Birmingham City vs Bristol Rovers Prediction

This Saturday’s League One League match sees Bristol Rovers make the trip to face Birmingham City at St Andrew’s Park. This is a big match with Birmingham in a title race and only one point behind first place.

Key Stats

• Birmingham City have scored 10 goals in their last 5 matches whereas Bristol Rovers have scored 1 goal in their last 5 matches
• Bristol Rovers haven’t scored in their last 3 matches
• Birmingham City are ranked the 2nd best team at home in League One

Team Previews, Form and Standout Players

Birmingham come into this game in flying form, third in the League One table with only a gap of one point to second place and first place. Bristol Rovers on the other hand have been awful recently, only scoring once in their most five recent games, failing to find the back of the net in three consecutive matches. Coming off the back of two loses, Bristol Rovers will have the mighty task of trying not to loss against a very top side this Saturday.

Birmingham City Preview

Formation: 3-4-2-1

Predicted Line-Up: Ryan Allsop; Ben Davies, Cristoph Klarer, Krystian Bielik (c); Alex Cochrane, Seung-ho Paik, Tomoki Iwata, Ethan Laird; Jay Stansfield, Luke Harris; Alfie May

Birmingham have had a very decent start to the season, in the fight for the League Two title as they have a game in hand against the leaders and two in hand to second place. After 17 games they sit in third place with 12 wins, two losses and three draws. Those matches have left them with 39 points, just one point behind first and second place of Wycombe Wanderers and Wrexham who have 40 points. The Blues have been playing good football, averaging 69.5 % possession with the next best team having 59.1%. Possession clearly working well for them as they have the second highest number of big chances created in League Two with 48. Making the most of those chances has been Birmingham’s most expensive transfer Jay Stansfield and fellow summer signing Alfie May. They have racked up 10 and 11 goal contributions between them from the 12 and 17 matches they have featured in respectively. The pairing will be key for Birmingham City in this crucial match on Saturday, potentially adding to their impressive tallies.

Bristol Rovers Preview

Formation: 4-2-3-1

Predicted Line-Up: Josh Griffiths; Clinton Mola, James Wilson, Connor Taylor, Taylor Moore; Grant Ward, Jamie Lindsay; Scott Sinclair (c), Ruel Sotiriou, Shaqai Forde; Chris Martin

This season does not bode well for Bristol Rovers, finding themselves two points away from the relegation zone. After 18 games they sit in 18th place with six wins, nine losses and three draws. Those matches have left them with 21 points, a win and results going their way across League One could see them climb to as high as 12th however. Making things happen all over the pitch for Rovers has been Watford loanee Shaqai Forde. The winger has amassed five goal contributions. Given that goals have been a massive struggle for Bristol, having not scored in their last three games, Forde will be crucial for them to even have the slightest chance of beating an in form Birmingham side this Saturday.

Head To Head Stats: Birmingham City vs Bristol Rovers

There have been 14 matches where these two teams have faced each other throughout history.

Birmingham come into this match holding an advantage over Bristol Rovers. They have come out victors on eight occasions, leaving Bristol with two wins and the remaining four fixtures ending in a draw.

The last time that these clubs played each other in a competitive match though was all the back in 2015, almost 10 years ago. The most recent head to head results might not give any insight into what will occur on Saturday but looking at the form that both sides are in, it is hard to look past Birmingham City in this one.

Betting Tips For Birmingham City vs Bristol Rovers

Birmingham City are flying in the League One standings at the moment, and it doesn't seem like they can be beaten easily. Impressive performances from Jay Stansfield, Alfie May and the rest of the squad make it difficult not to root against them.

For that reason, our betting experts have gone with Birmingham City To Win + Over 1.5 Goals as our best value tip for this game.

Odds of 4/9 mean that a £10 bet has the potential to return up to £14.44 in this match.

(odds subject to change)

Final Prediction: Birmingham City vs Bristol Rovers

Birmingham City 2-0 Bristol Rovers

Bristol haven’t managed to find the scoresheet in their last three matches in a row whilst Birmingham are a single point away from being the League One leaders. We can see them walking the park come Saturday afternoon.