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Birmingham City v Sheffield United : League Cup match betting preview, prediction and odds

Wed 13th Aug, 20:00 BST, Bramall Lane, Sheffield

Ruben Albes and Chris Davies meet in the League Cup on Wednesday night, as Sheffield United face Birmingham City at the Bramall Lane. In this preview you'll find odds from leading bookmakers for seventeen different markets, alongside bespoke data that changes as you go through them. Our predictions run off the last 20 matches, so all stats are shown from a 20-game perspective. Home, away and overall records can be viewed, while there's also head-to-head history towards the bottom of the page.


Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

Under 3.5 goals simply means that there will be no more than 3 goals scored by Birmingham and Sheff Utd combined during the standard 90 minutes. Latest form stats and historical head-to-head (H2H) performances have led us to this prediction, and we think there's a 74% chance of it being a winning tip. The best price currently available on under 3.5 goals is 1.29.

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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

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

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Birmingham
39%
6/411/8
Draw
26%
21/1012/5
Sheff Utd
35%
19/1015/8
Draw 1-1
13%
5/15/1
Birmingham 1-0
10%
7/113/2
Sheff Utd 1-0
9%
8/17/1
Birmingham 2-1
8%
9/115/2
Sheff Utd 2-1
8%
10/117/2
Draw 0-0
8%
8/115/2
Birmingham 2-0
7%
11/19/1
Sheff Utd 2-0
6%
14/111/1
Draw 2-2
5%
12/111/1
Birmingham 3-1
4%
20/114/1
Sheff Utd 3-1
3%
22/116/1
Birmingham 3-0
3%
22/116/1
Sheff Utd 3-0
2%
28/122/1
Birmingham 3-2
2%
28/120/1
Sheff Utd 3-2
2%
33/122/1
Over 2.5 Goals
48%
43/4019/20
Under 2.5 Goals
52%
8/114/5
Home 1st Goal
48%
10/1110/11
Away 1st Goal
47%
11/1011/10
No 1st Goal
5%
8/115/2
BTTS - Yes
53%
4/54/5
BTTS - No
47%
19/2019/20
BTTS - Home Win
18%
4/17/2
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/317/5
BTTS - Away Win
16%
5/117/4
Home/draw
65%
2/52/5
Away/draw
61%
1/24/7
Home/away
74%
4/113/10
Over 1.5 Goals
73%
1/33/10
Under 1.5 Goals
27%
9/411/5
Over 3.5 Goals
26%
5/223/10
Under 3.5 Goals
74%
2/73/10
Over 4.5 Goals
12%
7/111/2
Under 4.5 Goals
88%
1/121/10
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
16/111/1
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
1/401/40
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
1/141/18
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
8/18/1
Home DNB
57%
8/117/10
Away DNB
53%
1/121/20
Birmingham win to nil
21%
10/3-
Sheff Utd win to nil
19%
4/1-
Birmingham / Birmingham
21%
3/127/10
Birmingham / Sheff Utd
3%
28/122/1
Birmingham / Draw
6%
12/111/1
Draw / Birmingham
14%
5/19/2
Draw / Sheff Utd
12%
11/211/2
Draw / Draw
17%
15/419/5
Sheff Utd / Birmingham
3%
28/120/1
Sheff Utd / Sheff Utd
17%
15/47/2
Sheff Utd / Draw
6%
12/111/1
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Win / draw / win form
Birmingham
20 games
Goals: Scored
40
Conceded
15
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
15
D
3
L
2
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABirmingham2 - 1Cambridge
ABirmingham2 - 0Blackpool
HBirmingham4 - 0Mansfield
ABirmingham1 - 0Stevenage
ABirmingham2 - 1Burton
HBirmingham0 - 0Crawley
ABirmingham2 - 1Peterborough
HBirmingham6 - 2Barnsley
ABirmingham2 - 1Bristol R
HBirmingham4 - 1Shrewsbury
ABirmingham1 - 1Northampton
HBirmingham2 - 1Stevenage
HBirmingham1 - 0Lincoln
ABirmingham1 - 3Bolton
HBirmingham1 - 0Wycombe
HBirmingham2 - 0L Orient
ABirmingham0 - 0Reading
HBirmingham1 - 0Charlton
HBirmingham4 - 0Cambridge
HBirmingham2 - 3Newcastle
Sheff Utd
20 games
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
12
D
2
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HSheff Utd1 - 2Sunderland
HSheff Utd3 - 0Bristol C
ASheff Utd3 - 0Bristol C
HSheff Utd1 - 1Blackburn
ASheff Utd2 - 0Stoke
ASheff Utd1 - 2Burnley
HSheff Utd2 - 0Cardiff
ASheff Utd1 - 2Plymouth
HSheff Utd0 - 1Millwall
ASheff Utd0 - 1Oxford Utd
HSheff Utd3 - 1Coventry
ASheff Utd1 - 0Sheff Wed
HSheff Utd1 - 1Bristol C
HSheff Utd1 - 0Preston
ASheff Utd2 - 1QPR
HSheff Utd1 - 3Leeds
ASheff Utd1 - 0Luton
HSheff Utd3 - 1M'Boro
HSheff Utd2 - 1Portsmouth
ASheff Utd1 - 0Derby
Goal Statistics

Sheffield United have been steady in front of goal of late, finding the net in 8 consecutive League Cup games. Their PG of 1.5 against Birmingham City on Wednesday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

Birmingham Sheff Utd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
26%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 61% probability that Birmingham will score no more than 1 goal
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 65% probability that Sheff Utd will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away games
20 home / away games
2.1
average goals scored
1.4
average goals scored
0.5
conceded
0.9
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League Cup - 2025/2025 season
Birmingham
PG (predicted goals)
Sheff Utd
1.3
1.2
Attack rating
11%
better
BIR
SHU
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Games scored18
18
Failed to score2
2
Scored first17
16
Goals scored40
30
Avg. goals scored2
1.5
Avg. shots per game10
8
Avg. shots per goal5
6
Conversion rate for20
18
Avg. XG for1.6
1.6
KickOff rating
+11%
Defence rating
18%
better
BIR
SHU
view stats
Games conceded10
12
Clean sheets10
8
Conceded first1
4
Goals conceded15
17
Avg. goals conceded0.8
0.9
Avg. shots/game conceded6
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
9
Conversion rate against13%
11%
Avg. XG against0.8
1.1
KickOff rating
+18%

The line-ups for the League Cup match between Birmingham v Sheff Utd will show here when available.

Birmingham League Cup squad statistics 2025
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Sheff Utd League Cup squad statistics 2025
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