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

Carrow Road, Norwich

Saturday afternoon sees Liam Manning’s Norwich City and Chris Davies’s Birmingham City go head to head in a Championship clash at the Carrow Road. All of the important statistics for the encounter, including head-to-heads, predictions and odds from leading bookmakers across 17 of the biggest betting markets are included in this in-depth preview. It's all here with the aim of helping you make a well informed, intelligent bet.

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Norwich City's next match is v Leeds at 16:30 on Sunday 8th March
Birmingham City's next match is v Charlton at 15:00 on Saturday 7th March

The last English Championship meeting between Norwich and Birmingham was on Saturday 21st February 2026

English Championship

February 21st 2026

Norwich 1	2 Birmingham

K. McLean 67'	5' C. Vicente Robles
	14' M. Ducksch

	NOR BIR
Shots On	9 5
Shots Off	5 2
Corners	6 5
Possession	62% 38%
Fouls	6 14
Yellow/red cards	1/0

Norwich	Birmingham

V. Kovačević B. Chrisene (J. Stacey 84') R. McConville L. Gibbs (E. Maghoma 46') A. Slimane A. Ahmed (T. Springett 90') K. McLean J. Cordoba Chambers (H. Darling 90') K. Fisher S. Field M. Toure (M. Kvistgaarden 71')	C. Klarer J. Beadle (E. Laird 79') B. Osayi-Samuel K. Wagner J. Solis Romero T. Iwata (I. Osman 63') D. Gray (T. Doyle 78') A. Priske (J. Stansfield 71') M. Ducksch J. Panzo (P. Roberts 71') C. Vicente Robles

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

We don't think there's a clear favourite to to get the win in this one, but what is clear is that the odds suggest it'll have 3 goals or less. Our statistical analysis says the same. Norwich and Birmingham have delivered a lot of under 3.5 goal games recently, and key performance statistics point towards more of the same. We're confidently predicting under 3.5 goals on Saturday afternoon, and the bookmakers have it priced at 1.33.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Norwich are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 43% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.55.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Norwich 43%	6/4 5%	29/20 3%
Draw 27%	12/5	12/5 6%
Birmingham 30%	7/4 5%	9/5 5%
Draw 1-1 13%	11/2	5/1
Norwich 1-0 11%	17/2	7/1 6%
Birmingham 1-0 9%	9/1 12%	15/2 6%
Norwich 2-1 9%	9/1	7/1 6%
Draw 0-0 8%	10/1	17/2 10%
Norwich 2-0 8%	12/1	10/1 8%
Birmingham 2-1 7%	9/1	8/1 6%
Birmingham 2-0 5%	14/1	11/1 9%
Draw 2-2 5%	12/1	10/1
Norwich 3-1 4%	18/1	14/1
Norwich 3-0 4%	22/1 10%	18/1
Birmingham 3-1 3%	20/1	16/1
Norwich 3-2 2%	25/1	20/1
Birmingham 3-0 2%	28/1 13%	20/1 11%
Birmingham 3-2 2%	28/1	22/1 11%
Over 2.5 Goals 46%	10/11	10/11 1%
Under 2.5 Goals 54%	10/11	5/6 3%
Home 1st Goal 50%	10/11 5%	1/1 3%
Away 1st Goal 45%	1/1 5%	19/20 3%
No 1st Goal 5%	10/1	8/1 5%
BTTS - Yes 50%	4/6 3%	8/11 2%
BTTS - No 50%	11/10 5%	1/1
BTTS - Home Win 18%	15/4 9%	10/3 4%
BTTS - Draw 19%	10/3 4%	16/5 5%
BTTS - Away Win 13%	4/1	4/1 7%
Home/draw 70%	2/5 4%	10/21 1%
Away/draw 57%	1/2 4%	10/21 3%
Home/away 73%	3/10	3/10 2%
Over 1.5 Goals 71%	2/7 1%	2/7 3%
Under 1.5 Goals 29%	11/4 7%	12/5 3%
Over 3.5 Goals 24%	11/5	9/4 3%
Under 3.5 Goals 76%	4/11	3/10 1%
Over 4.5 Goals 11%	5/1 8%	5/1
Under 4.5 Goals 89%	1/8 2%	1/10 1%
Over 5.5 Goals 4%	12/1	11/1
Under 5.5 Goals 96%	1/25	1/40
Over 0.5 Goals 92%	1/20	1/20 1%
Under 0.5 Goals 8%	10/1	17/2 10%
Home DNB 62%	4/5 4%	17/20 4%
Away DNB 49%	10/11 2%	17/20 3%
Norwich win to nil 25%	7/2	-
Birmingham win to nil 17%	4/1 4%	-
Norwich / Norwich 19%	3/1 8%	14/5 5%
Norwich / Birmingham 3%	25/1	20/1
Norwich / Draw 6%	12/1	11/1
Draw / Norwich 13%	5/1 8%	19/4 8%
Draw / Birmingham 13%	11/2 8%	11/2
Draw / Draw 15%	9/2	4/1 4%
Birmingham / Norwich 4%	25/1 10%	18/1
Birmingham / Birmingham 19%	10/3 8%	16/5 5%
Birmingham / Draw 6%	12/1	10/1

