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

The Abbey Stadium, Cambridge

Chris Davies will be hoping for a vital away win in the FA Cup on Saturday evening, as he takes his Birmingham City side to The Abbey Stadium to visit Cambridge United and Neil Harris. FA Cup statistics are the backbone of the predictions you'll find below, with head-to-head history included too. You can view it all, with infographics and the best odds available for the biggest betting markets via the tabs.

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Cambridge United's next match is v Fleetwood at 15:00 on Saturday 17th January
Birmingham City's next match is v Swansea at 17:30 on Saturday 17th January
The last English FA Cup meeting between Cambridge and Birmingham was on Saturday 10th January 2026
English FA Cup
January 10th 2026
Cambridge 2
3 Birmingham
 
S. Kaikai 80'31' K. Wagner
S. Kaikai 89'42' K. Furuhashi
78' M. Ducksch
 
CMU
BIR
Shots On
5
5
Shots Off
5
3
Corners
2
Possession
49%
51%
Fouls
7
9
Yellow/red cards
1/0
 
CambridgeBirmingham
 
J. Eastwood
L. Bennett
Z. Rossi
D. Ball (S. Lavery 63')
J. Brophy (S. Kaikai 63')
P. Ruddock Mpanzu (S. McLoughlin 74')
L. Appere
M. Jobe
J. Gibbons (B. Purrington 74')
G. Hoddle
B. Knight
C. Klarer
(P. Neumann 77') J. Robinson
T. Doyle
S. Paik
(K. Fujimoto 76') football iconK. Furuhashi
(W. Willumsson 75') P. Roberts
J. Beadle
football iconK. Wagner
T. Iwata
(A. Sampsted 90') L. Koumas
football iconM. Ducksch

Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

There's every chance of this match serving up goalmouth entertainment, but don't count on a deluge of goals. Under 3.5 goals is our prediction, meaning there will be no more than 3 goals scored during 90 minutes. The best odds are below, followed by relevant form statistics and head-to-head (H2H) records.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 55% chance of Birmingham coming away with a win.

