Birmingham v Sheffield Wednesday Betting Preview – Championship 27th September 7.45pm
Sheffield Wednesday will head to the Midlands in midweek looking to take their frustrations out on Birmingham. The Owls lost the Steel City derby against Sheffield United on the weekend which ended their great run of seven unbeaten matches in the second tier. But with Birmingham struggling along second from bottom in the second tier, this has to represent a great chance for the Owls to get back to winning ways immediately. The struggling Midlands outfit have managed just the one point from the last 18 available to them in the Championship. They are on a serious downer.
Birmingham v Sheffield Wednesday Betting Tips
The season for Birmingham has been a non-starter pretty much. They have managed to only get the one point in their last six league games, but that point was earned on the weekend as they played out a 1-1 draw on the road at Derby. Overall the Blues are just lacking an attacking threat and they have only scored the five goals across their nine league games this term for their poor W1 D2 L6 record. They have failed to score in five of the nine games played and Sheffield Wednesday to win to nil at bet365 returns a price of 3/1. Considering the lack of output from the home side, that’s actually not a bad option. At home in the league, this season Birmingham have posted a 1 D1 L2 record with half of those fixtures going under 2.5 goals. They are going up against a side who are defensively decent and under 2.5 goals at bet365 for this clash will bring in a price of 3/5. Birmingham have failed to score in four of their last six Championship matches against the Owls as well to help that trend resurface. It’s hard to see the Blues being a huge threat in the fixture.
The Owls will be out to blow off some steam as well after losing the Steel City derby against Sheffield United last weekend. At home. So that snapped their seven match unbeaten streak of form and will be looking to bounce back from that upset. Wednesday haven’t been great out on the road in the Championship this season, having gone W1 D2 L1 only away from home. So with a lack of winning touch and goals on the road, if they do go out and get the expected victory in this one, it will probably be by a low margin. The Owls have scored exactly one goal in three of their four away games. In the bet365 correct score market a Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 result comes in at a good price of 6/1. Gary Hooper and Steven Fletcher are the joint 2/1 favourites in the anytime goalscorer market for this one. The Owls did take a loss at St Andrew’s last season in the championship, but that remains their only reverse against Birmingham in their last seven meetings with the Blues in the second tier, winning five of those other six games in the sequence. They have won two of their last three visits to St Andrew’s.
Birmingham v Sheffield Wednesday Betting Odds
Sheffield Wednesday 7/4, Birmingham 9/5, Draw 2/1
Birmingham v Sheffield Wednesday Predictions
Sheffield Wednesday to win: The Blues can’t be trusted at all, not even on home soil with the lack of goals that they have produced this season. The Owls will want to make a statement after that weekend loss and should have enough to bank an away win and it would likely be to nil as well.