Win / draw / win Championship table

Norwich have played 32 matches so far this season and are in 17th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

22 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 13 games, drawn 4 and won 5. Norwich have conceded 36 goals, scored 24, failed to score in 6 matches and kept no clean sheets.

Home league performance

Norwich have played 15 games at home, winning 5, drawing 1 and losing 9 fixtures. They have scored 16 goals, conceded 20 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 5 times in home league games.

Birmingham lay in 12th place on 46 points in the Championship league table having played 32 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 19 games against teams below them in the table, winning 9, drawing 6 and losing 4 games. They have scored 26 goals and kept 6 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Birmingham have conceded 19 goals and have failed to score in 5 matches.

Away league performance

Birmingham have played 16 away games, winning 4, drawing 3 and losing 9 games. They have scored an average of 0.8 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.5 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	Norwich Birmingham
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Coventry	36	22	8	6	36	74	w 2-1A	d 1-1F	w 3-2F	l 3-0A
2	M'Boro	35	19	9	7	19	66	l 1-2A	l 1-0A	l 1-3A	l 2-1A
3	Millwall	36	19	8	9	9	65	l 1-2A	Apr 6	w 4-0F	l 3-0A
4	Ipswich	35	18	10	7	26	64	Apr 11	l 3-1A	d 1-1F	Apr 6
5	Hull	36	18	6	12	5	60	l 0-2A	May 2	l 2-3A	Apr 18
6	Wrexham	35	15	12	8	9	57	l 2-3F	w 1-2F	Apr 11	d 1-1A
7	Derby	36	15	9	12	7	54	Apr 21	l 1-0A	d 1-1A	Mar 21
8	Southampton	35	14	11	10	11	53	w 2-1F	Mar 18	d 1-1F	l 3-1A
9	Watford	35	13	12	10	4	51	l 0-1A	l 3-2F	w 2-1F	l 3-0A
10	Bristol C	36	14	8	14	2	50	l 0-1A	Apr 18	Apr 25	l 1-0A
11	Sheff Utd	36	15	4	17	2	49	Mar 11	d 1-1A	Mar 14	l 3-0A
12	Birmingham	36	13	10	13	-1	49	l 1-2A	l 4-1A	-	-
13	Swansea	36	14	7	15	-1	49	Apr 25	l 2-1A	w 1-0F	d 1-1A
14	Preston	36	12	13	11	-1	49	Mar 14	d 1-1F	Apr 22	w 0-1F
15	Stoke	36	13	8	15	3	47	l 0-2A	d 1-1F	d 1-1F	l 1-0A
16	QPR	35	13	8	14	-8	47	w 3-1F	w 1-2F	Mar 11	l 2-1A
17	Norwich	35	13	6	16	3	45	-	-	w 4-1F	w 1-2F
18	Charlton	36	11	11	14	-10	44	w 1-0F	Mar 21	d 1-1F	l 1-0A
19	Portsmouth	35	10	10	15	-10	40	Apr 3	w 1-2F	w 4-0F	May 2
20	Blackburn	36	10	9	17	-13	39	w 2-0F	w 0-2F	Apr 3	w 1-2A
21	West Brom	36	9	9	18	-18	36	l 0-1A	w 0-5F	d 0-00-0	d 1-1A
22	Leicester	36	10	11	15	-9	35	l 1-2F	w 0-2F	w 2-1F	l 2-0A
23	Oxford Utd	36	8	11	17	-14	35	d 1-1F	w 0-3F	w 1-0F	w 0-2F
24	Sheff Wed	36	1	8	27	-51	-7	w 2-0F	d 1-1A	d 2-2F	w 0-2F

