Birmingham vs Coventry Betting Tips & Match Predictions
Birmingham vs Coventry Intro
Birmingham are in desperate need of the three points as they host Coventry at St Andrew’s Trillion Trophy Stadium. They prop up the rest of their Championship rivals but a win here could see them drastically improve their fortunes. Coventry have been solid, without being overly impressive, but will still be after the three points as they look to work their way up the table. This game is set for Saturday April 13, 2024 at 2:00 PM. Up until matchweek 43, Gary Rowett’s home team have taken 42 points and are 23rd place. Mark Robins has done a far worse job, as his team is in the last place in the Championship table on 63 points. As we head deeper into the Championship season, there’s a huge gap between Birmingham and Coventry in the table. There’s a difference of 21 points and 16 places between the sides.
Birmingham vs Coventry Form
Birmingham really need to pick up points quickly. The loss to Cardiff means that they have brought in only three in five games. Meanwhile, Coventry have done fairly well in the last five games, with 9 points but a loss to Southampton in the last game. Birmingham have managed to win just three points from their last five home games, so their Saturday’s opponents won’t have to worry that much about home team advantage. Coventry can be very happy with their away form, managing to pick up nine points in five games away from home.
Birmingham vs Coventry H2H
While the two teams have met on a total of 19 dates during the years, this match carries a bit more weight – it could very well be a tie-braking match in terms of the historical nuber of wins. Both teams have 6 wins each. Will it be the hosts Birmingham who celebrate on Saturday, or the visitors, Coventry? Or will we add another even-score game to the list of 7 drawn matches? Coventry has managed to overcome Birmingham 3 more times in the last six games.
Birmingham vs Coventry Analysis
Birmingham’s last match suffer a defeat. Cardiff was their last opponnent. When the referee blew fulltime, the score was 0-1. With that game now a memory, Gary Rowett’s men will narrow their focus to this week’s challenge : Coventry in Championship. In their match against Cardiff, Birmingham had the following ball possession : 56%. Looking at shots on goal, Birmingham, in its previous game, shot 3 times on target and in the same game, Gary Rowett’s men gave up 8 shots. Meanwhile, Coventry took zero points in losing their last match. In that match, Mark Robins’s men faced Southampton. After 90 minutes, the score was 1-2. Stats against Southampton show that Coventry had 40% of ball possession. In terms of shots on goal, Coventry struck a total of 5 shots in attack while in defence conceding 9 shots.
Birmingham vs Coventry Odds
If we take a look at the odds for this match between Birmingham and Coventry we see that the bookmakers have Coventry as favourites to get the win.
