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Birmingham City v Ipswich Town : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Fri 8th Aug, 20:00 BST, St. Andrew's Stadium, Birmingham

We’ve Championship action to look forward to on Friday night, as Chris Davies and his Birmingham City side host Kieran McKenna’s Ipswich Town at the St. Andrew's Stadium. We have the best odds for 17 top betting markets as well as predictions, statistics and head to head (H2H) data for the two sides. Simply click through the tabs below to explore.

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

Under 3.5 goals simply means that there will be no more than 3 goals scored by Birmingham and Ipswich combined during 90 minutes. Latest form statistics and historical head-to-head (H2H) performances have led us to this prediction, and we think there's a 74% chance of it being right on the money. The best price available at present on under 3.5 goals is 1.29.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Birmingham are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 39% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.50.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Birmingham 39%	2.40	2.50
Draw 27%	3.40	3.25 3%
Ipswich 35%	2.80	2.80 3%
Draw 1-1 13%	6.50	6.00
Birmingham 1-0 10%	7.50	7.50
Ipswich 1-0 9%	8.50	7.50 7%
Birmingham 2-1 8%	9.50	9.00
Ipswich 2-1 8%	11.00	9.00 6%
Draw 0-0 8%	9.50	7.50
Birmingham 2-0 7%	11.00	11.00
Ipswich 2-0 6%	13.00	12.00 9%
Draw 2-2 5%	15.00	12.00
Birmingham 3-1 4%	21.00	15.00
Ipswich 3-1 3%	23.00	17.00
Birmingham 3-0 3%	23.00	19.00
Ipswich 3-0 2%	29.00	21.00
Birmingham 3-2 2%	29.00	21.00
Ipswich 3-2 2%	34.00	23.00
Over 2.5 Goals 47%	2.10	2.00
Under 2.5 Goals 53%	1.73	1.73
Home 1st Goal 48%	1.91	1.95
Away 1st Goal 47%	2.10	2.10
No 1st Goal 5%	9.50	7.50
BTTS - Yes 52%	1.83	1.80 2%
BTTS - No 48%	1.83	1.91
BTTS - Home Win 18%	5.00	4.80
BTTS - Draw 19%	4.75	4.33
BTTS - Away Win 16%	6.00	5.25
Home/draw 65%	1.40	1.40 3%
Away/draw 61%	1.53	1.50
Home/away 73%	1.30	1.33 2%
Over 1.5 Goals 73%	1.33	1.35
Under 1.5 Goals 27%	3.40	3.00
Over 3.5 Goals 26%	3.75	3.50
Under 3.5 Goals 74%	1.29	1.29
Over 4.5 Goals 12%	7.00	7.00
Under 4.5 Goals 88%	1.10	1.09
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	15.00	13.00
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	1.03	1.02
Over 0.5 Goals 92%	1.06	1.06
Under 0.5 Goals 8%	10.00	8.00
Home DNB 58%	1.73	1.75
Away DNB 53%	2.00	1.95
Birmingham win to nil 21%	4.00	-
Ipswich win to nil 19%	4.50	-
Birmingham / Birmingham 20%	4.00	4.00
Birmingham / Ipswich 3%	29.00	23.00
Birmingham / Draw 6%	15.00	12.00
Draw / Birmingham 14%	6.00	5.50
Draw / Ipswich 13%	6.50	6.00
Draw / Draw 17%	5.00	4.40 4%
Ipswich / Birmingham 3%	29.00	21.00
Ipswich / Ipswich 18%	4.75	4.40 4%
Ipswich / Draw 6%	15.00	12.00

Win / draw / win Championship table

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Birmingham Ipswich
Results by League Table

