Birmingham City vs Stockport County Prediction

This Wednesday’s League One match sees Stockport County make the trip to face Birmingham City at St Andrew’s Stadium. This is a huge match as both teams are inside the top two playoff places with neither side wanting to drop points.

Key Stats

• Birmingham have scored 8 goals in their last 5 matches
• Stockport have scored 12 goals in their last 5 matches
• Birmingham are ranked 2nd in League One for home form this season
• Stockport’s Louie Barry is the current League One Golden Boot leader with 12 goals

Team Previews, Form and Standout Players

Birmingham and Stockport are in excellent form heading into this match. Across the last five League One matches, they have only lost once. Both teams are in for making the Playoffs come the end of the campaign, but they will want that second place automatic promotion as only four points separates second, third and fourth. This Wednesday’s match will be a tough one with the two clubs being so close to each other in the standings.

Birmingham City Preview

Predicted Line-Up: Ryan Allsop; Alex Cochrane, Ben Davies, Christoph Klarer, Krystian Bielik (c); Seung-ho Paik, Tomoki Iwata; Jay Stansfield, Willum Thór Willumsson, Keshi Anderson; 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 15 games they sit in third place with 10 wins, two losses and three draws. Those matches have left them with 33 points, just one point behind Wrexham in second place who have 34 points. The Blues have been playing good football, averaging 70.3% possession with the next best team having 59.4%. Possession clearly working well for them as they have the second highest number of big chances created in League Two with 42. Making the most of those chances has been Birmingham’s most expensive transfer Jay Stansfield. He has found the back of the net seven times in the 10 domestic games he has played. He will be key for his side in this crucial match this Wednesday, potentially adding to his impressive tally.

Stockport County Preview

Predicted Line-Up: Ben Hinchcliffe; Ethan Pye, Fraser Horsfall, Callum Connolly; Ryan Rydel, Lewis Bate, Oliver Norwood, Macauley Southam-Hales; Louie Barry, Will Collar; Kyle Wootton

Like their opponents, Stockport have also had a very good start to the season so far. Playing 17 games and they sit in fourth place with eight wins, three losses and six draws. Those results have left them with 30 points, three points behind Birmingham so a win will be a must for them to help try and achieve their aims of promotion out of League One. The Hatters head into this game with a three game winning streak as well as winning four out of their last five domestic games. Stockport’s top bagsman has been Louie Barry who has not only been the best scorer at the club this year but also the best in League One, leading the Golden Boot race. As the best goalscorer in the division, Barry will definitely be their best option in finding the back of the net against Birmingham this Wednesday.

Head To Head Stats: Birmingham City vs Stockport County

There have been 15 matches where these two teams have faced each other throughout history.

Birmingham come into this match holding an advantage over Stockport. They have come out victors on 10 occasions with Stockport winning four. There has only been one draw between these two sides, leaving Birmingham with a 66.7% win percentage.

The last time that these sides met was back in the 2001/02 season however so the last five games will not be able to give us any indication as to who will come out on top this Wednesday.

Betting Tips For Birmingham City vs Stockport County

These two sides have struggle to be separated in the league table and that will most likely be translated into this match on Wednesday. Both sides are in form and scoring with ease as of late.

For that reason, our betting experts have gone with Draw + Both Teams To Score as our best value tip for this game.

Odds of 4/1 mean that a £10 bet has the potential to return up to £50 in this match.

(odds subject to change)

Final Prediction: Birmingham City vs Stockport County

Birmingham City 2-2 Stockport County

Only a point difference in the League One table, we can see this being a back and forth match with both teams grabbing at least one goal that will end in them sharing a point come the full time whistle.