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Barnsley v Birmingham City : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 7th Dec, 15:00 BST, Oakwell, Barnsley

Chris Davies leads his Birmingham City charges to the Oakwell in the League One on Saturday afternoon, with Darrell Clarke's Barnsley waiting for them. League One statistics are the most important part of the predictions you'll find below, with head to head (H2H) performance included too. You can view it all, with graphics and odds from leading bookmakers available for the biggest betting markets using the tabs.

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Our predictive algorithm suggests there is a 80% chance of Barnsley and Birmingham scoring at least two goals in this League One match. Recent form statistics and head-to-head (H2H) records are central to that calculation , and it would appear that the bookmakers favour that outcome too. This over 1.5 goals tip is available with best odds of 1.25.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 47% chance of Birmingham coming away with a win.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Barnsley 29%	14/5	-
Draw 24%	13/5	-
Birmingham 47%	10/11	-
Draw 1-1 11%	6/1	-
Birmingham 2-1 9%	15/2	-
Birmingham 1-0 9%	7/1	-
Birmingham 2-0 7%	17/2	-
Barnsley 2-1 7%	12/1	-
Barnsley 1-0 7%	11/1	-
Draw 2-2 6%	12/1	-
Birmingham 3-1 5%	14/1	-
Draw 0-0 5%	11/1	-
Barnsley 2-0 4%	20/1	-
Birmingham 3-0 4%	16/1	-
Birmingham 3-2 3%	22/1	-
Barnsley 3-1 3%	28/1	-
Barnsley 3-2 3%	33/1	-
Birmingham 4-1 2%	28/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 57%	4/5	-
Under 2.5 Goals 43%	1/1	-
Home 1st Goal 46%	6/4	-
Away 1st Goal 51%	4/7	-
No 1st Goal 3%	11/1	-
BTTS - Yes 59%	7/10	-
BTTS - No 41%	21/20	-
BTTS - Home Win 16%	6/1	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	7/2	-
BTTS - Away Win 24%	11/4	-
Home/draw 53%	5/6	-
Away/draw 71%	1/4	-
Home/away 76%	2/7	-
Over 1.5 Goals 80%	1/4	-
Under 1.5 Goals 20%	11/4	-
Over 3.5 Goals 35%	2/1	-
Under 3.5 Goals 65%	4/11	-
Over 4.5 Goals 18%	5/1	-
Under 4.5 Goals 82%	1/8	-
Over 5.5 Goals 8%	12/1	-
Under 5.5 Goals 92%	1/25	-
Over 0.5 Goals 95%	1/25	-
Under 0.5 Goals 5%	11/1	-
Home DNB 46%	7/4	-
Away DNB 63%	2/5	-
Barnsley win to nil 13%	6/1	-
Birmingham win to nil 22%	5/2	-
Barnsley / Barnsley 14%	5/1	-
Barnsley / Birmingham 4%	20/1	-
Barnsley / Draw 5%	14/1	-
Draw / Barnsley 10%	7/1	-
Draw / Birmingham 16%	4/1	-
Draw / Draw 15%	9/2	-
Birmingham / Barnsley 3%	28/1	-
Birmingham / Birmingham 26%	21/10	-
Birmingham / Draw 6%	12/1	-

Win / draw / win League One table

Barnsley have played 17 matches so far this season and are in 6th position in the league. Barnsley are winless in the 3 games they have played against teams above them in the table and have conceded in every game.

Performance against teams above them in the league

3 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 1 game, drawn 2 and won zero. Barnsley have conceded 5 goals, scored 3, failed to score in 1 match and kept no clean sheets.

Home league performance

Barnsley have played 9 games at home, winning 2, drawing 5 and losing 2 fixtures. They have scored 14 goals, conceded 13 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Birmingham lay in 3rd place on 33 points in the League One league table having played 15 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 13 games against teams below them in the table, winning 8, drawing 3 and losing 2 games. They have scored 22 goals and kept 4 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Birmingham have conceded 12 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

