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

Sat 3rd May, 15:00 BST, The Abbey Stadium, Cambridge

Neil Critchley welcomes Chris Davies to The Abbey Stadium on Saturday afternoon, as their Cambridge United and Birmingham City charges clash in the League One. The aim of this preview is, quite simply, to help you make the smartest bet possible. To this end, stats for seventeen major betting market have been laid out below, with head to head (H2H) history and particularly important form streaks highlighted. Odds from leading bookmakers are included as well.

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

This match should deliver some entertainment, but don't count on an all-time classic. Under 3.5 goals is the prediction, meaning no more than 3 goals will be scored in total during 90 minutes. Get best odds on under 3.5 just below, followed by market-specific form statistics and head-to-head (H2H) records.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 51% chance of Birmingham coming away with a win.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Cambridge 23%	17/4 5%	-
Draw 26%	16/5 2%	-
Birmingham 51%	4/7 3%	-
Birmingham 1-0 13%	13/2 7%	-
Draw 1-1 12%	7/1	-
Birmingham 2-0 10%	13/2 6%	-
Birmingham 2-1 9%	15/2	-
Draw 0-0 9%	11/1	-
Cambridge 1-0 8%	14/1 15%	-
Cambridge 2-1 6%	16/1 13%	-
Birmingham 3-0 5%	11/1	-
Birmingham 3-1 5%	12/1	-
Draw 2-2 4%	16/1	-
Cambridge 2-0 4%	25/1	-
Birmingham 3-2 2%	22/1 12%	-
Birmingham 4-0 2%	22/1	-
Cambridge 3-1 2%	40/1	-
Birmingham 4-1 2%	22/1 12%	-
Over 2.5 Goals 43%	3/4 3%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 57%	21/20 3%	-
Home 1st Goal 41%	21/10	-
Away 1st Goal 53%	2/5	-
No 1st Goal 6%	11/1	-
BTTS - Yes 46%	4/5	-
BTTS - No 54%	19/20	-
BTTS - Home Win 10%	17/2 6%	-
BTTS - Draw 17%	9/2	-
BTTS - Away Win 20%	12/5 3%	-
Home/draw 49%	13/10 2%	-
Away/draw 77%	1/6	-
Home/away 74%	2/9	-
Over 1.5 Goals 69%	2/9 2%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 31%	3/1 7%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 22%	7/4 8%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 78%	2/5 3%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 10%	9/2 8%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 90%	1/7 2%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 4%	10/1 15%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 96%	1/20 1%	-
Over 0.5 Goals 91%	1/25	-
Under 0.5 Goals 9%	12/1 8%	-
Home DNB 42%	11/4	-
Away DNB 69%	1/4	-
Cambridge win to nil 14%	8/1	-
Birmingham win to nil 31%	13/8 5%	-
Cambridge / Cambridge 9%	8/1	-
Cambridge / Birmingham 4%	20/1	-
Cambridge / Draw 5%	16/1	-
Draw / Cambridge 7%	10/1	-
Draw / Birmingham 19%	10/3 4%	-
Draw / Draw 14%	5/1	-
Birmingham / Cambridge 2%	40/1	-
Birmingham / Birmingham 34%	7/5 4%	-
Birmingham / Draw 5%	14/1	-

Win / draw / win League One table

Cambridge have played 45 matches so far this season and are in 23rd position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

43 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 25 games, drawn 11 and won 7. Cambridge have conceded 70 goals, scored 39, failed to score in 17 matches and kept 6 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Cambridge have played 22 games at home, winning 5, drawing 6 and losing 11 fixtures. They have scored 24 goals, conceded 31 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 9 times in home league games.

Birmingham lay in 1st place on 108 points in the League One league table having played 45 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 45 games against teams below them in the table, winning 33, drawing 9 and losing 3 games. They have scored 82 goals and kept 22 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Birmingham have conceded 30 goals and have failed to score in 4 matches.

