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

The Kassam Stadium, Oxford

It's an away match for Chris Davies's Birmingham City side on Saturday afternoon, as they travel to The Kassam Stadium for a Championship showdown with Gary Rowett's Oxford United. For every Championship match preview, KickOff explores the stats for all of the biggest markets. Key stats, including head-to-head results, are then brought forward alongside odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers.

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Oxford United's next match is v Norwich at 19:45 on Tuesday 10th February
Birmingham City's next match is v West Brom at 20:00 on Tuesday 10th February
The last English Championship meeting between Oxford Utd and Birmingham was on Saturday 31st January 2026
English Championship
January 31st 2026
Oxford Utd 0
2 Birmingham
 
23' (OG)M. Peart-Harris
66' M. Ducksch
 
OXF
BIR
Shots On
4
2
Shots Off
3
4
Corners
4
4
Possession
39%
61%
Fouls
7
12
Yellow/red cards
2/0
2/0
 
Oxford UtdBirmingham
 
J. Cumming
S. Long
C. Brown
B. Spencer
C. Brannagan
S. Mills (O. ter Haar Romeny 65')
B. Davies
M. Harris (W. Lankshear 55')
J. McDonnell (Y. Konak 46')
M. Peart-Harrisfootball icon
M. Phillips (P. Płacheta 55')
C. Klarer
P. Neumann
J. Beadle
K. Wagner
S. Paik
J. Solis Romero
(B. Osayi-Samuel 65') T. Iwata
(C. Vicente Robles 60') P. Roberts
(S. Wright 87') I. Osman
(A. Priske 59') J. Stansfield
(T. Doyle 87') football iconM. Ducksch

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

There's every chance of this match serving up goalmouth entertainment, but don't count on an all-time classic. Under 3.5 goals is our prediction, meaning no more than 3 goals will be scored in total during a standard 90 mins. The best odds are below, followed by market-specific form statistics and head-to-head (H2H) records.

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Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
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Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Oxford Utd are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 37% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 3.40.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Oxford Utd
37%
27/101/50
Draw
28%
13/590/1
Birmingham
34%
1/11/1000
Draw 1-1
13%
11/219/5
Oxford Utd 1-0
12%
10/113/2
Birmingham 1-0
11%
6/111/8
Draw 0-0
10%
9/15/1
Oxford Utd 2-1
8%
12/116/1
Birmingham 2-1
8%
8/16/1
Oxford Utd 2-0
7%
18/114/1
Birmingham 2-0
6%
8/11/4
Draw 2-2
5%
14/145/1
Oxford Utd 3-1
3%
28/155/1
Birmingham 3-1
3%
16/128/1
Oxford Utd 3-0
3%
40/128/1
Birmingham 3-0
2%
16/16/1
Oxford Utd 3-2
2%
40/1200/1
Birmingham 3-2
2%
28/1150/1
Over 2.5 Goals
41%
1/16/1
Under 2.5 Goals
59%
4/51/12
Home 1st Goal
48%
11/86/4
Away 1st Goal
46%
4/64/5
No 1st Goal
6%
9/15/1
BTTS - Yes
48%
4/511/1
BTTS - No
52%
10/111/40
BTTS - Home Win
15%
13/2125/1
BTTS - Draw
18%
15/440/1
BTTS - Away Win
14%
10/311/2
Home/draw
66%
4/570/1
Away/draw
63%
2/71/50
Home/away
72%
2/71/200
Over 1.5 Goals
68%
1/38/15
Under 1.5 Goals
32%
12/511/8
Over 3.5 Goals
21%
5/245/1
Under 3.5 Goals
79%
3/101/300
Over 4.5 Goals
9%
11/2150/1
Under 4.5 Goals
91%
1/91/1000
Over 5.5 Goals
3%
14/11/50
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
1/401/50
Over 0.5 Goals
90%
1/161/10
Under 0.5 Goals
10%
9/15/1
Home DNB
57%
13/8125/1
Away DNB
54%
4/91/1000
Oxford Utd win to nil
22%
11/2-
Birmingham win to nil
20%
12/5-
Oxford Utd / Oxford Utd
14%
5/190/1
Oxford Utd / Birmingham
4%
22/11/50
Oxford Utd / Draw
6%
14/190/1
Draw / Oxford Utd
11%
7/128/1
Draw / Birmingham
16%
4/125/1
Draw / Draw
16%
9/225/1
Birmingham / Oxford Utd
3%
33/110/1
Birmingham / Birmingham
25%
11/51/3
Birmingham / Draw
6%
12/17/2
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Oxford Utd have played 28 matches so far this season and are in 23rd position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

27 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 13 games, drawn 9 and won 5. Oxford Utd have conceded 35 goals, scored 25, failed to score in 11 matches and kept 4 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Oxford Utd have played 14 games at home, winning 3, drawing 6 and losing 5 fixtures. They have scored 13 goals, conceded 17 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 6 times in home league games.

