Stoke vs Birmingham prediction: ENGLAND: Championship betting tips on match 2025-09-12 14:00.
[p]Stoke City will face Birmingham in round five of the Championship. The match will take place at Bet365 Stadium in Stoke on Trent.[/p]
[p]Stoke City is currently ranked 3rd in the overall standings of the Championship after four matches, with three wins and one loss. In home matches, Stoke City is ranked 11th, with one win and one loss from two matches. The total score for all matches played by Stoke City is 8:3. The total score for home matches is 3:2. In the last competitive match, Stoke City lost 0:1 against West Brom. Key players for Stoke City include Sorba Thomas, who ranks 1st in the top assistants table with three assists. Million Manhoef and Aaron Cresswell are selected based on average rating of last four matches in the tournament. Absences for Stoke City are Steven N’Zonzi (inactive), Sam Gallagher (muscle injury), and Lamine Cisse (shoulder injury).[/p]
[p]Birmingham is currently ranked 10th in the overall standings of the Championship after four matches, with two wins, one draw, and one loss. In away matches, Birmingham is ranked 13th, with one win and one loss from two matches. The total score for all matches played by Birmingham is 4:4. The total score for away matches is 2:3. In the last competitive match, Birmingham lost 0:2 against Leicester. Key players for Birmingham are Ethan Laird, Christoph Klarer, and Jay Stansfield, all selected based on average rating of last four matches in the tournament. Absence for Birmingham is Kyogo Furuhashi (injury).[/p]
[p]In the last five matches between Stoke City and Birmingham in the Championship, Stoke City has won one match, Birmingham has won two matches, and two matches ended in a draw. The last match between these teams took place in January 2024, with Birmingham winning 2:1 against Stoke City.[/p]
[p]The offence of Stoke City is outstanding and is better than offence of Birmingham. Birmingham has scored four goals (shared 14th to 20th position in the competition) so far. Stoke City has scored eight goals (3rd in the competition) so far. The defence of Stoke City is outstanding and is better than the defence of Birmingham. Stoke City has conceded three goals (shared 3rd to 7th position in the competition) so far. Birmingham has conceded four goals (shared 8th to 10th position in the competition) so far.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats[/p]
[p] – Stoke City are in the Top 3 teams for the most wins in the league this season, winning 3 out of 4 matches. [/p]
[p] – Birmingham have allowed the lowest number of goal attempts in the league this season. In 4 matches they have allowed 23 goal attempts (the league average is 50.9) at an average of 5.8 per match. [/p]
[p] – Birmingham have won the most free kicks in the league this season.In 4 matches they have won 62 free kicks (the league average is 44.5) at an average of 15.5 per match. [/p]
[p]Streaks[/p]
[p] – Stoke City failed to win 7 out of the last 8 league matches against Birmingham.[/p]
[p] – Birmingham are unbeaten in 3 of their last 4 league matches this season.[/p]
[p] – Birmingham have scored in 7 of their last 8 away league matches against Stoke City.[/p]
[p]Betting Tips, Prediction[/p]
[p] – Only 1 of the last 8 H2H league matches saw Stoke City score 3 or more goals.[/p]
[p] – Birmingham have failed to score 3 or more goals across the last 8 H2H league matches against Stoke City.[/p]
[p] – In 5 of the last 8 H2H league matches when Birmingham have scored at least one goal, they did not lose the match.[/p]
[p] – Score prediction: At least 3 goals in total (over 2.5).[/p]
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