Birmingham v Aston Villa Predictions & Betting Odds – 30th October 2016

Blues to edge Midlands derby

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Birmingham v Aston Villa Betting Preview – Championship 30th October

Amidst all of this weekend’s football betting action, there is a massive Midlands derby going off in the Championship on Sunday lunchtime. Birmingham and Aston Villa square up for the first time in league competition since the 2010/11 Premier League season, in which the Blues got relegated. Aston Villa took the drop last season from the top flight so the two rivals meet up again. Villa have started to turn the corner thanks to new boss Steve Bruce, but can they go to St Andrews and take three points against the Blues?

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Birmingham v Aston Villa Betting Tips

Well there should be a great Midlands derby clash from St Andrews on Sunday and it’s always a fixture to look forward too. Birmingham are in decent shape at the moment as they start the weekend in seventh place in the Championship and in with a good shot of laying claim to at least a play off spot. They have been pretty solid for most of the season and have suffered just the three losses this term in the league. They have only suffered the two defeats in their last ten in the league but at home is where they have really excelled this season. They have posted a fantastic W4 D1 record in their last five home fixtures in the league and so are going along pretty smoothly. They have also scored at least two goals in four of their last five at home. A Birmingham 2-0 correct score in this one would return a big 12/1 price, or an alternative option would be at 7/2 to win to nil in this one with Bet365.

Birmingham have taken three clean sheets from their seven home games this term, but they don’t have great head to head form going against their rivals Villa. Birmingham have managed to win just one of their last ten against the Villains in all competitions. However, they have a W1 D1 record from their last two at St Andrew’s against Villa. This isn’t likely to turn out to be a high scoring game as just one of the last six between these two have gone over 2.5 goals. So looking under the goal line will fetch you a price of 8/11 at Bet365 on the latest Midlands derby. Clayton Donaldson is up at 21/10 in the anytime goalscorer market with Lukas Jutkiewicz at 5/2. City will be defending a six point lead that they hold over Villa in the league standings, they will be overjoyed to move it out of nine.

Aston Villa have only managed to win the three games in the league this season, but they could move to within three points of Birmingham with a win, which seems remarkable. It’s because while they haven’t been winning, they haven’t lost many, just three for the season. So that means that they have drawn an awful lot of games. New manager Steve Bruce has immediately seen returns at the club and they have produced back to back wins. That was after having won just one of their previous twelve games this season. You don’t look at Villa and see a side who are going to produce a lot of goal but they are reasonably tight at the back. That has led them to a W3 D8 L3 record. Out on the road though they have only posted a W1 D3 L3 record and they will be taking on a good home side in Birmingham. Only on three occasions this season have Villa managed more than one goal in a match.

Birmingham v Aston Villa Betting Odds

Aston Villa 13/8, Birmingham 19/10, Draw 23/10

Birmingham v Aston Villa Predictions

It’s hard to see Villa outscoring Birmingham in this one. Home advantage for the Blues should count for everything here because they have been so strong at St Andrews this season. Look for the game to go under 2.5 goals and just have a crack at the Blues to win in the match outright, because they do look to be a bit of value.