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

Sat 31st Oct, 12:30 BST, Sincil Bank, Lincoln

Saturday lunch time at the Sincil Bank, and it’s a Championship clash between Lincoln City and Birmingham City. Chris Cohen and Chris Davies will be doing all they can to guide their side to the win. Our goal is for you to win betting on this match, so every statistics you could possibly need to make a smart selection is shown below. Flip between seventeen markets or take our top tip. We've got predictions, head to head (H2H) analysis and odds for it all.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Lincoln 25%	-	-
Draw 25%	-	-
Birmingham 49%	-	-
Draw 1-1 12%	-	-
Birmingham 1-0 12%	-	-
Birmingham 2-1 9%	-	-
Birmingham 2-0 9%	-	-
Lincoln 1-0 8%	-	-
Draw 0-0 7%	-	-
Lincoln 2-1 6%	-	-
Draw 2-2 5%	-	-
Birmingham 3-1 5%	-	-
Birmingham 3-0 5%	-	-
Lincoln 2-0 4%	-	-
Birmingham 3-2 3%	-	-
Lincoln 3-1 2%	-	-
Birmingham 4-1 2%	-	-
Birmingham 4-0 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 48%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 52%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 43%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 52%	-	-
No 1st Goal 5%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 51%	-	-
BTTS - No 49%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 12%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 21%	-	-
Home/draw 51%	-	-
Away/draw 75%	-	-
Home/away 75%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 73%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 27%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 26%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 74%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 12%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 88%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	-	-
Home DNB 43%	-	-
Away DNB 67%	-	-
Lincoln win to nil 14%	-	-
Birmingham win to nil 28%	-	-

Win / draw / win Championship table

Lincoln have played 11 matches so far this season and are in 18th position in the league. Lincoln are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 2 of those games.

Performance against teams above them in the league

10 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 5 games, drawn 3 and won 2. Lincoln have conceded 19 goals, scored 8, failed to score in 3 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Lincoln have played 5 games at home, winning 0, drawing 2 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 3 goals, conceded 12 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Birmingham lay in 4th place on 20 points in the Championship league table having played 11 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 10 games against teams below them in the table, winning 5, drawing 4 and losing 1 game. They have scored 18 goals and kept 4 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Birmingham have conceded 9 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

Birmingham have played 5 away games, winning 3, drawing 1 and losing 1 game. They have scored an average of 1.2 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.8 goals per away game.

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	Lincoln Birmingham
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Swansea	11	7	2	2	8	23	l 1-2F	Feb 20	Nov 7	Jan 30
2	West Ham	11	6	4	1	18	22	l 0-6A	Feb 16	Dec 19	Apr 3
3	M'Boro	11	6	4	1	6	22	Mar 6	l 2-1F	d 2-2A	Feb 20
4	Birmingham	11	5	5	1	9	20	Oct 31	Jan 23	-	-
5	West Brom	11	6	2	3	3	20	Dec 26	Mar 20	Feb 27	w 0-1F
6	Stoke	11	6	1	4	2	19	Dec 9	Apr 24	Feb 6	Nov 21
7	Southampton	11	6	3	2	11	17	d 1-1A	Apr 10	d 1-1A	Apr 20
8	QPR	11	4	5	2	3	17	Jan 30	Nov 7	w 3-0F	Jan 16
9	Wolves	10	5	2	3	3	17	Nov 28	Mar 13	d 2-2A	Apr 10
10	Blackburn	11	4	3	4	1	15	d 0-00-0	Apr 21	Mar 20	Dec 26
11	Sheff Utd	11	4	3	4	1	15	Feb 27	l 3-0A	Mar 6	d 0-00-0
12	Millwall	11	4	3	4	0	15	Jan 16	d 2-2F	Nov 3	Jan 26
13	Portsmouth	10	4	2	4	0	14	l 1-3A	Mar 3	Jan 1	Dec 12
14	Wrexham	11	3	5	3	-1	14	Nov 21	Feb 6	Apr 17	w 1-2F
15	Bolton	11	4	2	5	-3	14	Apr 17	w 0-1F	Nov 28	Mar 13
16	Bristol C	11	4	2	5	-3	14	Apr 6	w 0-1F	d 2-2A	Mar 2
17	Charlton	11	3	5	3	-5	14	May 1	Nov 24	Mar 17	Dec 5
18	Lincoln	11	3	3	5	-10	12	-	-	Jan 23	Oct 31
19	Cardiff	11	2	5	4	1	11	Mar 16	Dec 5	Dec 29	Oct 24
20	Watford	11	3	2	6	-9	11	Jan 26	Nov 3	Dec 8	Apr 24
21	Norwich	11	3	0	8	-4	9	Dec 13	Jan 1	Apr 7	l 2-1A
22	Burnley	11	1	5	5	-5	8	Oct 24	Dec 29	May 1	Nov 25
23	Derby	11	1	3	7	-11	6	Apr 3	Dec 19	Feb 13	w 1-2A
24	Preston	11	1	1	9	-15	4	Feb 13	w 0-1F	w 4-0F	Feb 16

