Birmingham City vs Lincoln City betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the FA Cup match on January 11th, 2025

Birmingham City and Lincoln City are scheduled to play against each other on January 11th, 2025, Saturday, in a FA Cup match to be held in England, check the Birmingham City vs Lincoln City betting tip and prediction to win with your bets.

We are now in the third round of the tournament, with 32 fixtures being played. With 44 new entries at this stage, we get 20 Premier League teams and 24 EFL Championship joining the fight for the title.

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 Lincoln City betting tip 2024/2025

Two teams from the national lower division will be playing in this match, which guarantees a competitive game, disputed until the last minute. The home factor in these qualifiers also influences and allows the home team to dream of advancing to the next phase.

In the matches for this competition, there are always different match facts. Birmingham City performance to this stage is 3 goals scored and still 1 against.

On the other hand, Lincoln City come this far with 8 scored and 3 conceded.

The last time these teams met was for a League One match, on 19-10-2024, referring to the 2024/2025 season, which ended with a victory of the Birmingham City team by 1-3.

And while we're on the historical factor, it's important to point out that it's always pertinent to consider the history of relevance in the competition, so for this game it doesn't make that much difference, as neither team has had the honor of adding a FA Cup trophy to their respective trophy cabinet.

Regarding the current form of the teams, based on statistical data, we can assume that the Birmingham City team has shown over the five most recent meetings a greater regularity, accumulating 3 wins when compared to Lincoln City, which won 1 game.

Birmingham City

To make the most of their home-field advantage, the team under the guidance of Chris Davies must adopt an aggressive approach in the game. As we all know, playing at home can make a huge difference in a Cup match, and the team is likely to exhibit an offensive posture, leading to a higher number of corners and shots.

Currently, in the League One, the Birmingham City formation has 16 wins, 2 defeats and 5 draws, making a total of 53 points after 23 rounds, ranking them in 1st place. Also, the Birmingham City team goes with a total of 41 goals scored and 17 goals conceded.

On the last matchday of the FA Cup, the team of Birmingham City faced and beat the team of Blackpool, with a score of 2-1, in a game counting for the 2nd Round putting them in the game against Lincoln City.

Birmingham City come from a victory in the last match. The game against Wigan Athletic, valid for the League One, ended with a 0-3. The team coached by C. Davies lined up in the last match with a 4-2-3-1 formation.

Let's focus on the aspect that matters the most, which is scoring goals, and evaluate it now. We can see that Birmingham City, in both their principal domestic tournaments (League One and FA Cup), has successfully scored a total of 44 goals in this 2024/2025 season.

Whereas, the Birmingham City team's defense and goalkeeping now adds up to a total of 18 goals conceded this season in their two main domestic competitions.

Lincoln City

When playing away from home, Lincoln City might choose to take a more defensive approach, with the primary aim of securing a draw against their rival. Scoring goals as an away team can be a significant challenge, particularly in Cup matches where the hosts are motivated to take full advantage of their home ground. Consequently, we can expect the away team to score very few goals.

At the moment, in the League One, the Lincoln City team has 8 wins, 9 defeats and 8 draws, thus obtaining a total of 32 points after 25 rounds, ranking them in 12th place. In addition to these data, it can be seen that the Lincoln City team goes with a total of 28 goals scored and 30 goals conceded.

On the last matchday of the FA Cup, the team of Lincoln City faced and beat the team of Crawley Town, with a score of 4-3, in a game counting for the 2nd Round putting them in the game against Birmingham City.

The visiting team arrives at this match after a draw in the last round. In a dispute valid for League One, Lincoln City, who used a 4-4-2 formation, faced the Stevenage team with a final score of 0-0.

Now, let's analyze the most critical point that concerns every team's objective, which is to score goals. Lincoln City, in both its principal domestic competitions (League One and FA Cup), has successfully scored a total of 36 goals in this 2024/2025 season.

In any case, the Lincoln City team's defense and goalkeeping now adds up to a total of 33 goals conceded this season in their two main domestic competitions.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Score market betting suggestions

A good bet could be made between 75-90 minutes of the game as this is the time most goals are scored.

Corners market betting suggestions

Something to explore in order to get favorable betting results is noting the average of 9.5 corners per game which one can get by combining the number of corners of both teams.

Individual Analysis of Corner Kicks

In order to generate a good prediction in the corner kicks market for this match, we must first analyze this average individually in each team's games in this season. Thus, we have that Birmingham City can obtain, on average, a total of 10 corners in its favor in each match.

On the other hand, in games where Lincoln City is present, this team obtains an average of 9 corners. This selection is highly likely to result in a large number of corner kicks, given that the combined average of corner kicks per match for both teams is higher than 9.5 corners this season.