Away league performance

Birmingham have played 22 away games, winning 14, drawing 5 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1.6 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.9 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	Cambridge Birmingham
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Birmingham Away	45	33	9	3	52	108	May 3	l 4-0A	-	-
2	Wrexham	45	26	11	8	31	89	d 2-2A	d 2-2F	w 3-1A	d 1-1A
3	Stockport	45	24	12	9	28	84	w 2-0F	l 2-0A	w 2-0F	d 1-1F
4	Wycombe	45	24	12	9	27	84	d 1-1A	l 2-1A	w 1-0F	w 2-3A
5	Charlton	45	24	10	11	22	82	l 0-1A	l 2-1A	w 1-0F	l 1-0A
6	L Orient	45	23	6	16	21	75	l 1-2F	l 2-0A	w 2-0F	w 1-2F
7	Reading	45	21	12	12	13	75	l 1-3A	l 3-0A	d 1-1A	d 0-00-0
8	Bolton	45	20	7	18	-3	67	d 1-1A	d 2-2F	w 2-0F	l 3-1F
9	Blackpool	45	16	16	13	9	64	d 4-4A	l 2-1F	d 0-00-0	w 0-2F
10	Huddersfield	45	19	7	19	6	64	l 0-4A	w 1-2F	w 1-0F	w 0-1F
11	Lincoln	45	16	13	16	10	61	l 0-2A	d 1-1A	w 1-0F	w 1-3A
12	Barnsley	45	16	10	19	-6	58	d 1-1F	d 1-1F	w 6-2F	w 1-2A
13	Rotherham	45	15	11	19	-6	56	l 0-1A	l 2-1F	w 2-1A	w 0-2F
14	Stevenage	45	15	11	19	-8	56	l 0-1A	w 0-2F	w 2-1F	w 0-1F
15	Exeter	45	15	11	19	-13	56	l 0-1A	l 1-0A	w 1-0F	w 0-2F
16	Wigan	45	13	16	16	-2	55	w 2-0F	l 1-0A	w 2-1F	w 0-3F
17	Peterborough	45	13	12	20	-12	51	l 0-1A	l 6-1A	w 3-2A	w 1-2F
18	Mansfield	45	14	9	22	-16	51	w 3-2F	l 2-1A	w 4-0F	d 1-1F
19	Northampton	45	12	14	19	-18	50	d 1-1A	d 0-00-0	d 1-1F	d 1-1A
20	Burton	45	11	14	20	-15	47	w 1-0F	l 2-1A	w 2-0F	w 1-2F
21	Crawley	45	11	10	24	-27	43	l 0-1A	w 0-2F	d 0-00-0	w 0-1F
22	Bristol R	45	12	7	26	-29	43	l 0-1A	l 2-0A	w 2-0F	w 1-2F
23	Cambridge Home	45	9	11	25	-27	38	-	-	w 4-0F	May 3
24	Shrewsbury	45	8	9	28	-37	33	w 4-1F	w 0-1F	w 4-1F	l 3-2A

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Win / draw / win form

Cambridge have not won in 6 consecutive home league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Cambridge	1 - 2	L Orient
Cambridge	0 - 1	Charlton
Cambridge	2 - 2	Wrexham
Cambridge	1 - 1	Northampton
Cambridge	0 - 1	Peterborough
Cambridge	0 - 1	Stevenage
Cambridge	2 - 0	Stockport
Cambridge	0 - 1	Exeter
Cambridge	1 - 1	Wycombe
Cambridge	3 - 2	Mansfield
Cambridge	0 - 1	Bristol R
Cambridge	1 - 3	Reading
Cambridge	0 - 4	Huddersfield
Cambridge	4 - 1	Shrewsbury
Cambridge	1 - 1	Bolton
Cambridge	1 - 1	Barnsley
Cambridge	1 - 0	Burton
Cambridge	2 - 0	Wigan
Cambridge	0 - 1	Rotherham
Cambridge	0 - 2	Lincoln

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Cambridge	1 - 2	Burton
H	Cambridge	1 - 2	L Orient
A	Cambridge	2 - 1	Huddersfield
H	Cambridge	0 - 1	Charlton
A	Cambridge	1 - 0	Shrewsbury
H	Cambridge	2 - 2	Wrexham
H	Cambridge	1 - 1	Northampton
A	Cambridge	1 - 1	Barnsley
H	Cambridge	0 - 1	Peterborough
A	Cambridge	1 - 2	Blackpool
A	Cambridge	0 - 1	Wigan
H	Cambridge	0 - 1	Stevenage
A	Cambridge	2 - 0	Crawley
H	Cambridge	2 - 0	Stockport
H	Cambridge	0 - 1	Exeter
A	Cambridge	0 - 4	Birmingham
A	Cambridge	1 - 1	Lincoln
H	Cambridge	1 - 1	Wycombe
A	Cambridge	1 - 2	Rotherham
H	Cambridge	3 - 2	Mansfield

