Birmingham vs Sunderland Betting Tips & Match Predictions
Birmingham vs Sunderland Intro
Sunderland will be looking to reaffirm their position in the higher reaches of the Championship table. They head to the St Andrew’s Trillion Trophy Stadium to face Birmingham who have struggled in their campaign so far. These two meet on Saturday February 17, 2024 at 3:00 PM. We enter matchweek as the home side sit in the 18th position in the Championship table. The away side have taken 47 points so far and take up the 10th place. We approach the latter stages of the Championship campaign and there’s a 12 points gap between Birmingham and Sunderland, mirroring the difference of 8 positions in the table.
Birmingham vs Sunderland Form
Birmingham have struggled a little in the last few games, but beating Blackburn brought in another 3 points to make it eight in the last five games. That being said, Sunderland lost to Huddersfield, which kept them at 7 points from the last five games. Birmingham must improve their home form – they have only taken 5 points from last 5 games played with home team advantage. Sunderland still have a lot of room for improvement away from home as they have only won 5 points in five games on the road.
Birmingham vs Sunderland H2H
Throughout the years, the two clubs have played against each other 21 times, 5 of which were drawn matches. What’s particularly interesting is that, to this day, both clubs have won the exact same number of times – 8 wins for the hosts, Birmingham, and 8 for the visitors, Sunderland. Sunderland is looking to extend its recent dominance in this fixture. It has won 3 more than Birmingham in the last six meetings.
Birmingham vs Sunderland Analysis
In their last game, Birmingham got the win and earned three points. Blackburn was the opponent of Tony Mowbray’s men. After 90 minutes, the score was 1-0. This week Birmingham will be thinking about one thing only, Sunderland. In their match against Blackburn, Birmingham had the following ball possession : 53%. In terms of shots on goal, Birmingham struck a total of 14 shots in attack while in defence conceding 6 shots. Meanwhile, Sunderland lost their last match. Michael Beale’s men were up against Huddersfield. At the final wistle, the score board showed 0-1. During their latest meetup with Huddersfield, Sunderland took 66% possession. Often punters look to shots on goal as a true guide of how a team performed. For Sunderland, a total of 6 shots were taken in attack with 9 shots conceded in the last game.
Birmingham vs Sunderland Odds
If we take a look at the odds for this match between Birmingham and Sunderland we see that the bookmakers have Sunderland as favourites to get the win.
