Crawley Town vs Birmingham City betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the League One match on December 23rd, 2024

Crawley Town and Birmingham City will meet each other in a football match counting for League One on December 23rd, 2024, Monday at 20:00h (UTC), in England, check the Crawley Town vs Birmingham City betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Crawley Town vs Birmingham City will occur

The game is set to be played in the small The People's Pension Stadium stadium, in the city of Crawley, with a capacity for 6134 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the Crawley Town 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 2.58 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.59 goals per game of the last championship.

Crawley Town last match

The last match ended in a loss for the Crawley Town team. On that occasion they met Peterborough United for the League One, and the match ended 4-3. Coach R. Elliott's lined up a 3-5-2 formation.

A fairly even game was expected, with odds for the home defeat at 1.80.

The defense suffered the assaults of the rival team by coming out significantly downsized in the duels on the field. The worst in the department is Toby Mullarkey, constantly struggling in the face of the incursions of the opposing attackers. The performance of the entire team suffers from its lapses in concentration.

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 League One, Birmingham City, who used a 3-4-1-2 formation, faced the Bristol Rovers team with a final score of 2-0.

Prior to the match the odds were 1.20, making clear the team's favoritism, which was later confirmed with the positive result.

Crawley Town vs Birmingham City h2h

The last time these two teams clashed was on 08-08-2017, in a match of the 2017/2018 season of the Carabao Cup, and the match ended with a 5-1 win for Birmingham City.

The performance of the Birmingham City team in their five recent games to date has been relatively good, unlike the Crawley Town team.

Teams with their unique strengths and objectives.

This match will be officiated by F. Hallam and duly assisted by M. Webb and J. Block from the sideline.

Crawley Town

League One leaderboard now

With 19 points won, Crawley Town is in 21st place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation zone. The team's campaign so far is 5 wins against 10 losses, plus 4 draws.

In the 21st round, the team has an advantage of 2 points against the Cambridge United team, which is ranked just below in position 22. It also has 2 points less than Bristol Rovers team that is in the 20th place.

Crawley Town analysis

Crawley Town at the end of round 20 in League One had 20 goals scored and 32 conceded.

The Crawley Town team comes from a defeat in the League One, and its coach Rob Elliott wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.

Recent performances have highlighted that Crawley Town is having trouble generating goals, with a low number of goals for and a high number of failed to score matches. This suggests that the team is struggling to create quality chances and convert them into goals, indicating the need for improvement in their attacking play.

Best goalscorer from Crawley Town

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight Will Swan. With 4 goals on his own, the Attacker has been instrumental in helping the Crawley Town team achieving several victories this season.

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.

Birmingham City analysis

After round 20 of League One we count 34 goals scored by Birmingham City and 16 conceded.

Birmingham City is in that wonderful position of being the favorite after 4 wins in the League One.

As we approach the Regular Season, Birmingham City is gearing up for another gripping match. In the opening game, the team managed 4.5 shots on target, offering a glimpse into their offensive capabilities.

This is a top 5 team in the League One that wants to keep up with the good performances!

An average ball possession of 69.33% is what the Birmingham City team usually tries in their attempt to control the game. This is because teams with ball possession above 50% can typically exert some control over their opponents.

With Birmingham City having a balance of 6 wins, 2 losses, and 1 draw when playing away in the League One, they usually allows little chances for opponents to win.

Birmingham City is a more offensive team than Crawley Town, having 2040 attacks vs. 1896 from Crawley Town, having scored 34 times, in comparison, Crawley Town converted into goal 20 times.

Best goalscorer from Birmingham City

If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name Jay Stansfield. Birmingham City owes some of their triumphs to the Attacker who scored 10 goals in this season.

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

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 Crawley Town is Will Swan, who has already scored 4 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Birmingham City is Jay Stansfield, he has scored in 10 opportunities.

75-90 minutes into the game is where most goals occur, a good time to bet if one is following the live game.

Bets on the under 2.5 goals market is an alternative because adding the goals scored at home by Crawley Town 1.33 and the average conceding goals of the visiting team Birmingham City 1.89 does not exceed the average of 3 goals, suggesting a good entry in this market.

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

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

There is an average of 5.39 corners per game, making this a good thing to note if one wishes to obtain good results in sports betting.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 4.15 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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