Birmingham lay in 14th place on 39 points in the Championship league table having played 29 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 12 games against teams below them in the table, winning 6, drawing 4 and losing 2 games. They have scored 19 goals and kept 4 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Birmingham have conceded 12 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Birmingham have played 15 away games, winning 3, drawing 3 and losing 9 games. They have scored an average of 0.7 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.6 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Oxford Utd
Birmingham
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Coventry3117862859 
d
 
2-2A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
3-2F
l
 
3-0A
2
M'Boro3017761858 
d
 
1-1F
Feb 21
Mar 2
l
 
2-1A
3
Ipswich3015962254 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
2-1A
d
 
1-1F
Apr 6
4
Hull311669754 
Apr 3
l
 
3-2A
l
 
2-3A
Apr 18
5
Millwall311588353 
d
 
2-2A
May 2
w
 
4-0F
Feb 25
6
Wrexham3112118547 
Apr 21
l
 
1-0A
Apr 11
d
 
1-1A
7
Preston3112118447 
l
 
1-2A
Mar 6
Apr 22
w
 
0-1F
8
Bristol C3113711546 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-3F
Apr 25
l
 
1-0A
9
Derby3112910645 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 18
d
 
1-1A
Mar 21
10
Birmingham3112910445 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
1-0A
-
-
11
Watford3111119344 
Apr 11
l
 
2-1F
w
 
2-1F
l
 
3-0A
12
QPR3112811-144 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 11
l
 
2-1A
13
Stoke3112712643 
l
 
0-3A
Feb 25
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-0A
14
Southampton31111010343 
w
 
2-1F
Mar 21
d
 
1-1F
l
 
3-1A
15
Sheff Utd3012315039 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
3-1F
Mar 14
l
 
3-0A
16
Swansea3011613-339 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-0A
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
17
Norwich3110615-336 
Feb 10
d
 
1-1A
w
 
4-1F
Feb 21
18
Charlton309912-936 
Mar 14
l
 
1-0A
d
 
1-1F
Mar 7
19
Portsmouth298912-1133 
l
 
0-1A
Apr 6
w
 
4-0F
May 2
20
West Brom319616-1533 
Feb 28
l
 
2-1F
Feb 10
d
 
1-1A
21
Leicester3110813-632 
d
 
2-2F
w
 
1-2F
w
 
2-1F
l
 
2-0A
22
Blackburn318815-1332 
Mar 11
d
 
1-1F
Apr 3
w
 
1-2A
23
Oxford Utd3161015-1328 
-
-
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-2F
24
Sheff Wed301821-40-7 
Apr 25
w
 