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Lincoln	0 - 6	West Ham
Lincoln	1 - 2	Swansea
Lincoln	1 - 1	Southampton
Lincoln	0 - 0	Blackburn
Lincoln	1 - 3	Portsmouth
Lincoln	4 - 3	Wycombe
Lincoln	2 - 1	L Orient
Lincoln	1 - 0	AFC Wim
Lincoln	3 - 0	Rotherham
Lincoln	3 - 1	Stockport
Lincoln	4 - 0	Blackpool
Lincoln	4 - 0	Northampton
Lincoln	1 - 1	Bolton
Lincoln	3 - 0	Bradford
Lincoln	2 - 1	Burton
Lincoln	5 - 2	Peterborough
Lincoln	1 - 1	Huddersfield
Lincoln	2 - 1	Cardiff
Lincoln	3 - 1	Barnsley
Lincoln	1 - 0	Port Vale

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Lincoln	2 - 2	Millwall
H	Lincoln	0 - 6	West Ham
A	Lincoln	0 - 3	Sheff Utd
H	Lincoln	1 - 2	Swansea
A	Lincoln	1 - 0	Bristol C
A	Lincoln	1 - 0	Preston
H	Lincoln	1 - 1	Southampton
H	Lincoln	0 - 0	Blackburn
A	Lincoln	1 - 0	Bolton
H	Lincoln	1 - 3	Portsmouth
A	Lincoln	1 - 2	M'Boro
A	Lincoln	2 - 0	Port Vale
H	Lincoln	4 - 3	Wycombe
A	Lincoln	2 - 0	Doncaster
A	Lincoln	2 - 2	Stevenage
H	Lincoln	2 - 1	L Orient
A	Lincoln	2 - 1	Reading
H	Lincoln	1 - 0	AFC Wim
H	Lincoln	3 - 0	Rotherham
A	Lincoln	2 - 2	Huddersfield

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
West Brom	0 - 1	Birmingham
Derby	1 - 2	Birmingham
Norwich	2 - 1	Birmingham
Wrexham	1 - 2	Birmingham
Sheff Utd	0 - 0	Birmingham
Portsmouth	1 - 1	Birmingham
Hull	1 - 1	Birmingham
Ipswich	2 - 1	Birmingham
Derby	1 - 0	Birmingham
Charlton	1 - 0	Birmingham
Millwall	3 - 0	Birmingham
Norwich	1 - 2	Birmingham
Oxford Utd	0 - 2	Birmingham
Sheff Wed	0 - 2	Birmingham
Swansea	1 - 1	Birmingham
Watford	3 - 0	Birmingham
Sheff Utd	3 - 0	Birmingham
QPR	2 - 1	Birmingham
Southampton	3 - 1	Birmingham
West Brom	1 - 1	Birmingham

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Birmingham	3 - 0	QPR
H	Birmingham	4 - 0	Preston
A	Birmingham	1 - 0	West Brom
H	Birmingham	2 - 2	M'Boro
A	Birmingham	2 - 1	Derby
A	Birmingham	1 - 2	Norwich
H	Birmingham	2 - 2	Wolves
H	Birmingham	1 - 1	Southampton
A	Birmingham	2 - 1	Wrexham
H	Birmingham	2 - 2	Bristol C
A	Birmingham	0 - 0	Sheff Utd
A	Birmingham	1 - 1	Portsmouth
H	Birmingham	2 - 1	Bristol C
H	Birmingham	2 - 1	Preston
A	Birmingham	1 - 1	Hull
H	Birmingham	2 - 0	Wrexham
A	Birmingham	1 - 2	Ipswich
H	Birmingham	0 - 1	Blackburn
A	Birmingham	0 - 1	Derby
H	Birmingham	1 - 1	Sheff Utd

Goal Statistics

Goals have been an issue for Lincoln City of late. It has been 10 Championship matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.0 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Saturday lunch time against Birmingham City.

Birmingham City have been steady in attack of late, finding the net in 9 consecutive Championship matches. Their PG of 1.6 against Lincoln City on Saturday suggests that run is likely to continue.

	Lincoln 18th	Birmingham 4th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.0 goals	1.6 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 35% 1 37% 2 19% 3 4+ There is a 72% probability that Lincoln will score no more than 1 goal	0 21% 1 33% 2 26% 3 13% 4+ There is a 79% probability that Birmingham will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+26 Lincoln have scored 26% more goals at home than predicted	-16 Birmingham have scored 16% fewer goals when away than predicted
	2.1 average goals scored	1.0 average goals scored
	1.2 conceded	1.4 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2026/2027 season

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BIR

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Games scored	7		9
Failed to score	3		1
Scored first	5		3
Goals scored	7		17
Avg. goals scored	0.6		1.5
Avg. shots per game	7		9
Avg. shots per goal	12		6
Conversion rate for	9		17
Avg. XG for	1.5		1.8
KickOff rating		+32%

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Games conceded	6		7
Clean sheets	4		3
Conceded first	4		6
Goals conceded	17		11
Avg. goals conceded	1.5		1
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		8
Conversion rate against	16%		13%
Avg. XG against	1.5		1.3
KickOff rating		+4%

