Birmingham v Preston Betting Tips: 1 AH0, 2016-09-27

Birmingham a solid bet against Preston

Championship Tips

BIRMINGHAM CITY v PRESTON NORTH END

Tuesday 27th September 2016 – Kickoff: 1945hrs

Football – England – Championship Betting Tips

Birmingham City grabbed a decent point away at QPR on the weekend when they held The R’s to a 1-1 draw which extended Gary Rowett’s boys’ unbeaten run to five matches without defeat in the Championship.

The Blues now return to St Andrews where they’ll be looking to capture all three points against a struggling Preston North End outfit, particularly with the hosts having secured recent wins against Norwich City, Fulham and Sheffield Wednesday – the latter being a smash-and-grab victory in a game where they would have been fortunate to gain a point.

Nevertheless, Birmingham have been moulded into a side that are now hard to beat by manager Gary Rowett, and with confidence building among the squad along with recent goals from strikers Donaldson and Jutkiewicz, The Blues look a solid bet here.

Visitors Preston North End find themselves languishing in 19th place in the Championship despite their Friday night 1-0 home win over fellow Lancastrians Wigan Athletic at Deepdale. However, Preston have recorded just three wins so far in this new campaign, two of which were registered on home turf with the other win being a victory over struggling Cardiff City.

But back-to-back defeats away from home in recent weeks with a 1-0 defeat at Ipswich Town and a 5-0 hammering at the hands of mid-table Brentford perhaps indicate their fragility on the road at this level, and an early away record of  1-0-3  2/7 seems to back this up.

In addition, Preston have failed to score in three of their four away matches so far and they’ll come up against a stubborn Birmingham City defensive unit here this evening, so they’ll do well to get something from this encounter.

Pick: Birmingham City AH0 @ 1.58 Bet Victor