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

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Cambridge
20%
7/2
13%
90/1
10%
Draw
25%
13/5
6%
11/1
3%
Birmingham
55%
3/4
7%
1/33
Birmingham 1-0
14%
5/127/10
Draw 1-1
12%
6/15/1
Birmingham 2-0
11%
13/2
6%
3/5
6%
Birmingham 2-1
9%
8/111/2
Draw 0-0
9%
15/217/5
6%
Cambridge 1-0
7%
10/1
8%
13/2
Birmingham 3-0
6%
12/1
15%
10/3
9%
Birmingham 3-1
5%
14/12/9
Cambridge 2-1
5%
16/1
13%
16/1
8%
Draw 2-2
4%
18/128/1
Cambridge 2-0
3%
22/1
9%
18/1
11%
Birmingham 4-0
2%
28/1
17%
18/1
11%
Birmingham 3-2
2%
33/17/1
Birmingham 4-1
2%
33/16/1
Cambridge 3-1
1%
40/150/1
Over 2.5 Goals
44%
6/5
5%
5/4
Under 2.5 Goals
56%
4/6
6%
3/5
Home 1st Goal
40%
7/4
8%
11/5
4%
Away 1st Goal
55%
4/7
6%
8/11
1%
No 1st Goal
6%
15/217/5
12%
BTTS - Yes
46%
1/17/2
2%
BTTS - No
54%
3/42/11
BTTS - Home Win
8%
9/1
12%
125/1
12%
BTTS - Draw
16%
4/145/1
BTTS - Away Win
21%
10/3
7%
1/1000
3%
Home/draw
45%
1/1
12%
10/1
2%
Away/draw
80%
2/11
2%
1/1000
3%
Home/away
75%
2/71/40
Over 1.5 Goals
70%
4/11
3%
1/4
Under 1.5 Goals
30%
2/1
7%
11/4
3%
Over 3.5 Goals
23%
3/1
5%
7/1
Under 3.5 Goals
77%
2/9
2%
1/14
Over 4.5 Goals
10%
8/1
8%
14/5
Under 4.5 Goals
90%
1/14
1%
2/9
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
18/1
15%
5/1
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
1/50
1%
1/10
Over 0.5 Goals
91%
1/142/11
Under 0.5 Goals
9%
8/117/5
6%
Home DNB
37%
5/2
19%
125/1
6%
Away DNB
73%
2/7
8%
1/1000
1%
Cambridge win to nil
11%
7/1
13%
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Birmingham win to nil
34%
13/8
8%
-
Cambridge / Cambridge
10%
15/2
19%
1/50
7%
Cambridge / Birmingham
3%
25/1
10%
1/50
Cambridge / Draw
5%
16/11/50
Draw / Cambridge
8%
9/1
11%
28/1
5%
Draw / Birmingham
18%
7/2
5%
1/50
Draw / Draw
17%
4/1125/1
5%
Birmingham / Cambridge
2%
40/140/1
Birmingham / Birmingham
30%
7/4
9%
1/50
1%
Birmingham / Draw
6%
14/114/1
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Win / draw / win form
Cambridge
20 games
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
13
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
9
Draw
8
L
3
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HCambridge2 - 0Walsall
ACambridge1 - 0Chesterfield
ACambridge1 - 1Gillingham
HCambridge2 - 0Accrington
ACambridge1 - 1MK Dons
HCambridge1 - 1Chesterfield
ACambridge0 - 0Stockport
HCambridge2 - 1Crewe
ACambridge2 - 0Barrow
HCambridge0 - 0Barnet
ACambridge0 - 0Salford
HCambridge3 - 0Chester
ACambridge0 - 2Notts C
HCambridge2 - 1Bromley
ACambridge0 - 2Shrewsbury
HCambridge3 - 1Crawley
ACambridge0 - 0Tranmere
ACambridge0 - 1Fulham
HCambridge2 - 1Fleetwood
ACambridge1 - 1Grimsby
Birmingham
20 games
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
6
Draw
6
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
ABirmingham1 - 1Wrexham
HBirmingham2 - 2Sheff Wed
ABirmingham0 - 3Coventry
Goal Statistics
Cambridge Birmingham
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
0.8
goals
1.6
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
43%
1
36%
2
15%
3
4+
There is a 79% probability of Cambridge scoring 1 goal or less
0
20%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
There is a 80% probability that Birmingham will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away games
20 home / away games
1.5
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
0.9
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings past 20 games
Cambridge
PG (predicted goals)
Birmingham
0.8
1.6
Attack rating
CMU
BIR
14%
better
view stats
Games scored13
16
Failed to score7
4
Scored first10
9
Goals scored23
30
Avg. goals scored1.2
1.5
Avg. shots per game7
10
Avg. shots per goal6
6
Conversion rate for16
15
Avg. XG for1.2
1.5
KickOff rating
+14%
Defence rating
46%
better
CMU
BIR
view stats
Games conceded11
17
Clean sheets9
3
Conceded first6
11
Goals conceded13
31
Avg. goals conceded0.7
1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded7
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded11
6
Conversion rate against9%
17%
Avg. XG against1
1.2
KickOff rating
+46%

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

Cambridge FA Cup squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
2121
J EastwoodJ BrophyJ BrophyG Hoddle
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Eastwood GLK2
-
L. Bennett DEF2
-
M Jobe DEF1
-
Z Rossi DEF
-
J Gibbons DEF1
-
P Mpanzu MID2
-
G Hoddle MID2
1
-
D Ball  MID1
-
B Knight FWD2
-
L Appéré FWD
-
J Brophy FWD212
-
Subs
B. Hughes GLK
-
B Purrington DEF2
1
-
M Morrison DEF1
-
S McLoughlin MID
-
G McConnell MID2
-
E Kachunga FWD2
-
S Kaikai FWD2
-
S Lavery FWD
-
Birmingham FA Cup squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
0000
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Beadle GLK
-
T Iwata DEF
-
C Klarer DEF
-
J Robinson DEF
-
K Wagner DEF
-
S Paik MID
-
T Doyle MID
-
P Roberts MID
-
K Furuhashi MID
-
L. Koumas MID
-
M Ducksch FWD
-
Subs
R Allsop GLK
-
P Neumann DEF
-
A Sampsted DEF
-
W. Burrell DEF
-
W Willumsson MID
-
K Fujimoto MID
-
M. Mazwi MID
-
D. Isichei MID
-