A Football Betting Guide to Birmingham (Back to Football Betting Guide Intro)
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Football Betting Prediction: Mid Table
Premier League Start: Sunderland 2, Blackburn 2
The Strengths: A fantastic defence is what boss Alex McLeish built at Birmingham, along with a fierce tenacity to battle for ninety minutes. They impressed a lot of people without doing anything in particular which had any kind of style or flair. Sometimes it was backs to the wall, but they dug in there and they won the matches against teams around and below them, and were confident enough to give good accounts of themselves to teams above them, such as holding Manchester United to a 1-1 draw, along with consecutive matches against Arsenal and Liverpool by the same scoreline. This is a team which is built for defence, and that is what worked for them and got them an unexpected ninth spot finish. The hard work will now be trying to back that up this season, which won’t be easy. Alex McLeish is a definite strength for them, and hopefully he can take the club forward a little bit this season, although he was asking the board for cash for help to do so. He’s a very canny manager, and they will be helped with giant striker Nikola Zigic coming in to the side, as Birmingham look for extra punch up front. Manchester United’s failed Ben Foster experiment moves on to Birmingham, where the goalkeeper will look to get his international future back on track, which could mean great news for Birmingham if he is hungry and determined enough.
The Weaknesses: Had an even worse goal scoring record than other Midlands goal-shy team Aston Villa. They seriously need to find more creative outlets so that they don’t have so much stress hanging on to one goal leads. The trouble with Birmingham is that they are not going to really threaten European qualification, and they shouldn’t be in any danger of going down, so they are one of the many middle of the road, middle of the table kinds of teams, who are stuck between a rock and a hard place. They need money to push onto challenge, but spending big and failing is major risk for a club like Birmingham. Baby steps, but that will likely mean plenty of ups and down, and mediocrity in between.
Birmingham Betting Home: Birmingham hit precisely one goal per game at home last season. That is just 19 in 19. However, that doesn’t tell the whole picture, as they only lost two matches at St Andrews all season, which is pretty staggering really. They won eight matches and drew nine, so looking for Asian Handicap Betting which pays out for a home tie should work wonders for a team like Birmingham. Betting odds on them should be pretty decent, as they clearly aren’t considered a major threat. Worth a shot at home, but don’t expect a fiesta of goals from them anytime soon. Home draws were the predominant feature for Birmingham at St Andrews, accounting for 47% of their home results.
Birmingham Betting Away: If last season’s Barclays Premier League is anything to go by, then avoid like the plague. Somehow, their great home form just didn’t translate to the road, where they lost twelve out of nineteen games. That’s just a 26% win record, which is well worth taking note of in your football betting on Birmingham. Also scored 19 goals away from home, but their defence shipped a not too great 1.78 average goals per away match.
Birmingham Best Football Betting Stat: Clean sheet at home 42%. Birmingham conceded just 0.68 average goals at St Andrews, which is worth backing in football odds (this may well have been influenced by keeper Joe Hart). Otherwise, Under 2.5 Goals in 68% of home match results is a strong stat to follow for betting on Birmingham. Expect the same style of play and shrewdness from them to back this up.
Birmingham Best Football Betting Odds
Season points over 45: 13/10 at Victor Chandler
Top Goalscorer:
Nikola Zigic: 10/11 at Victor Chandler
Cameron Jerome: 11/5 at Victor Chandler
James McFadden: 13/2 at Victor Chandler
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