	TEAM	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Birmingham	-	-	Apr 6	Aug 8
2	Blackburn	Apr 3	Aug 16	Jan 17	Sep 20
3	Bristol C	Apr 25	Oct 25	Jan 20	Sep 30
4	Charlton	Dec 13	Mar 7	Oct 21	Apr 22
5	Coventry	Jan 4	Sep 27	Dec 6	Dec 29
6	Derby	Dec 26	Mar 21	Aug 30	Feb 7
7	Hull	Oct 18	Apr 18	Feb 14	Nov 25
8	Ipswich	Aug 8	Apr 6	-	-
9	Leicester	Feb 7	Aug 29	Mar 7	Dec 13
10	M'Boro	Feb 28	Nov 8	Apr 18	Oct 17
11	Millwall	Nov 4	Feb 25	Mar 21	Dec 26
12	Norwich	Nov 22	Feb 21	Oct 5	Apr 11
13	Oxford Utd	Aug 23	Jan 31	Jan 1	Nov 28
14	Portsmouth	Nov 1	May 2	Sep 27	Jan 4
15	Preston	Apr 22	Oct 21	Jan 31	Aug 23
16	QPR	Mar 10	Dec 9	May 2	Nov 1
17	Sheff Utd	Mar 14	Dec 20	Sep 12	Jan 24
18	Sheff Wed	Sep 30	Jan 20	Dec 20	Mar 14
19	Southampton	Dec 29	Dec 6	Aug 17	Apr 3
20	Stoke	Jan 24	Sep 13	Dec 10	Mar 10
21	Swansea	Sep 20	Jan 17	Feb 28	Nov 8
22	Watford	Nov 29	Jan 1	Nov 4	Feb 24
23	West Brom	Feb 14	Nov 26	Oct 25	Apr 25
24	Wrexham	Apr 11	Oct 3	Nov 22	Feb 21

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Win / draw / win form

Birmingham have won 5 consecutive league games

Ipswich have lost 3 consecutive league games

Birmingham have not lost in 25 consecutive home league games

Ipswich have not won in 8 consecutive league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

6 / 20

Clean sheets

14 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Birmingham	4 - 0	Mansfield
Birmingham	0 - 0	Crawley
Birmingham	6 - 2	Barnsley
Birmingham	4 - 1	Shrewsbury
Birmingham	2 - 1	Stevenage
Birmingham	1 - 0	Lincoln
Birmingham	1 - 0	Wycombe
Birmingham	2 - 0	L Orient
Birmingham	1 - 0	Charlton
Birmingham	4 - 0	Cambridge
Birmingham	2 - 1	Rotherham
Birmingham	1 - 0	Exeter
Birmingham	0 - 0	Blackpool
Birmingham	2 - 0	Burton
Birmingham	2 - 0	Bristol R
Birmingham	2 - 0	Stockport
Birmingham	1 - 1	Northampton
Birmingham	2 - 0	Bolton
Birmingham	1 - 0	Huddersfield
Birmingham	3 - 2	Peterborough

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

10 / 20

Clean sheets

10 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Birmingham	2 - 1	Cambridge
A	Birmingham	2 - 0	Blackpool
H	Birmingham	4 - 0	Mansfield
A	Birmingham	1 - 0	Stevenage
A	Birmingham	2 - 1	Burton
H	Birmingham	0 - 0	Crawley
A	Birmingham	2 - 1	Peterborough
H	Birmingham	6 - 2	Barnsley
A	Birmingham	2 - 1	Bristol R
H	Birmingham	4 - 1	Shrewsbury
A	Birmingham	1 - 1	Northampton
H	Birmingham	2 - 1	Stevenage
H	Birmingham	1 - 0	Lincoln
A	Birmingham	1 - 3	Bolton
H	Birmingham	1 - 0	Wycombe
H	Birmingham	2 - 0	L Orient
A	Birmingham	0 - 0	Reading
H	Birmingham	1 - 0	Charlton
H	Birmingham	4 - 0	Cambridge
H	Birmingham	2 - 1	Rotherham

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Leicester	2 - 0	Ipswich
Everton	2 - 2	Ipswich
Newcastle	3 - 0	Ipswich
Chelsea	2 - 2	Ipswich
Bournemouth	1 - 2	Ipswich
C Palace	1 - 0	Ipswich
Man Utd	3 - 2	Ipswich
A Villa	1 - 1	Ipswich
Liverpool	4 - 1	Ipswich
Fulham	2 - 2	Ipswich
Arsenal	1 - 0	Ipswich
Wolves	1 - 2	Ipswich
Nottm Forest	1 - 0	Ipswich
Spurs	1 - 2	Ipswich
Brentford	4 - 3	Ipswich
West Ham	4 - 1	Ipswich
Southampton	1 - 1	Ipswich
Brighton	0 - 0	Ipswich
Man City	4 - 1	Ipswich
Coventry	1 - 2	Ipswich

