BIRMINGHAM CITY v WOLVES
Monday 4th December 2017 – Kickoff: 1945hrs
Football – England – Championship Betting Tips
This weekend’s Championship action wraps up on Monday night with a west midlands derby between Birmingham City and Wolves at St Andrews, with the hosts desperate to pull themselves out of the bottom three.
Birmingham sit in the relegation zone despite possessing a reasonable home record which stands at 4-2-3 6/8, but it’s been their poor results away from home which has plunged The Blues in the relegation mire once again this season.
Birmingham will no doubt be keen, therefore, to return to home turf for this crucial clash where they’ve suffered just one defeat from their last five, and also chalked up wins over Sheffield Wednesday, Cardiff City and Nottingham Forest. In their recent local derby with Aston Villa, they held fifth placed Villa to a 0-0 draw.
Goals have been at a premium though at St Andrews, as the hosts have kept five clean sheets but have failed to score themselves on four occasions. 7 of their 9 home matches have resulted in under 2.5 goals.
Visitors Wolves still sit top of the Championship although their lead at the top has been whittled down to just one point following Cardiff City’s 3-1 home win over Norwich City on Friday night. Nevertheless, Wolves will be in confident mood as they make the short journey to St Andrews, following a five-match winning streak which includes wins over Norwich City, Fulham, Reading, Leeds United and Bolton Wanderers.
Wolves also possess a pretty strong away record of 6-1-2 16/7 and they’ve won their last two matches on the trot on their travels, as the west midlands club continue their push to return to the top flight.
With all the goals that Wolves have scored this season though, 5 of their 9 away matches to date have resulted in under 2.5 goals. Throw in the local derby factor, and this should be a closely fought encounter.
Pick: Under 2.5 @ 1.88 Marathonbet