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Norwich	2 - 0	Blackburn
Norwich	2 - 1	Coventry
Norwich	0 - 2	Stoke
Norwich	0 - 1	Watford
Norwich	1 - 0	Charlton
Norwich	2 - 1	Southampton
Norwich	3 - 1	QPR
Norwich	1 - 1	Oxford Utd
Norwich	1 - 2	Leicester
Norwich	0 - 2	Hull
Norwich	0 - 1	Bristol C
Norwich	0 - 1	West Brom
Norwich	2 - 3	Wrexham
Norwich	1 - 2	M'Boro
Norwich	1 - 2	Millwall
Norwich	4 - 2	Cardiff
Norwich	3 - 5	Portsmouth
Norwich	0 - 0	Sunderland
Norwich	1 - 0	West Brom
Norwich	2 - 3	Sheff Wed

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Norwich	3 - 0	Oxford Utd
H	Norwich	2 - 0	Blackburn
A	Norwich	0 - 1	M'Boro
H	Norwich	2 - 1	Coventry
A	Norwich	5 - 0	West Brom
A	Norwich	2 - 1	Wrexham
H	Norwich	0 - 2	Stoke
A	Norwich	2 - 1	QPR
H	Norwich	0 - 1	Watford
H	Norwich	1 - 0	Charlton
A	Norwich	1 - 1	Preston
H	Norwich	2 - 1	Southampton
A	Norwich	1 - 1	Sheff Utd
A	Norwich	2 - 3	Watford
H	Norwich	3 - 1	QPR
H	Norwich	1 - 1	Oxford Utd
A	Norwich	1 - 4	Birmingham
H	Norwich	1 - 2	Leicester
A	Norwich	1 - 1	Sheff Wed
H	Norwich	0 - 2	Hull

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
M'Boro	2 - 1	Birmingham
Bristol C	1 - 0	Birmingham
Preston	0 - 1	Birmingham
Wrexham	1 - 1	Birmingham
Coventry	3 - 0	Birmingham
Stoke	1 - 0	Birmingham
Leicester	2 - 0	Birmingham
Blackburn	1 - 2	Birmingham
Cambridge	1 - 2	Birmingham
Blackpool	0 - 2	Birmingham
Stevenage	0 - 1	Birmingham
Burton	1 - 2	Birmingham

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
H	Birmingham	0 - 0	West Brom
H	Birmingham	2 - 1	Leicester
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

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Norwich have beaten Birmingham in 6 consecutive home league meetings

Norwich have not lost to Birmingham in 10 consecutive home league meetings

Norwich

Birmingham

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

13 / 15

7 / 15

Clean sheets

8 / 15

2 / 15

NOR

BIR

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

Birmingham

Norwich

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

12 / 16

10 / 16

Clean sheets

6 / 16

4 / 16

NOR

BIR

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

Goal Statistics

Birmingham City's defensive record is very strong, C. Davies's men having conceded 1 or less in 6 consecutive Championship matches. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.4 for Norwich City makes sense in this context.

	Norwich 17th	Birmingham 12th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.4 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 25% 1 35% 2 24% 3 11% 4+ There is a 60% probability that Norwich will score no more than 1 goal	0 33% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 70% probability that Birmingham will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-9 Norwich’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-15 Birmingham have scored 15% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.3 average goals scored	1.0 average goals scored
	1.5 conceded	1.3 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season

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NOR

BIR

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Games scored	25		25
Failed to score	7		7
Scored first	17		16
Goals scored	42		43
Avg. goals scored	1.3		1.3
Avg. shots per game	8		10
Avg. shots per goal	6		7
Conversion rate for	16		14
Avg. XG for	1.3		1.6
KickOff rating		+2%

NOR

BIR

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Games conceded	27		24
Clean sheets	5		8
Conceded first	15		15
Goals conceded	42		39
Avg. goals conceded	1.3		1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		6
Conversion rate against	15%		16%
Avg. XG against	1.6		1.1
KickOff rating		+7%

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

Norwich Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
34	6	3	6
V Kovacevic	M Kvistgaarden	K McLean	K. Fisher

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
V Kovacevic GLK	34			5 -
K. Fisher DEF	32			6 -
R. McConville DEF	22		1	2 -
J Córdoba DEF	17		1	2 -
B Chrisene DEF	18	1	1	4 -
K McLean MID	32	1	3	3 -
S Field MID	5		1	1 -
L Gibbs MID	12			1 -
A Slimane MID	11	5	1	2 -
A Ahmed MID	9	3	2	-
M Toure FWD	4	4	1	-
Subs
D Grimshaw GLK	1		1	-
J Stacey DEF	27	1	1	3 -
H Darling DEF	27	1	1	6 -
E Marcondes MID	16	1	2	-
J. Wright MID	21		2	2 1
P Maghoma MID	4	1		-
M Kvistgaarden FWD	25	6	1	-
T Springett FWD	14			1 -
E. Mundle-Smith FWD	6			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	14	3	9
M Kvistgaarden	M Kvistgaarden	K McLean	K McLean