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

Lincoln Championship squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
11	2	1	5
G Wickens	F Draper	R Street	F Draper

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
G Wickens GLK	11			1 -
D Elerewe DEF	11			2 1
R Street FWD	11	1	1	1 -
F Draper FWD	11	2		5 -
A Reach DEF	10	1		-
R Towler DEF	10			2 -
C McGrandles MID	10			4 1
T Bayliss MID	10			2 -
I Varfolomeev MID	9			2 -
B House FWD	9	1	1	3 -
R Hackett FWD	9	2	1	-
A Coubis DEF	8	1	1	1 -
D Jefferies MID	8			1 -
S Bradley DEF	7		1	-
C Ogbene FWD	6			-
C Elder DEF	5		1	1 -
Y. Konak MID	5			-
M. Riis Ladefoged FWD	5	1		-
D Oyegoke DEF	4			-
T Hamer DEF	4			1 1
I Olaofe FWD	4			1 -
T Darikwa DEF	2		1	-
M Melia FWD	2			-
J Honohan DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
2	7	1	2
F Draper	F Draper	R Street	R Street

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
F Draper FWD	2	7		1
R Hackett FWD	2	4	1	1
R Street FWD	1	2	1	2
A Reach DEF	1	3
B House FWD	1	3	1	1
A Coubis DEF	1	2	1	1
M. Riis Ladefoged FWD	1	2		1
D Elerewe DEF		1
C McGrandles MID		2
T Bayliss MID		1		1
I Varfolomeev MID		1
D Jefferies MID		1
S Bradley DEF		1	1
C Ogbene FWD		3
C Elder DEF			1	2
T Darikwa DEF			1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
438	27	60
G Wickens	B House	B House

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
G Wickens GLK	438		4
D Elerewe DEF	270	12	57
C McGrandles MID	266	21	45
A Reach DEF	218	13	39
S Bradley DEF	207	3	29
I Varfolomeev MID	194	19	39
R Towler DEF	172	7	29
A Coubis DEF	136	8	22
T Bayliss MID	124	8	17
R Hackett FWD	110	12	25
F Draper FWD	106	6	57
B House FWD	101	27	60
D Jefferies MID	91	15	25
C Elder DEF	80	6	13
R Street FWD	76	12	39
Y. Konak MID	56	3	13
C Ogbene FWD	42	3	11
T Hamer DEF	42	2	20
D Oyegoke DEF	30	3	11
T Darikwa DEF	21	2	4
M. Riis Ladefoged FWD	20		12
I Olaofe FWD	11		2
M Melia FWD	1		2
J Honohan DEF	1		1

Birmingham Championship squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
11	4	3	4
J Beadle	A. Priske	P Roberts	B Osayi-Samuel

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Beadle GLK	11			-
P Neumann DEF	11	2		3 -
A Cochrane DEF	11		2	3 -
B Osayi-Samuel DEF	11			4 -
C Klarer DEF	11			3 -
T Iwata MID	11		2	-
C Vicente FWD	11	2		3 -
J Stansfield FWD	11	1	1	1 -
A. Priske FWD	10	4	1	1 -
J Solís MID	9		1	2 -
L Vázquez FWD	9		1	2 -
S Paik MID	8	1		-
D Gray FWD	8	3		-
P Roberts FWD	8		3	1 -
E Laird DEF	7			-
L Millar FWD	7	4	3	1 -
M Ducksch FWD	6			-
M Bird MID	4		1	-
K Lund DEF	2			-
D Fry DEF	2			-
T Gardner-Hickman MID	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	11	3	8
A. Priske	J Stansfield	P Roberts	A Cochrane

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A. Priske FWD	4	9	1	1
L Millar FWD	4	8	3	4
D Gray FWD	3	4		1
P Neumann DEF	2	4		1
C Vicente FWD	2	4		2
J Stansfield FWD	1	11	1	1
S Paik MID	1	1		1
A Cochrane DEF		1	2	8
B Osayi-Samuel DEF				1
C Klarer DEF		1		1
T Iwata MID		1	2	2
J Solís MID		1	1	1
L Vázquez FWD		1	1
P Roberts FWD		1	3	2
E Laird DEF		1		1
M Ducksch FWD		2
M Bird MID		2	1
T Gardner-Hickman MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
557	24	92
C Klarer	B Osayi-Samuel	C Klarer

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C Klarer DEF	557	19	92
T Iwata MID	531	13	29
B Osayi-Samuel DEF	416	24	57
P Neumann DEF	412	19	78
A Cochrane DEF	412	14	34
J Beadle GLK	364		11
J Solís MID	340	13	39
J Stansfield FWD	225	18	33
C Vicente FWD	205	15	39
L Millar FWD	190	9	25
S Paik MID	157	8	14
P Roberts FWD	143	7	19
A. Priske FWD	121		43
D Gray FWD	75	3	12
M Bird MID	45	4	5
L Vázquez FWD	33	2	12
E Laird DEF	32	4	9
M Ducksch FWD	21	1	3
T Gardner-Hickman MID	21		3
K Lund DEF	19	1	1
D Fry DEF	1		1