Birmingham have played 8 away games, winning 5, drawing 1 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 1.9 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.1 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	Barnsley Birmingham
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Wycombe	16	12	2	2	18	38	d 2-2A	Jan 28	Mar 1	w 2-3A
2	Wrexham	17	10	4	3	15	34	Jan 1	Dec 3	w 3-1A	Jan 23
3	Birmingham	15	10	3	2	13	33	Dec 7	Apr 5	-	-
4	Stockport	17	8	6	3	12	30	d 1-1F	Feb 8	Dec 4	Jan 1
5	Huddersfield	16	9	2	5	10	29	Feb 15	l 2-0A	w 1-0F	Jan 28
6	Barnsley	17	7	6	4	4	27	-	-	Apr 5	Dec 7
7	Reading	16	8	3	5	2	27	d 2-2F	May 3	d 1-1A	Feb 22
8	Bolton	16	8	3	5	-1	27	Apr 12	Dec 26	w 2-0F	Mar 4
9	Lincoln	17	7	5	5	2	26	Mar 1	w 1-2F	Mar 8	w 1-3A
10	Mansfield	15	7	3	5	3	24	l 1-2A	Mar 15	Apr 26	d 1-1F
11	Exeter	16	7	2	7	-1	23	Apr 1	Dec 14	Jan 18	w 0-2F
12	Charlton	16	6	4	6	0	22	d 2-2F	Mar 4	Feb 15	l 1-0A
13	Peterborough	16	6	3	7	3	21	Apr 21	Dec 29	w 3-2A	Feb 8
14	Bristol R	17	6	3	8	-6	21	w 2-1F	Jan 18	Dec 14	Apr 1
15	Wigan	16	5	5	6	2	20	l 0-1A	Mar 29	w 2-1F	Jan 4
16	Blackpool	17	5	5	7	-6	20	Mar 8	w 1-2F	Dec 29	Apr 12
17	Stevenage	16	5	4	7	-5	19	Jan 25	l 3-0A	-	Mar 22
18	Northampton	17	4	6	7	-4	18	d 2-2F	Jan 11	d 1-1F	Mar 15
19	Rotherham	16	4	5	7	-5	17	w 2-0F	Feb 22	Feb 1	w 0-2F
20	Crawley	17	4	4	9	-12	16	Jan 4	w 0-3F	Apr 18	Dec 23
21	L Orient	16	4	3	9	-6	15	Dec 21	Apr 18	Jan 11	w 1-2F
22	Cambridge	16	3	4	9	-11	13	Mar 22	d 1-1A	-	May 3
23	Shrewsbury	16	3	2	11	-13	11	Apr 26	w 0-2F	Mar 29	l 3-2A
24	Burton	16	1	5	10	-14	8	Feb 1	w 1-2F	Dec 26	Apr 21

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Barnsley	2 - 2	Reading
Barnsley	0 - 1	Wigan
Barnsley	2 - 0	Rotherham
Barnsley	2 - 2	Charlton
Barnsley	2 - 2	Wycombe
Barnsley	1 - 1	Stockport
Barnsley	2 - 1	Bristol R
Barnsley	2 - 2	Northampton
Barnsley	1 - 2	Mansfield
Barnsley	1 - 3	Bolton
Barnsley	1 - 1	Northampton
Barnsley	2 - 2	Reading
Barnsley	0 - 2	Cambridge
Barnsley	0 - 0	Cheltenham
Barnsley	1 - 5	Lincoln
Barnsley	2 - 2	Bolton
Barnsley	2 - 1	Derby
Barnsley	2 - 1	L Orient
Barnsley	1 - 2	Exeter
Barnsley	2 - 1	Carlisle

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Barnsley	2 - 2	Reading
H	Barnsley	0 - 1	Wigan
A	Barnsley	1 - 1	Cambridge
H	Barnsley	2 - 0	Rotherham
A	Barnsley	2 - 0	Shrewsbury
H	Barnsley	2 - 2	Charlton
A	Barnsley	2 - 1	Blackpool
A	Barnsley	0 - 2	Huddersfield
H	Barnsley	2 - 2	Wycombe
H	Barnsley	1 - 1	Stockport
A	Barnsley	2 - 1	Burton
A	Barnsley	0 - 3	Stevenage
H	Barnsley	2 - 1	Bristol R
A	Barnsley	3 - 0	Crawley
H	Barnsley	2 - 2	Northampton
A	Barnsley	2 - 1	Lincoln
H	Barnsley	1 - 2	Mansfield
A	Barnsley	3 - 2	Bolton
H	Barnsley	1 - 3	Bolton
H	Barnsley	1 - 1	Northampton

