Exeter City is Millenic Alli, he has scored in 5 opportunities.

Most goals occur during 75-90 minutes of the game, making this a good bet for those watching the live game.

In this game, our system found another interesting opportunity for a successful bet. Both teams score and usually suffer the first goal between the 30-40 minute. With this convergence, it is typically a value market!

Corners Top Betting Tips

A good thing to note for those wanting to get sports betting results is that there is an average of 5.58 corners per game.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.65 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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