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Blackpool	0 - 2	Birmingham
Stevenage	0 - 1	Birmingham
Burton	1 - 2	Birmingham
Peterborough	1 - 2	Birmingham
Bristol R	1 - 2	Birmingham
Northampton	1 - 1	Birmingham
Bolton	3 - 1	Birmingham
Reading	0 - 0	Birmingham
Huddersfield	0 - 1	Birmingham
Wrexham	1 - 1	Birmingham
Wigan	0 - 3	Birmingham
Stockport	1 - 1	Birmingham
Crawley	0 - 1	Birmingham
Barnsley	1 - 2	Birmingham
Exeter	0 - 2	Birmingham
Shrewsbury	3 - 2	Birmingham
Mansfield	1 - 1	Birmingham
Lincoln	1 - 3	Birmingham
Charlton	1 - 0	Birmingham
Rotherham	0 - 2	Birmingham

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	2 - 0	Blackpool
H	Birmingham	4 - 0	Mansfield
A	Birmingham	1 - 0	Stevenage
A	Birmingham	2 - 1	Burton
H	Birmingham	0 - 0	Crawley
A	Birmingham	2 - 1	Peterborough
H	Birmingham	6 - 2	Barnsley
A	Birmingham	2 - 1	Bristol R
H	Birmingham	4 - 1	Shrewsbury
A	Birmingham	1 - 1	Northampton
H	Birmingham	2 - 1	Stevenage
H	Birmingham	1 - 0	Lincoln
A	Birmingham	1 - 3	Bolton
H	Birmingham	1 - 0	Wycombe
H	Birmingham	2 - 0	L Orient
A	Birmingham	0 - 0	Reading
H	Birmingham	1 - 0	Charlton
H	Birmingham	4 - 0	Cambridge
H	Birmingham	2 - 1	Rotherham
A	Birmingham	1 - 0	Huddersfield

Goal Statistics

	Cambridge 23rd	Birmingham 1st
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	0.9 goals	1.5 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 40% 1 37% 2 17% 3 4+ There is a 77% probability of Cambridge scoring 1 goal or less	0 23% 1 34% 2 25% 3 12% 4+ There is a 77% probability that Birmingham will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-25 Cambridge have scored 25% fewer goals at home than predicted	-5 Birmingham’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.0 average goals scored	1.5 average goals scored
	1.3 conceded	0.8 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2024/2025 season

CMU

BIR

42%

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Games scored	28		40
Failed to score	17		4
Scored first	16		30
Goals scored	44		80
Avg. goals scored	1		1.8
Avg. shots per game	7		9
Avg. shots per goal	8		5
Conversion rate for	13		20
Avg. XG for	1.1		1.6
KickOff rating		+42%

CMU

BIR

45%

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Games conceded	38		23
Clean sheets	7		21
Conceded first	28		11
Goals conceded	71		30
Avg. goals conceded	1.6		0.7
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		6
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		8
Conversion rate against	17%		12%
Avg. XG against	1.4		0.7
KickOff rating		+45%

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

Cambridge League One squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
41	7	5	10
J Brophy	E Kachunga	J Brophy	R Loft

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Brophy MID	44	3	5	6 -
E Kachunga FWD	42	7		7 -
M Morrison DEF	40	1		7 1
L. Bennett DEF	39	1	2	6 -
D Andrew DEF	31	1	2	8 -
R Loft FWD	31	2	1	9 1
J Stokes MID	30	7	2	3 -
P Digby MID	29	1		8 -
K Watts DEF	28		2	2 -
J Gibbons DEF	28	1		6 1
J Cousins MID	28	1	2	1 -
J Okedina DEF	27			2 1
D N'Lundulu FWD	25	4	1	2 -
B Njoku FWD	25	1		3 -
K Smith MID	23	1		6 -
S Kaikai FWD	23	4		4 -
D. Barton MID	16			-
B Stevenson MID	16			4 -
D Ballard FWD	16	2	1	-
E Longelo DEF	15	1	2	-
Z Rossi DEF	15			3 -
N Bishop GLK	13			2 -
S Lavery FWD	13	4	2	2 -
J Stevens GLK	12			2 -
T Richards MID	5			-
M Marosi GLK	2			-
G Hoddle MID	2			-
D Osong FWD	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	26	5	27
E Kachunga	J Stokes	J Brophy	L. Bennett

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
E Kachunga FWD	7	17		12
J Stokes MID	7	26	2	19
D N'Lundulu FWD	4	14	1	13
S Lavery FWD	4	11	2	4
S Kaikai FWD	4	9		8
J Brophy MID	3	10	5	25
D Ballard FWD	2	7	1
R Loft FWD	2	7	1	10
E Longelo DEF	1	2	2	4
B Njoku FWD	1	4		6
K Smith MID	1	8		15
L. Bennett DEF	1	5	2	27
M Morrison DEF	1	4		6
J Gibbons DEF	1	3
P Digby MID	1	2		3
D Andrew DEF	1	3	2	22
J Cousins MID	1	4	2	8
J Okedina DEF		3		3
Z Rossi DEF		1
B Stevenson MID				1
D. Barton MID		1		5
K Watts DEF		6	2	2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1314	81	298
M Morrison	J Brophy	M Morrison