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Exeter	0 - 2	Birmingham
Shrewsbury	3 - 2	Birmingham
Mansfield	1 - 1	Birmingham
Lincoln	1 - 3	Birmingham
Charlton	1 - 0	Birmingham
Rotherham	0 - 2	Birmingham
L Orient	1 - 2	Birmingham
Wycombe	2 - 3	Birmingham
Huddersfield	1 - 1	Birmingham
Rotherham	0 - 0	Birmingham
Leicester	2 - 1	Birmingham
QPR	2 - 1	Birmingham
Millwall	1 - 0	Birmingham
Hull	1 - 1	Birmingham
Ipswich	3 - 1	Birmingham
Sheff Wed	2 - 0	Birmingham
West Brom	1 - 0	Birmingham
Stoke	1 - 2	Birmingham
Leeds	3 - 0	Birmingham
Plymouth	3 - 3	Birmingham

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Birmingham	2 - 0	Exeter
A	Birmingham	2 - 3	Shrewsbury
H	Birmingham	1 - 1	Northampton
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
H	Birmingham	3 - 1	Wrexham
H	Birmingham	2 - 1	Wigan
A	Birmingham	2 - 1	L Orient
A	Birmingham	3 - 2	Wycombe
H	Birmingham	1 - 1	Reading
H	Birmingham	1 - 0	Norwich
A	Birmingham	1 - 1	Huddersfield
A	Birmingham	0 - 0	Rotherham
H	Birmingham	3 - 0	Coventry
H	Birmingham	0 - 1	Cardiff

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Barnsley

Birmingham

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

11 / 15

Clean sheets

4 / 15

BAR

BIR

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

Birmingham

Barnsley

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

10 / 15

9 / 15

Clean sheets

6 / 15

5 / 15

BAR

BIR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Birmingham
Birmingham	2 - 1
	1 - 2	Barnsley
Birmingham	2 - 0
	0 - 2	Barnsley
	0 - 3	Barnsley
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	0 - 5	Barnsley
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Birmingham	2 - 0
Birmingham	2 - 0
Birmingham	1 - 0
Birmingham	4 - 1
Birmingham	3 - 1
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw

Goal Statistics

Birmingham City have been reliable in attack of late, finding the net in 6 consecutive League One outings. Their PG of 1.7 against Barnsley on Saturday suggests that run is likely to continue.

	Barnsley 6th	Birmingham 3rd
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.3 goals	1.7 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 28% 1 36% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 64% probability that Barnsley will score no more than 1 goal	0 19% 1 31% 2 26% 3 15% 4+ 9% There is a 81% probability that Birmingham will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-16 Barnsley have scored 16% fewer goals at home than predicted	-4 Birmingham’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.4 average goals scored	1.3 average goals scored
	1.7 conceded	1.5 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2024/2025 season

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BIR

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Games scored	14		14
Failed to score	3		1
Scored first	11		8
Goals scored	26		28
Avg. goals scored	1.5		1.9
Avg. shots per game	11		9
Avg. shots per goal	7		5
Conversion rate for	14		21
Avg. XG for	1.3		1.7
KickOff rating		+13%

BAR

BIR

12%

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Games conceded	14		11
Clean sheets	3		4
Conceded first	6		7
Goals conceded	22		15
Avg. goals conceded	1.3		1
Avg. shots/game conceded	7		6
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		6
Conversion rate against	18%		17%
Avg. XG against	1.2		0.8
KickOff rating		+12%

Barnsley v Birmingham League One lLine ups will show here when available.

Barnsley League One squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
17	5	4	6
M Gevigney	A Phillips	L Connell	L Connell

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Roberts DEF	17	3		2 -
M Gevigney DEF	17			3 -
J Earl DEF	16	1		5 -
L Connell MID	16	2	4	6 -
C O'Keeffe DEF	14		3	2 -
D Keillor-Dunn MID	13	4		1 -
M Craig MID	13			-
A Phillips MID	13	5	1	1 -
S Humphrys FWD	12	4		1 -
S Cosgrove FWD	12	1	2	1 -
G Slonina GLK	11			-
G. Gent DEF	11			1 -
D Pines DEF	11	1		3 -
B Cotter DEF	11		2	-
K Lofthouse DEF	11			1 -
J Russell MID	11	2	1	2 -
M Watters FWD	9	3	1	-
F Jaló FWD	8		1	3 -
B Killip GLK	6		1	-
J Benson MID	6			1 -
A Marsh FWD	6			-
K Nwakali MID	3			-
C Hourihane MID	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	13	4	25
A Phillips	S Humphrys	L Connell	L Connell