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Kvistgaarden FWD	6	14	1
A Slimane MID	5	11	1	1
M Toure FWD	4	6	1
A Ahmed MID	3	5	2	2
B Chrisene DEF	1	2	1	3
K McLean MID	1	6	3	9
Subs
J Stacey DEF	1	4	1	6
H Darling DEF	1	3	1	1
E Marcondes MID	1	7	2	2
P Maghoma MID	1	3		1
K. Fisher DEF		4		1
R. McConville DEF		4	1	1
J Córdoba DEF		1	1	2
S Field MID			1
L Gibbs MID		3		3
Subs
D Grimshaw GLK			1	1
J. Wright MID		5	2	3
T Springett FWD		1
E. Mundle-Smith FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1825	73	162
K McLean	K. Fisher	K McLean

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
K McLean MID	1825	59	162
Subs
H Darling DEF	1530	28	124
R. McConville DEF	1137	25	100
K. Fisher DEF	1126	73	140
V Kovacevic GLK	997		29
J Córdoba DEF	911	22	69
Subs
J Stacey DEF	577	47	90
B Chrisene DEF	543	29	71
Subs
J. Wright MID	517	28	57
A Slimane MID	262	19	46
Subs
E Marcondes MID	242	14	34
A Ahmed MID	215	15	39
L Gibbs MID	200	14	32
S Field MID	191	8	22
Subs
T Springett FWD	148	16	39
M Kvistgaarden FWD	130	6	44
P Maghoma MID	71	6	16
D Grimshaw GLK	33
M Toure FWD	27		9
Subs
E. Mundle-Smith FWD	22	6	10

Birmingham Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
33	9	6	8
T Iwata	M Ducksch	J Stansfield	C Klarer

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Beadle GLK	25			3 -
B Osayi-Samuel DEF	20		1	5 -
J Panzo DEF	3			-
C Klarer DEF	32	2		7 1
K Wagner DEF	10		1	1 -
J Solís MID	7			1 1
T Iwata MID	34	2	1	8 -
C Vicente MID	6	1	1	1 -
M Ducksch MID	26	9	2	1 -
D Gray MID	27	5	4	2 -
A. Priske FWD	7		1	-
Subs
R Allsop GLK	10			2 -
E Laird DEF	10		1	1 -
P Neumann DEF	26	2		4 -
J Robinson DEF	11	1	1	2 2
K Fujimoto MID	2			-
T Doyle MID	32		3	1 1
P Roberts MID	30	3	5	2 -
I Osman FWD	7	1		-
J Stansfield FWD	33	9	6	8 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
9	22	6	10
M Ducksch	J Stansfield	J Stansfield	J Stansfield

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Ducksch MID	9	20	2	1
Subs
J Stansfield FWD	9	22	6	10
D Gray MID	5	15	4	8
Subs
P Roberts MID	3	8	5	7
C Klarer DEF	2	3		1
T Iwata MID	2	9	1	5
Subs
P Neumann DEF	2	4
C Vicente MID	1	4	1
Subs
J Robinson DEF	1	3	1	1
I Osman FWD	1	5
B Osayi-Samuel DEF		1	1	2
K Wagner DEF		1	1	4
J Solís MID		2		1
A. Priske FWD		4	1	2
Subs
E Laird DEF		1	1	1
T Doyle MID		5	3	3

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2161	57	234
C Klarer	T Iwata	C Klarer

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
C Klarer DEF	2161	34	234
T Iwata MID	1508	57	128
Subs
P Neumann DEF	1282	28	111
T Doyle MID	976	33	61
J Beadle GLK	935		13
Subs
P Roberts MID	719	37	109
D Gray MID	511	30	96
Subs
J Robinson DEF	488	8	59
K Wagner DEF	450	20	52
Subs
R Allsop GLK	432	1	5
B Osayi-Samuel DEF	415	16	67
M Ducksch MID	383	1	32
Subs
J Stansfield FWD	373	34	65
E Laird DEF	234	11	50
J Solís MID	232	11	29
J Panzo DEF	129	3	15
Subs
I Osman FWD	107	12	39
C Vicente MID	82	8	16
A. Priske FWD	38	2	21
Subs
K Fujimoto MID	2