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Morrison DEF	1314	55	298
J Brophy MID	1088	81	204
P Digby MID	866	36	111
L. Bennett DEF	822	48	150
D Andrew DEF	818	33	106
K Watts DEF	808	24	134
J Okedina DEF	800	27	105
K Smith MID	749	40	113
J Cousins MID	733	50	130
J Stokes MID	699	39	141
E Kachunga FWD	677	28	157
J Gibbons DEF	649	47	108
Z Rossi DEF	495	19	79
N Bishop GLK	423	1	8
B Stevenson MID	392	32	66
J Stevens GLK	372	1	7
R Loft FWD	331	14	166
D N'Lundulu FWD	295	10	104
S Kaikai FWD	232	18	55
D. Barton MID	158	9	44
D Ballard FWD	120	10	44
E Longelo DEF	104	7	22
B Njoku FWD	93	7	38
S Lavery FWD	92	12	40
M Marosi GLK	54		2
T Richards MID	23	1	5
G Hoddle MID	11		1
D Osong FWD	6		5

Birmingham League One squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
41	19	7	12
C Klarer	J Stansfield	A May	C Klarer

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
A May FWD	43	16	7	3 -
C Klarer DEF	41		3	12 -
A Cochrane DEF	41	1	2	5 -
W Willumsson MID	39	6	6	-
S Paik MID	39	1	3	1 -
T Iwata MID	39	6	1	7 -
R Allsop GLK	37		1	5 -
J Stansfield FWD	36	19	3	7 -
B Davies DEF	35	1	1	3 -
K Anderson FWD	35	7	5	6 -
E Laird DEF	33	4	3	6 -
M Leonard MID	33		4	2 -
K Bielik DEF	31	1		5 1
T Gardner-Hickman MID	31	3	2	6 -
L Harris MID	27	3	1	5 -
L Dykes FWD	25	1		2 -
E Hansson FWD	19	1	2	-
K Dowell MID	18	5	4	2 -
A Sampsted DEF	17	1		-
L Jutkiewicz FWD	14	1		-
G Hanley DEF	13			1 -
S Wright FWD	13	1		-
B Peacock-Farrell GLK	8			-
L Buchanan DEF	3	1		-
L Myung-Jae DEF	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
19	37	7	27
J Stansfield	J Stansfield	A May	W Willumsson

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Stansfield FWD	19	37	3	12
A May FWD	16	31	7	13
K Anderson FWD	7	11	5	20
W Willumsson MID	6	18	6	27
T Iwata MID	6	14	1	19
K Dowell MID	5	13	4	9
E Laird DEF	4	9	3	14
L Harris MID	3	6	1	3
T Gardner-Hickman MID	3	7	2	4
L Buchanan DEF	1	1
S Wright FWD	1	2		7
L Jutkiewicz FWD	1	3		1
A Sampsted DEF	1	1		2
E Hansson FWD	1	9	2	4
K Bielik DEF	1	5		5
L Dykes FWD	1	9		11
B Davies DEF	1	1	1	4
S Paik MID	1	11	3	17
A Cochrane DEF	1	2	2	20
C Klarer DEF		2	3	10
M Leonard MID		3	4	16
R Allsop GLK			1	2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
3172	75	316
C Klarer	C Klarer	C Klarer

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C Klarer DEF	3172	75	316
B Davies DEF	2678	37	212
A Cochrane DEF	2573	59	183
T Iwata MID	2243	56	116
S Paik MID	2018	51	176
K Bielik DEF	1878	35	185
R Allsop GLK	1634	1	21
W Willumsson MID	1296	49	150
E Laird DEF	1084	44	211
M Leonard MID	1064	43	84
K Anderson FWD	882	38	157
T Gardner-Hickman MID	838	40	102
K Dowell MID	617	27	56
A May FWD	577	15	56
J Stansfield FWD	426	49	109
E Hansson FWD	309	15	25
B Peacock-Farrell GLK	297		10
L Harris MID	296	27	50
L Dykes FWD	277	11	108
A Sampsted DEF	265	16	39
G Hanley DEF	206	6	24
S Wright FWD	171	3	22
L Myung-Jae DEF	76	2	6
L Buchanan DEF	73	3	8
L Jutkiewicz FWD	70	3	28

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

Cambridge have played 45 matches so far this season and are in 23rd position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Birmingham lay in 1st place on 108 points in the League One league table having played 45 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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