1-2F
d
 
2-2F
w
 
0-2F
Promotion
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Win / draw / win form
Oxford Utd 22ND
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
6
Draw
6
Lost
8
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Oxford Utd0 - 0QPR
Oxford Utd0 - 0Bristol C
Oxford Utd0 - 1Swansea
Oxford Utd2 - 1Southampton
Oxford Utd1 - 2Preston
Oxford Utd2 - 1Ipswich
Oxford Utd1 - 1M'Boro
Oxford Utd0 - 3Stoke
Oxford Utd2 - 2Millwall
Oxford Utd1 - 0Derby
Oxford Utd0 - 1Sheff Utd
Oxford Utd2 - 2Leicester
Oxford Utd2 - 2Coventry
Oxford Utd0 - 1Portsmouth
Oxford Utd2 - 0Sunderland
Oxford Utd0 - 1Leeds
Oxford Utd1 - 3QPR
Oxford Utd1 - 0Sheff Utd
Oxford Utd1 - 0Watford
Oxford Utd2 - 3Coventry
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
5
Draw
6
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AOxford Utd2 - 1Leicester
HOxford Utd0 - 0QPR
HOxford Utd0 - 0Bristol C
AOxford Utd1 - 2Ipswich
HOxford Utd0 - 1Swansea
HOxford Utd2 - 1Southampton
AOxford Utd0 - 1Charlton
HOxford Utd1 - 2Preston
AOxford Utd1 - 1Blackburn
AOxford Utd0 - 2Swansea
HOxford Utd2 - 1Ipswich
AOxford Utd1 - 1Norwich
HOxford Utd1 - 1M'Boro
AOxford Utd1 - 2West Brom
HOxford Utd0 - 3Stoke
HOxford Utd2 - 2Millwall
AOxford Utd2 - 1Sheff Wed
AOxford Utd0 - 1Wrexham
HOxford Utd1 - 0Derby
AOxford Utd1 - 2Watford
Birmingham 15TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
D
3
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sheff Wed0 - 2Birmingham
Swansea1 - 1Birmingham
Watford3 - 0Birmingham
Sheff Utd3 - 0Birmingham
QPR2 - 1Birmingham
Southampton3 - 1Birmingham
West Brom1 - 1Birmingham
M'Boro2 - 1Birmingham
Bristol C1 - 0Birmingham
Preston0 - 1Birmingham
Wrexham1 - 1Birmingham
Coventry3 - 0Birmingham
Stoke1 - 0Birmingham
Leicester2 - 0Birmingham
Blackburn1 - 2Birmingham
Cambridge1 - 2Birmingham
Blackpool0 - 2Birmingham
Stevenage0 - 1Birmingham
Burton1 - 2Birmingham
Peterborough1 - 2Birmingham
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
7
Draw
6
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HBirmingham1 - 1Stoke
ABirmingham2 - 0Sheff Wed
ABirmingham1 - 1Swansea
HBirmingham3 - 2Coventry
ABirmingham0 - 3Watford
HBirmingham1 - 1Southampton
HBirmingham1 - 1Derby
ABirmingham0 - 3Sheff Utd
HBirmingham1 - 1Charlton
ABirmingham1 - 2QPR
ABirmingham1 - 3Southampton
HBirmingham2 - 1Watford
ABirmingham1 - 1West Brom
HBirmingham4 - 1Norwich
ABirmingham1 - 2M'Boro
HBirmingham4 - 0Millwall
HBirmingham4 - 0Portsmouth
ABirmingham0 - 1Bristol C
ABirmingham1 - 0Preston
HBirmingham2 - 3Hull
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Oxford Utd since 1998
Oxford Utd
Birmingham
Goals: Scored
1
9
Games: Scored
1 / 2
2 / 2
Clean sheets
0 / 2
1 / 2
BIR
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Oxford Utd
1 - 7Birmingham
0 - 2Birmingham
League games at Birmingham since 1997
Birmingham
Oxford Utd
Goals: Scored
1
1
Games: Scored
1 / 3
1 / 3
Clean sheets
2 / 3
2 / 3
OXF
1
D
1
BIR
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Birmingham
Birmingham1 - 0
0 - 1Oxford Utd
Draw0 - 0Draw
Goal Statistics
Oxford Utd 22nd Birmingham 15th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.2
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
30%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 66% probability that Oxford Utd will score no more than 1 goal
0
32%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 68% probability that Birmingham will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-14
Oxford Utd have scored 14% fewer goals at home than predicted
-17
Birmingham have scored 17% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.0
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season
Oxford Utd
PG (predicted goals)
Birmingham
1.2
1.1
Attack rating
OXF
BIR
25%
better
view stats
Games scored17
23
Failed to score11
6
Scored first11
14
Goals scored27
39
Avg. goals scored1
1.3
Avg. shots per game9
10
Avg. shots per goal9
7
Conversion rate for11
14
Avg. XG for1.1
1.6
KickOff rating
+25%
Defence rating
0%
better
OXF
BIR
view stats
Games conceded24
23
Clean sheets4
6
Conceded first14
15
Goals conceded36
38
Avg. goals conceded1.3
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded10
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
6
Conversion rate against13%
16%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.1
KickOff rating
0%

Oxford Utd v Birmingham Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Oxford Utd Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
31627
J CummingW. LankshearM HelikW Vaulks
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Cumming GLK31
1
-
B Spencer DEF18
4
-
S Long DEF2511
2
-
B Davies DEF10
-
C Brown DEF2211
4
-
J. McDonnell MID4
1
-
C Brannagan MID2241
6
-
M Phillips MID8
1
-
M Peart-Harris MID61
-
S Mills MID2821
3
-
M Harris FWD242
3
-
Subs
M Ingram GLK
-
G Leigh DEF161
-
M Helik DEF292
2
-
W Vaulks MID25
7
-
Y. Konak MID3
2
-
P Placheta  MID2231
-
W. Lankshear FWD3061
2
1
O Romeny FWD11
1
-
Birmingham Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
30958
T IwataJ StansfieldP RobertsJ Stansfield
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Beadle GLK21
3
-
T Iwata DEF3021
7
-
P Neumann DEF252
4
-
C Klarer DEF282
6
1
K Wagner DEF61
1
-
J Solís MID4
-
S Paik MID304
6
-
P Roberts MID2635
2
-
J Stansfield MID2995
8
-
I Osman MID31
-
M Ducksch FWD2272
1
-
Subs
R Allsop GLK10
2
-
B Osayi-Samuel DEF16
5
-
T Doyle MID283
1
1
K Fujimoto MID2
-
M. Mazwi MID
-
C Vicente FWD21
-
K Furuhashi FWD261
1
-
S Wright FWD3
-
A. Priske FWD3
-