Birmingham v Bournemouth Betting Preview – EFL Cup 22nd August 7.45pm
Will Bournemouth’s sluggish start to the new season come back to haunt them in this awkward away game in the EFL Cup on Tuesday night? The Cherries haven’t found their stride yet but they do have the winning form at St Andrew’s to bank on. Plus Birmingham haven’t exactly started the season in red hot form and have had their struggles in the Championship this season and suffered a disappointing defeat against Burton on the weekend.
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Birmingham v Bournemouth EFL Cup Betting Tips
Birmingham have won just one of their four league games of the new season, so they are just struggling to get themselves together a bit. But they did take a comfortable win in the first round of the EFL Cup as they hammered out a 5-1 win over Crawley. But this is clearly going to be a much tougher game for them of course. What will have knocked them too is the fact that they were beaten out at Burton in the league on the weekend, with Burton having lost all of their league games so far this season before that. The Blues have played three games at home this season across the league and EFL Cup and have gone W2 D1. So Harry Redknapp is going to be feeling a little bit of early pressure and for this EFL Cup tie, under 2.5 goals at bet365 for the game is a great price of 4/5 for this one as the Cherries aren’t likely to be at full strength. The last time the two of them met, was in the 2015/16 FA Cup at St Andrew’s and Birmingham lost that home game 2-1.
A repeat 2-1 correct score at bet365 for Bournemouth is trading at a price of 11/1. Bournemouth have rolled out back to back defeats in their new Premier League league, losing at West Brom and then suffering a home loss against Watford over the weekend. So not a great start from Eddie Howe’s men so this will be a good time for the boss to shake things up and look at some options. Bournemouth are on a four match winning streak against Birmingham home and away across all competitions and in the five meetings between them since the start of the 2013/14 (the first time they had met since 1995) Bournemouth are W4 L1 against Birmingham, scoring eighteen goals and conceding seven. So this fixture hasn’t been short of goals, but this doesn’t look like a game that will produce a lot at the moment. Josh King is a 7/5 bet365 anytime goalscorer favourite going into the game. This could be a bit of a grind for the Cherries out on the road.
Birmingham v Bournemouth EFL Cup Betting Odds
Bournemouth even money, Draw 5/2, Birmingham 13/5
Birmingham v Bournemouth EFL Cup Predictions
Bournemouth to win: Maybe this is the game that will spark Bournemouth into life. It’s hard to call because the Cherries aren’t likely going to be at full strength, but there are vulnerabilities in the Blues that the Premier League side can take advantage of.