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Ipswich	1 - 3	West Ham
A	Ipswich	0 - 2	Leicester
H	Ipswich	0 - 1	Brentford
A	Ipswich	2 - 2	Everton
A	Ipswich	0 - 3	Newcastle
H	Ipswich	0 - 4	Arsenal
A	Ipswich	2 - 2	Chelsea
H	Ipswich	1 - 2	Wolves
A	Ipswich	2 - 1	Bournemouth
H	Ipswich	2 - 4	Nottm Forest
A	Ipswich	0 - 1	C Palace
A	Ipswich	2 - 3	Man Utd
H	Ipswich	1 - 4	Spurs
A	Ipswich	1 - 1	A Villa
H	Ipswich	1 - 2	Southampton
A	Ipswich	1 - 4	Liverpool
H	Ipswich	0 - 6	Man City
H	Ipswich	0 - 2	Brighton
A	Ipswich	2 - 2	Fulham
H	Ipswich	2 - 0	Chelsea

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Birmingham have not lost to Ipswich in 7 consecutive home league meetings

Birmingham

Ipswich

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

15 / 16

12 / 16

Clean sheets

4 / 16

1 / 16

BIR

IPS

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Birmingham
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Birmingham	1 - 0
Birmingham	2 - 1
Birmingham	3 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	0 - 1	Ipswich
Birmingham	2 - 1
Birmingham	2 - 1
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Birmingham	1 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Birmingham	1 - 0
Birmingham	3 - 1

Ipswich

Birmingham

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

13 / 16

11 / 16

Clean sheets

5 / 16

3 / 16

BIR

IPS

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Ipswich
Ipswich	3 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Ipswich	1 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Ipswich	4 - 2
Ipswich	1 - 0
Ipswich	3 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	0 - 1	Birmingham
Ipswich	1 - 0
	0 - 1	Birmingham
Ipswich	1 - 0
	0 - 1	Birmingham
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Ipswich	2 - 0

Goal Statistics

Birmingham City's defensive record is to be admired, C. Davies's men having conceded 1 or less in 7 consecutive Championship matches. An average PG rating of 1.2 for Ipswich Town makes sense in this context.

	Birmingham	Ipswich
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.3 goals	1.2 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 26% 1 35% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 61% probability that Birmingham will score no more than 1 goal	0 29% 1 36% 2 22% 3 9% 4+ There is a 65% probability that Ipswich will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+12 Birmingham have scored 12% more goals at home than predicted	+5 Ipswich’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	2.1 average goals scored	1.2 average goals scored
	0.4 conceded	2.0 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season

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Games scored	0		0
Failed to score	0		0
Scored first	0		0
Goals scored	0		0
Avg. goals scored	0		0
Avg. shots per game	0		0
Avg. shots per goal	0		0
Conversion rate for	0		0
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

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Games conceded	0		0
Clean sheets	0		0
Conceded first	0		0
Goals conceded	0		0
Avg. goals conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/game conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/goal conceded	0		0
Conversion rate against	0%		0%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

Birmingham v Ipswich Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Birmingham Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
0	0	0	0

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Beadle GLK				-
B. Mayo GLK				-
R Allsop GLK				-
B Osayi-Samuel DEF				-
P Neumann DEF				-
A Sampsted DEF				-
T Gardner-Hickman DEF				-
D Sanderson DEF				-
E Laird DEF				-
K Bielik DEF				-
C Klarer DEF				-
A Cochrane DEF				-
L Buchanan DEF				-
E Cashin DEF				-
K Fujimoto MID				-
T Doyle MID				-
G Hall MID				-
A Chang MID				-
S Paik MID				-
T Iwata MID				-
M Leonard MID				-
W Willumsson MID				-
T Roberts FWD				-
L Dykes FWD				-
E Hansson FWD				-
S Wright FWD				-
J Stansfield FWD				-
K Anderson FWD				-
K Furuhashi FWD				-
D Gray FWD				-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
0	0	0	0

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
0	0	0

Players	passes	tackles	duels won

Ipswich Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
0	0	0	0

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
D Button GLK				-
C Walton GLK				-
C Slicker GLK				-
A Muric GLK				-
A Palmer GLK				-
L Woolfenden DEF				-
L Davis DEF				-
J Greaves DEF				-
D O'Shea DEF				-
B Johnson DEF				-
C Townsend DEF				-
A Young DEF				-
H Clarke DEF				-
E Baggott DEF				-
C Kipré DEF				-
C Humphreys MID				-
A Matusiwa MID				-
O Hutchinson MID				-
J Taylor MID				-
S Morsy MID				-
N Broadhead FWD				-
S Szmodics FWD				-
G Hirst FWD				-
J Clarke FWD				-
C Chaplin FWD				-
W Burns FWD				-
J Philogene FWD				-
C Ogbene FWD				-
A Al-Hamadi FWD				-