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A Phillips MID	5	11	1	8
D Keillor-Dunn MID	4	10		8
S Humphrys FWD	4	13		8
M Roberts DEF	3	8		6
M Watters FWD	3	8	1
J Russell MID	2	5	1	4
L Connell MID	2	5	4	25
J Earl DEF	1	5		5
S Cosgrove FWD	1	6	2	5
D Pines DEF	1	1		1
K Nwakali MID		1		4
A Marsh FWD		2		1
J Benson MID		2		2
B Killip GLK			1	1
F Jaló FWD		3	1	2
G. Gent DEF		1		8
K Lofthouse DEF		1		1
B Cotter DEF		3	2	5
M Gevigney DEF				3
M Craig MID				3
C O'Keeffe DEF			3	22

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
668	34	135
M Roberts	M Gevigney	M Roberts

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Roberts DEF	668	25	135
M Gevigney DEF	650	34	128
J Earl DEF	640	26	91
L Connell MID	576	32	74
C O'Keeffe DEF	375	19	68
A Phillips MID	331	7	39
G Slonina GLK	322		4
D Keillor-Dunn MID	288	9	39
J Russell MID	246	11	32
M Craig MID	232	27	43
B Cotter DEF	210	20	61
G. Gent DEF	201	23	32
B Killip GLK	189		4
D Pines DEF	173	11	36
S Cosgrove FWD	134	1	90
S Humphrys FWD	132	4	65
K Nwakali MID	85	7	10
M Watters FWD	69	1	9
J Benson MID	57	6	14
C Hourihane MID	46	1	1
K Lofthouse DEF	33	5	17
F Jaló FWD	30	1	8
A Marsh FWD	26	2	7

Birmingham League One squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
15	7	4	4
A Cochrane	J Stansfield	W Willumsson	C Klarer

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
A Cochrane DEF	15		1	3 -
W Willumsson MID	15	4	4	-
S Paik MID	15		1	-
A May FWD	15	5	3	1 -
C Klarer DEF	14		1	4 -
K Anderson FWD	13	3	1	4 -
M Leonard MID	12			1 -
L Dykes FWD	12			1 -
K Bielik DEF	11	1		3 1
T Iwata MID	11	5	1	3 -
E Hansson FWD	11		1	-
T Gardner-Hickman MID	10			2 -
J Stansfield FWD	10	7	1	1 -
E Laird DEF	9			1 -
R Allsop GLK	8			2 -
L Harris MID	8	1		-
A Yokoyama FWD	8		1	-
B Peacock-Farrell GLK	7			-
B Davies DEF	7			1 -
A Sampsted DEF	7			-
S Wright FWD	5	1		-
L Jutkiewicz FWD	3			-
D Sanderson DEF	2			-
B Khela MID	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	13	4	14
J Stansfield	W Willumsson	W Willumsson	A Cochrane

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Stansfield FWD	7	10	1	5
A May FWD	5	10	3	8
T Iwata MID	5	5	1	12
W Willumsson MID	4	13	4	14
K Anderson FWD	3	5	1	10
L Harris MID	1	3
S Wright FWD	1	1		3
K Bielik DEF	1	1
A Sampsted DEF				2
B Davies DEF				2
A Yokoyama FWD		2	1	4
A Cochrane DEF			1	14
R Allsop GLK				2
E Laird DEF		1		5
E Hansson FWD		7	1	3
L Dykes FWD		3		5
M Leonard MID		1		4
C Klarer DEF		1	1	2
S Paik MID		2	1	8

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1290	22	95
C Klarer	W Willumsson	K Bielik

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C Klarer DEF	1290	16	88
A Cochrane DEF	1092	15	59
K Bielik DEF	1079	18	95
S Paik MID	903	21	67
T Iwata MID	671	15	44
W Willumsson MID	539	22	64
B Davies DEF	490	6	43
M Leonard MID	359	8	21
R Allsop GLK	342		6
E Laird DEF	316	10	56
K Anderson FWD	314	17	53
T Gardner-Hickman MID	303	5	25
B Peacock-Farrell GLK	300		10
A May FWD	256	8	24
E Hansson FWD	198	6	14
J Stansfield FWD	138	18	36
A Sampsted DEF	109	5	12
L Harris MID	99	7	14
L Dykes FWD	98	4	41
S Wright FWD	81		5
D Sanderson DEF	77		4
A Yokoyama FWD	47	1	4
L Jutkiewicz FWD	10		4
B Khela MID	7		3

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Barnsley v Birmingham City : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Barnsley have played 17 matches so far this season and are in 6th position in the league. Barnsley are winless in the 3 games they have played against teams above them in the table and have conceded in every game.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Birmingham lay in 3rd place on 33 points in the League One league table having played 15 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

Barnsley v Birmingham League One lLine ups will show here when available.

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