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

Sat 7th Feb, 15:01 BST, St. Andrew's Stadium, Birmingham

Home advantage can be vital in the Championship, and Chris Davies’s Birmingham City will have the joy of it on Saturday afternoon. Martí Cifuentes Corvillo’s Leicester City are their visitors to the St. Andrew's Stadium. We have custom-designed statistics for every major market, from team to score first to full time result, including form and historical head-to-head data. Predictions are produced from these, and the odds come directly from leading bookmakers.

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Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals

While supporters of Leicester prepare themselves for this clash, they have reason to expect some real entertainment. After studying the relevant stats and past head-to-head (H2H) fixture history, it looks as though over 2.5 goals will be a bet worth taking, as both teams know they have goals in them and either could ultimately get the win. The prediction and odds are in agreement: over 2.5 goals is a smart bet.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Birmingham are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 60% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.75.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Birmingham 60%	8/13 5%	4/6 3%
Draw 21%	29/10 8%	29/10 3%
Leicester 19%	4/1 11%	4/1 9%
Birmingham 2-1 10%	15/2	13/2
Draw 1-1 10%	13/2 7%	6/1 8%
Birmingham 2-0 9%	7/1 6%	13/2 6%
Birmingham 1-0 9%	6/1 13%	11/2 7%
Birmingham 3-1 7%	12/1	11/1 9%
Birmingham 3-0 6%	11/1 8%	10/1
Draw 2-2 5%	16/1 13%	12/1 8%
Leicester 2-1 5%	16/1 13%	12/1
Leicester 1-0 5%	12/1 13%	11/1
Draw 0-0 4%	11/1	17/2 5%
Birmingham 3-2 4%	25/1 13%	18/1
Birmingham 4-1 3%	25/1	18/1
Birmingham 4-0 3%	22/1 12%	16/1 11%
Leicester 2-0 3%	25/1	18/1
Leicester 3-2 2%	40/1	28/1
Over 2.5 Goals 61%	4/5	4/5 3%
Under 2.5 Goals 39%	1/1	19/20
Home 1st Goal 55%	8/15 3%	8/15 1%
Away 1st Goal 42%	7/4 6%	15/8 5%
No 1st Goal 3%	11/1	17/2 5%
BTTS - Yes 58%	5/6 6%	17/20 3%
BTTS - No 42%	5/6 9%	17/20 5%
BTTS - Home Win 30%	5/2	12/5
BTTS - Draw 17%	4/1 5%	4/1 4%
BTTS - Away Win 11%	17/2 12%	7/1 7%
Home/draw 81%	1/6 1%	1/6 1%
Away/draw 40%	5/4 7%	23/20 2%
Home/away 79%	1/4 3%	1/4
Over 1.5 Goals 82%	1/4	1/4
Under 1.5 Goals 18%	3/1	13/5 3%
Over 3.5 Goals 38%	11/5 7%	2/1 4%
Under 3.5 Goals 62%	4/11 3%	7/20 1%
Over 4.5 Goals 21%	9/2	9/2 5%
Under 4.5 Goals 79%	1/7	1/8 1%
Over 5.5 Goals 10%	12/1 18%	9/1
Under 5.5 Goals 90%	1/25 1%	1/25
Over 0.5 Goals 96%	1/25	1/25
Under 0.5 Goals 4%	11/1	9/1
Home DNB 74%	1/4 3%	1/4 3%
Away DNB 34%	11/4 7%	13/5 9%
Birmingham win to nil 30%	7/4 8%	-
Leicester win to nil 9%	8/1	-
Birmingham / Birmingham 32%	6/4 5%	6/4
Birmingham / Leicester 2%	40/1 21%	28/1
Birmingham / Draw 6%	14/1 15%	12/1
Draw / Birmingham 18%	7/2 5%	7/2 6%
Draw / Leicester 8%	10/1 16%	17/2
Draw / Draw 14%	5/1	9/2 5%
Leicester / Birmingham 4%	20/1	16/1
Leicester / Leicester 10%	15/2 13%	13/2 7%
Leicester / Draw 5%	16/1 13%	12/1

Win / draw / win Championship table

Birmingham have played 30 matches so far this season and lay in 13th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 15 games against teams below in the table, having won 7, drawn 5 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 5 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. Birmingham have outscored their opponents by 41 goals to 40 goals.

Home League Performance

Birmingham have played 14 games at home winning 7, drawing 6 and losing 1 game. They have scored 28 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and conceded 14 goals at home.

Leicester are in 20th position in the Championship on 32 points having played 30 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

7 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 26 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 20 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

24 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 10 games, drawn 6 and won 8. Leicester have conceded 36 goals, scored 32, failed to score in 4 fixtures and have kept 3 clean sheets.

