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

St. Andrew's Stadium, Birmingham

It's an away match for Michael Skubala's Lincoln City side on Saturday lunch time, as they visit the St. Andrew's Stadium for a FA Cup meeting with Chris Davies's Birmingham City. All of the key stats for the clash, including head to heads (H2Hs), predictions and the best odds across seventeen major markets are included in this betting preview. It's all brought together specifically to help you make the most well-informed bet possible.

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Birmingham City's next match is v Exeter at 15:00 on Saturday 18th January
Lincoln City's next match is v Northampton at 14:00 on Saturday 18th January

The last English FA Cup meeting between Birmingham and Lincoln was on Saturday 11th January 2025

English FA Cup

January 11th 2025

Birmingham 2	1 Lincoln

A. Yokoyama 1'	90' J. Makama
L. Dykes 77'

	BIR LIN
Shots On	4 2
Shots Off	2 8
Corners	2 2
Possession	69% 31%
Fouls	9 8
Yellow/red cards	1/0

Birmingham	Lincoln

B. Peacock-Farrell C. Klarer A. Sampsted (A. Chang 72') A. Cochrane M. Leonard L. Harris (Z. Betteka 86') T. Gardner-Hickman L. Dykes S. Wright (E. Laird 61') Lukas Jutkiewicz (S. Paik 72') A. Yokoyama (W. Willumsson 72')	Z. Jeacock (R. Hackett-Fairchild 68') T. Darikwa L. Montsma S. Roughan P. O'Connor (E. Hamilton 81') C. McGrandles (E. Ring 85') D. Jeffries E. Erhahon (T. Bayliss 68') J. Moylan (F. Draper 68') B. Cadamarteri J. Makama

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We do not expect to see a a bore-draw or a slim 1-0 win here, and instead are predicting over 1.5 goals. That means that Birmingham and Lincoln will score at least two between them during the standard 90 mins. This is based on each side's recent form stats, as well as past records of their head-to-head clashes. We give it a probability of 81%. The bookmakers have it at 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 53% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.65.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Birmingham 53%	-	17/20 12%
Draw 24%	-	12/5 19%
Lincoln 23%	-	17/5 8%
Draw 1-1 11%	-	11/2 13%
Birmingham 1-0 10%	-	19/4 23%
Birmingham 2-1 10%	-	7/1 7%
Birmingham 2-0 9%	-	13/2 6%
Lincoln 1-0 6%	-	17/2 27%
Lincoln 2-1 6%	-	11/1 8%
Draw 0-0 6%	-	13/2 38%
Birmingham 3-1 6%	-	12/1 18%
Birmingham 3-0 5%	-	12/1 18%
Draw 2-2 5%	-	14/1 25%
Lincoln 2-0 3%	-	16/1 11%
Birmingham 3-2 3%	-	22/1 35%
Birmingham 4-1 2%	-	25/1 53%
Birmingham 4-0 2%	-	22/1 35%
Lincoln 3-1 2%	-	28/1 12%
Over 2.5 Goals 54%	-	11/10 30%
Under 2.5 Goals 46%	-	13/20 25%
Home 1st Goal 54%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 43%	-	-
No 1st Goal 3%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 54%	-	1/1 18%
BTTS - No 46%	-	3/4 17%
BTTS - Home Win 25%	-	16/5 35%
BTTS - Draw 18%	-	19/5
BTTS - Away Win 12%	-	7/1 7%
Home/draw 77%	-	1/5 2%
Away/draw 47%	-	10/11 13%
Home/away 76%	-	3/10 7%
Over 1.5 Goals 77%	-	4/11 13%
Under 1.5 Goals 23%	-	15/8 31%
Over 3.5 Goals 31%	-	11/4 50%
Under 3.5 Goals 69%	-	1/4 16%
Over 4.5 Goals 16%	-	13/2 70%
Under 4.5 Goals 84%	-	1/14 9%
Over 5.5 Goals 7%	-	14/1 88%
Under 5.5 Goals 93%	-	1/80 5%
Over 0.5 Goals 94%	-	1/14 5%
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	-	13/2 38%
Home DNB 70%	-	1/3 6%
Away DNB 40%	-	2/1 14%
Birmingham win to nil 28%	-	-
Lincoln win to nil 12%	-	-
Birmingham / Birmingham 27%	-	15/8 18%
Birmingham / Lincoln 3%	-	28/1
Birmingham / Draw 6%	-	12/1
Draw / Birmingham 17%	-	7/2 2%
Draw / Lincoln 9%	-	15/2 11%
Draw / Draw 17%	-	7/2 25%
Lincoln / Birmingham 4%	-	20/1 24%
Lincoln / Lincoln 12%	-	11/2 7%
Lincoln / Draw 6%	-	12/1

Win / draw / win form

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

9 / 20

Clean sheets

11 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Birmingham	3 - 0	Wigan
A	Birmingham	1 - 1	Stockport
H	Birmingham	0 - 0	Blackpool
H	Birmingham	2 - 0	Burton
A	Birmingham	1 - 0	Crawley
H	Birmingham	2 - 0	Bristol R
A	Birmingham	2 - 1	Barnsley
H	Birmingham	2 - 0	Stockport
A	Birmingham	2 - 1	Blackpool
A	Birmingham	2 - 0	Exeter
A	Birmingham	2 - 3	Shrewsbury
H	Birmingham	1 - 1	Northampton
A	Birmingham	1 - 0	Sutton
A	Birmingham	1 - 1	Mansfield
H	Birmingham	2 - 0	Bolton
A	Birmingham	3 - 1	Lincoln
A	Birmingham	0 - 1	Charlton
H	Birmingham	1 - 0	Huddersfield
H	Birmingham	3 - 2	Peterborough
A	Birmingham	2 - 0	Rotherham

