Southampton vs Birmingham prediction: ENGLAND: Championship betting tips on match 2025-12-05 15:00.
[p]Southampton and Birmingham will meet in round 19 of the Championship at St. Mary’s Stadium in Southampton.[/p]
[p]Southampton is currently ranked 14th in the overall standings of the Championship, having played 18 matches with six wins, six draws, and six losses. The total score for these matches is 28:25, resulting in a score difference of three and 24 points. In home matches, Southampton is 15th, with eight matches played, three wins, three draws, and two losses, and a total home score of 10:7. In the last competitive match, Southampton played away against Millwall and lost with a score of 2:3. Key players for Southampton include Taylor Harwood-Bellis, who did not miss any minute in the last five matches, and Finn Azaz, selected based on average rating of last five matches in the tournament. Leo Scienza is missing due to inactivity. Ross Stewart is absent because of a hamstring injury.[/p]
[p]Birmingham holds the 8th position in the overall standings of the Championship, with 18 matches played, eight wins, four draws, and six losses. The total score is 27:20, with a score difference of seven and 28 points. In away matches, Birmingham is ranked 21st, having played nine matches, two wins, two draws, and five losses, with a total away score of 6:12. In the last competitive match, Birmingham played at home against Watford and won with a score of 2:1. Key players for Birmingham are Demarai Gray and Seung-Ho Paik, both selected based on average rating of last five matches in the tournament, and Christoph Klarer, who did not miss any minute in the last five matches. Ethan Laird is absent due to a hamstring injury.[/p]
[p]In the last five matches between Southampton and Birmingham in the Championship, Southampton won three times, Birmingham won once, and one match ended in a draw. The most recent encounter took place in March 2024, with Southampton defeating Birmingham away with a score of 4:3.[/p]
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[p]The offence of Southampton is outstanding and is better than offence of Birmingham. Birmingham has scored 27 goals (5th in the competition) so far. Southampton has scored 28 goals (4th in the competition) so far. The defence of Birmingham is good and is better than the defence of Southampton. Southampton has conceded 25 goals (shared 14th to 18th position in the competition) so far. Birmingham has conceded 20 goals (shared 6th to 8th position in the competition) so far.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats[/p]
[p] – Birmingham have allowed the lowest number of goal attempts in the league this season. In 18 matches they have allowed 164 goal attempts (the league average is 229.7) at an average of 9.1 per match. [/p]
[p] – Southampton are in the Top 3 teams for goal attempts in the league this season. In 18 matches they have attempted to score 260 times (the league average is 229.7) at an average of 14.4 per match. [/p]
[p] – Birmingham have received the most red cards in the league this season. In 18 matches they have received 2 red cards (the league average is 0.8). There are 4 other teams with the same record: West Brom, Leicester, Watford and Sheffield Wed. [/p]
[p]Streaks[/p]
[p] – Southampton are unbeaten in 8 of their last 9 home league matches against Birmingham.[/p]
[p] – Birmingham failed to win any of their last 3 away league matches this season.[/p]
[p] – Birmingham have scored in 10 of their last 11 league matches this season.[/p]
[p]Betting Tips, Prediction[/p]
[p] – Only 1 of the last 8 H2H league matches saw Birmingham score 3 or more goals.[/p]
[p] – Only 1 of the last 8 H2H league matches saw Birmingham score at least one goal in the 1st half.[/p]
[p] – In 4 of the last 8 H2H league matches when Southampton have scored at least one goal, they won the match.[/p]
[p] – Score prediction: At most 3 goals in total (under 3.5).[/p]
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