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 Leicester
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Coventry	30	17	7	6	28	58	w 3-2F	l 3-0A	d 0-00-0	l 2-1F
2	M'Boro	30	17	7	6	18	58	Mar 2	l 2-1A	d 1-1F	Feb 24
3	Hull	30	16	6	8	8	54	l 2-3A	Apr 18	Apr 22	l 2-1A
4	Ipswich	29	14	9	6	21	51	d 1-1F	Apr 6	w 3-1F	Mar 7
5	Millwall	30	14	8	8	1	50	w 4-0F	Feb 25	Apr 25	l 1-0A
6	Wrexham	30	12	11	7	7	47	Apr 11	d 1-1A	d 1-1F	d 1-1A
7	Derby	30	12	9	9	7	45	d 1-1A	Mar 21	w 2-1F	w 1-3F
8	Watford	30	11	11	8	4	44	w 2-1F	l 3-0A	l 1-2F	Mar 21
9	Preston	30	11	11	8	3	44	Apr 22	w 0-1F	Apr 3	l 2-1A
10	QPR	31	12	8	11	-1	44	Mar 10	l 2-1A	Mar 14	l 4-1A
11	Bristol C	30	12	7	11	4	43	Apr 25	l 1-0A	Mar 10	d 2-2F
12	Stoke	30	12	6	12	6	42	d 1-1F	l 1-0A	w 2-1F	Feb 21
13	Birmingham	30	11	9	10	3	42	-	-	w 2-0F	Feb 7
14	Southampton	30	10	10	10	2	40	d 1-1F	l 3-1A	Feb 10	l 3-0A
15	Sheff Utd	30	12	3	15	0	39	Mar 14	l 3-0A	l 2-3A	l 3-1A
16	Swansea	30	11	6	13	-3	39	w 1-0F	d 1-1A	Apr 11	w 1-3F
17	Charlton	30	9	9	12	-9	36	d 1-1F	Mar 7	l 0-2A	w 0-1F
18	Norwich	30	9	6	15	-5	33	w 4-1F	Feb 21	Feb 28	w 1-2A
19	Portsmouth	28	8	9	11	-10	33	w 4-0F	May 2	d 1-1F	Apr 18
20	Leicester	30	10	8	12	-5	32	Feb 7	l 2-0A	-	-
21	Blackburn	30	8	8	14	-11	32	Apr 3	w 1-2A	l 0-2A	May 2
22	West Brom	30	9	5	16	-15	32	Feb 10	d 1-1A	w 2-1F	d 1-1A
23	Oxford Utd	30	6	9	15	-13	27	w 1-0F	w 0-2F	l 1-2A	d 2-2A
24	Sheff Wed	30	1	8	21	-40	-7	d 2-2F	w 0-2F	w 2-1A	Apr 6

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Win / draw / win form

Birmingham have not lost in 9 consecutive home league games

Leicester have not won in 5 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Birmingham	1 - 1	Stoke
Birmingham	3 - 2	Coventry
Birmingham	1 - 1	Southampton
Birmingham	1 - 1	Derby
Birmingham	1 - 1	Charlton
Birmingham	2 - 1	Watford
Birmingham	4 - 1	Norwich
Birmingham	4 - 0	Millwall
Birmingham	4 - 0	Portsmouth
Birmingham	2 - 3	Hull
Birmingham	2 - 2	Sheff Wed
Birmingham	1 - 0	Swansea
Birmingham	1 - 0	Oxford Utd
Birmingham	1 - 1	Ipswich
Birmingham	4 - 0	Mansfield
Birmingham	0 - 0	Crawley
Birmingham	6 - 2	Barnsley
Birmingham	4 - 1	Shrewsbury
Birmingham	2 - 1	Stevenage
Birmingham	1 - 0	Lincoln

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Birmingham	2 - 0	Oxford Utd
H	Birmingham	1 - 1	Stoke
A	Birmingham	2 - 0	Sheff Wed
A	Birmingham	1 - 1	Swansea
H	Birmingham	3 - 2	Coventry
A	Birmingham	0 - 3	Watford
H	Birmingham	1 - 1	Southampton
H	Birmingham	1 - 1	Derby
A	Birmingham	0 - 3	Sheff Utd
H	Birmingham	1 - 1	Charlton
A	Birmingham	1 - 2	QPR
A	Birmingham	1 - 3	Southampton
H	Birmingham	2 - 1	Watford
A	Birmingham	1 - 1	West Brom
H	Birmingham	4 - 1	Norwich
A	Birmingham	1 - 2	M'Boro
H	Birmingham	4 - 0	Millwall
H	Birmingham	4 - 0	Portsmouth
A	Birmingham	0 - 1	Bristol C
A	Birmingham	1 - 0	Preston