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Lincoln	0 - 0	Stevenage
H	Lincoln	0 - 1	Rotherham
A	Lincoln	0 - 3	Bolton
A	Lincoln	0 - 1	Shrewsbury
H	Lincoln	2 - 0	Reading
A	Lincoln	2 - 2	Huddersfield
H	Lincoln	0 - 0	Charlton
A	Lincoln	1 - 2	Rotherham
A	Lincoln	4 - 3	Crawley
A	Lincoln	0 - 1	Wrexham
H	Lincoln	2 - 3	Wycombe
A	Lincoln	0 - 0	Exeter
A	Lincoln	1 - 1	Bristol R
A	Lincoln	4 - 0	Chesham Utd
H	Lincoln	2 - 1	Northampton
H	Lincoln	2 - 1	Stockport
A	Lincoln	0 - 3	Crawley
H	Lincoln	1 - 3	Birmingham
H	Lincoln	2 - 1	L Orient
A	Lincoln	1 - 1	Blackpool

Goal Statistics

Birmingham City's defensive record is very strong, C. Davies's men having conceded 1 or less in 9 consecutive FA Cup games. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.1 for Lincoln City makes sense in this context.

	Birmingham	Lincoln
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.7 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 17% 1 30% 2 27% 3 15% 4+ 10% There is a 83% probability that Birmingham will score 1 or more goals	0 34% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 71% probability that Lincoln will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away games
20 home / away games	1.5 average goals scored	1.6 average goals scored
	0.8 conceded	1.2 conceded

Attack defence ratings past 20 games

34%

better

BIR

LIN

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Games scored	18		12
Failed to score	2		8
Scored first	14		6
Goals scored	33		24
Avg. goals scored	1.7		1.2
Avg. shots per game	8		9
Avg. shots per goal	5		7
Conversion rate for	20		14
Avg. XG for	1.6		1.1
KickOff rating		+34%

45%

better

BIR

LIN

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Games conceded	9		15
Clean sheets	11		5
Conceded first	5		11
Goals conceded	12		27
Avg. goals conceded	0.6		1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded	6		7
Avg. shots/goal conceded	10		5
Conversion rate against	11%		20%
Avg. XG against	0.8		1
KickOff rating		+45%

The line-ups for the FA Cup match between Birmingham v Lincoln will show here when available.

Birmingham FA Cup squad statistics 2024

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
3	2	1	1
L Harris	L Dykes	S Paik	A Cochrane

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
B Peacock-Farrell GLK	2			-
C Klarer DEF	2			-
A Sampsted DEF	2			-
A Cochrane DEF	2			1 -
T Gardner-Hickman MID	2			-
A Yokoyama MID	3	1		-
M Leonard MID	2			1 -
L Harris MID	3			1 -
S Wright MID	1			-
L Dykes FWD	2	2		1 -
L Jutkiewicz FWD	3	1		-
Subs
R Allsop GLK	1			1 -
B Davies DEF	1			-
E Laird DEF	3			1 -
T Iwata MID	1			-
S Paik MID	3		1	-
A Chang MID	1			-
Z. Betteka MID	1			-
W Willumsson MID	2	1		-
A May FWD	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
2	1	1	0
L Dykes	L Harris	S Paik

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists
L Dykes FWD	2
A Yokoyama MID	1
L Jutkiewicz FWD	1
L Harris MID		1
Subs
W Willumsson MID	1	1
S Paik MID			1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
145	3	8
B Davies	C Klarer	C Klarer

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
C Klarer DEF	92	3	8
A Cochrane DEF	85		2
L Harris MID	27	1	2
A Yokoyama MID	10	2	2
A Sampsted DEF	8	1	1
L Jutkiewicz FWD	7		2
Subs
B Davies DEF	145	2	5
T Iwata MID	91		2
S Paik MID	80	1	4
W Willumsson MID	42	3	5
R Allsop GLK	35
E Laird DEF	27		2
A May FWD	7

Lincoln FA Cup squad statistics 2024

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
3	3	1	1
T Darikwa	J Makama	T Darikwa	L Montsma

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
Z Jeacock GLK	1			-
T Darikwa DEF	3		1	-
L Montsma DEF	2			1 -
P O'Connor DEF	3	1		-
S Roughan DEF	3			-
E Erhahon MID	2			-
C McGrandles MID	2	1		-
J Moylan MID	3	2	1	-
D Jefferies MID	3			-
J Makama FWD	3	3		-
B Cadamarteri FWD	3			-
Subs
J Pardington GLK				-
A Jackson DEF	1			-
R Hackett MID	3			-
T Bayliss MID	1			-
E Hamilton MID	3			-
E Ring MID	3	1	1	-
D Duffy FWD				-
F Draper FWD	3		1	-
Z. Okoro FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	2	1	1
J Makama	J Moylan	T Darikwa	S Roughan

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Makama FWD	3	2
J Moylan MID	2	2	1
C McGrandles MID	1	1
P O'Connor DEF	1
T Darikwa DEF			1
S Roughan DEF				1
B Cadamarteri FWD		1		1
Subs
E Ring MID	1	1	1
F Draper FWD			1	1
Z. Okoro FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
49	4	16
P O'Connor	E Ring	P O'Connor

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
P O'Connor DEF	49	1	16
S Roughan DEF	49	2	6
T Darikwa DEF	40	1	7
C McGrandles MID	28	3	5
J Moylan MID	19	1	3
J Makama FWD	11		2
B Cadamarteri FWD	6		2
D Jefferies MID	5	1	1
Subs
E Ring MID	27	4	6
R Hackett MID	16
F Draper FWD	11	1	6
E Hamilton MID	6
Z. Okoro FWD	2

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

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