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Wrexham	1 - 1	Leicester
Coventry	2 - 1	Leicester
Sheff Utd	3 - 1	Leicester
QPR	4 - 1	Leicester
Bristol C	2 - 2	Leicester
Derby	1 - 3	Leicester
Southampton	3 - 0	Leicester
Norwich	1 - 2	Leicester
Millwall	1 - 0	Leicester
Hull	2 - 1	Leicester
Swansea	1 - 3	Leicester
West Brom	1 - 1	Leicester
Oxford Utd	2 - 2	Leicester
Charlton	0 - 1	Leicester
Preston	2 - 1	Leicester
Bournemouth	2 - 0	Leicester
Nottm Forest	2 - 2	Leicester
Wolves	3 - 0	Leicester
Brighton	2 - 2	Leicester
Man City	2 - 0	Leicester

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

20 / 20

Clean sheets

0 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Leicester	0 - 2	Charlton
H	Leicester	1 - 2	Oxford Utd
A	Leicester	1 - 1	Wrexham
A	Leicester	1 - 2	Coventry
H	Leicester	2 - 1	West Brom
A	Leicester	1 - 3	Sheff Utd
H	Leicester	2 - 1	Derby
H	Leicester	1 - 2	Watford
A	Leicester	1 - 4	QPR
H	Leicester	3 - 1	Ipswich
A	Leicester	2 - 2	Bristol C
A	Leicester	3 - 1	Derby
H	Leicester	2 - 3	Sheff Utd
A	Leicester	0 - 3	Southampton
H	Leicester	2 - 1	Stoke
A	Leicester	2 - 1	Norwich
H	Leicester	1 - 1	M'Boro
H	Leicester	0 - 2	Blackburn
A	Leicester	0 - 1	Millwall
A	Leicester	1 - 2	Hull

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Leicester have beaten Birmingham in 5 consecutive league meetings

Leicester have not lost to Birmingham in 8 consecutive league meetings

Birmingham

Leicester

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 9

8 / 9

Clean sheets

1 / 9

3 / 9

BIR

LEI

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

Leicester

Birmingham

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 10

8 / 10

Clean sheets

2 / 10

1 / 10

BIR

LEI

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

Goal Statistics

A PG of 2.1 is fairly strong for Birmingham City in their meeting with Leicester City, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 35 consecutive Championship games.

	Birmingham 15th	Leicester 12th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	2.1 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 13% 1 26% 2 27% 3 19% 4+ 15% There is a 61% probability that Birmingham will score 2 or more goals in this match	0 34% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 71% probability that Leicester will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+28 Birmingham have scored 28% more goals at home than predicted	-1 Leicester’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	2.3 average goals scored	1.2 average goals scored
	0.9 conceded	1.9 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season

BIR

LEI

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Games scored	24		25
Failed to score	6		5
Scored first	15		14
Goals scored	41		40
Avg. goals scored	1.4		1.3
Avg. shots per game	9		8
Avg. shots per goal	7		6
Conversion rate for	15		17
Avg. XG for	1.6		1.2
KickOff rating		+4%

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BIR

LEI

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Games conceded	23		27
Clean sheets	7		3
Conceded first	15		15
Goals conceded	38		45
Avg. goals conceded	1.3		1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		6
Conversion rate against	16%		16%
Avg. XG against	1.1		1.5
KickOff rating		+14%

Birmingham v Leicester 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
29	8	5	8
T Iwata	J Stansfield	J Stansfield	J Stansfield

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
S Paik MID	29	4		6 -
T Iwata MID	29	2	1	7 -
J Stansfield FWD	28	8	5	8 -
C Klarer DEF	27	2		6 1
T Doyle MID	27		3	1 1
K Furuhashi FWD	26	1		1 -
P Roberts FWD	25	3	5	2 -
P Neumann DEF	24	2		4 -
L. Koumas FWD	23	1		1 -
D Gray FWD	23	5	4	2 -
M Ducksch FWD	21	7	1	1 -
L Dykes FWD	21	2		1 -
J Beadle GLK	20			3 -
A Cochrane DEF	19	1	4	3 -
K Anderson FWD	19	1		2 -
B Osayi-Samuel DEF	15			5 -
M Leonard MID	15			1 -
J Robinson DEF	11	1	1	2 2
E Cashin DEF	11			-
R Allsop GLK	10			2 -
W Willumsson MID	10			-
E Laird DEF	7		1	-
A Sampsted DEF	6			-
S Wright FWD	3			-
K Fujimoto MID	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	20	5	8
J Stansfield	J Stansfield	J Stansfield	J Stansfield

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Stansfield FWD	8	20	5	8
M Ducksch FWD	7	15	1	1
D Gray FWD	5	15	4	8
S Paik MID	4	7		2
P Roberts FWD	3	8	5	7
T Iwata MID	2	9	1	5
C Klarer DEF	2	2		1
P Neumann DEF	2	4
L Dykes FWD	2	2		1
K Furuhashi FWD	1	9		1
L. Koumas FWD	1	2
A Cochrane DEF	1	4	4	4
K Anderson FWD	1	4		3
J Robinson DEF	1	3	1	1
T Doyle MID		2	3	3
B Osayi-Samuel DEF				1
M Leonard MID		1		2
E Cashin DEF		1		1
W Willumsson MID				2
E Laird DEF		1	1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1816	51	197
C Klarer	T Iwata	C Klarer

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C Klarer DEF	1816	29	197
T Iwata MID	1317	51	117
P Neumann DEF	1173	27	100
S Paik MID	1170	45	116
T Doyle MID	836	29	51
A Cochrane DEF	834	22	66
J Beadle GLK	728		9
P Roberts FWD	649	33	100
J Robinson DEF	489	8	60
M Leonard MID	478	32	48
D Gray FWD	473	26	84
R Allsop GLK	432	1	5
J Stansfield FWD	340	31	60
M Ducksch FWD	300		26
K Anderson FWD	285	21	53
B Osayi-Samuel DEF	282	12	50
E Cashin DEF	240	12	36
E Laird DEF	216	9	45
L. Koumas FWD	159	13	37
L Dykes FWD	126	7	47
W Willumsson MID	125	9	20
A Sampsted DEF	100	2	9
K Furuhashi FWD	91	9	26
S Wright FWD	2	1	2
K Fujimoto MID	2

Leicester Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
30	9	7	6
I Fatawu	J James	I Fatawu	I Fatawu

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
I Fatawu FWD	30	6	7	6 -
J Ayew FWD	28	5	3	4 -
L Thomas DEF	27		4	6 -
J Stolarczyk GLK	26			1 -
S Mavididi FWD	26	2	1	3 -
P Daka FWD	25	1	2	1 -
J Vestergaard DEF	24	3		4 -
J James MID	24	9	3	4 -
R Pereira DEF	23	2	1	6 -
B Cordova-Reid FWD	23	5	1	1 -
H Choudhury MID	22			4 -
J. Monga FWD	21	1	1	2 -
O Skipp MID	20	1		4 -
C Okoli DEF	19		1	1 1
H Winks MID	18		2	2 -
B Soumaré MID	16		2	2 -
W Faes DEF	15	1	1	1 -
B Nelson DEF	14			1 -
L. Page MID	14		1	-
J Carranza FWD	9			1 -
A Ramsey MID	8	2		1
A Begovic GLK	5			1 -
V Kristiansen DEF	4			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
9	22	7	7
J James	I Fatawu	I Fatawu	I Fatawu

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J James MID	9	15	3	5
I Fatawu FWD	6	22	7	7
J Ayew FWD	5	16	3	5
B Cordova-Reid FWD	5	9	1	4
J Vestergaard DEF	3	5
S Mavididi FWD	2	10	1	1
R Pereira DEF	2	5	1	1
A Ramsey MID	2	6
P Daka FWD	1	7	2	1
J. Monga FWD	1	2	1	1
O Skipp MID	1	1
W Faes DEF	1	3	1
L Thomas DEF		1	4	4
H Choudhury MID				3
C Okoli DEF			1	2
H Winks MID		1	2	1
B Soumaré MID			2
B Nelson DEF		1
L. Page MID		1	1
J Carranza FWD		3

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1475	56	175
J Vestergaard	R Pereira	I Fatawu

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Vestergaard DEF	1475	35	146
R Pereira DEF	1072	56	98
H Winks MID	1059	22	52
L Thomas DEF	975	43	103
C Okoli DEF	915	31	111
J Stolarczyk GLK	793		13
I Fatawu FWD	720	33	175
H Choudhury MID	659	34	63
J James MID	635	28	55
O Skipp MID	610	33	64
W Faes DEF	604	6	21
B Nelson DEF	563	24	69
B Soumaré MID	535	13	38
S Mavididi FWD	462	42	99
J Ayew FWD	445	25	130
B Cordova-Reid FWD	441	11	32
L. Page MID	201	6	15
P Daka FWD	177	4	51
J. Monga FWD	174	8	42
A Begovic GLK	125		5
A Ramsey MID	90	6	9
V Kristiansen DEF	73	7	10
J Carranza FWD	60	5	15