Birmingham City vs Leicester City: Analysis and Prediction of the Championship match

On December 18, 2023, Birmingham City and Leicester City will face each other at St. Andrew's Stadium in Birmingham as part of the Championship. Leicester City, currently leading the Championship standings, has the opportunity to extend their lead to three points over the second-placed team.

Let's analyze the data for both teams:

Birmingham City:
- In the last match on December 13, 2023, they defeated Cardiff City with a score of 0-1.
- In the last 5 matches, they have won 2 times, lost 2 times, and drawn once, with an average of 1 goal scored and 1.4 goals conceded per match.
- In this Championship season, they have won 7 times, lost 9 times, and drawn 5 times, with an average of 1.14 goals scored and 1.38 goals conceded per match.
- They haven't lost in 9 of their last 10 home matches in the Championship.
- Over 0.5 goals at halftime have been scored in 5 of their last 6 home matches in the Championship.

Leicester City:
- In the last match on December 13, 2023, they defeated Millwall with a score of 3-2.
- In the last 5 matches, they have won 4 times and drawn once, with an average of 2.4 goals scored and 0.8 goals conceded per match.
- In this Championship season, they have won 17 times, lost 3 times, and drawn once, with an average of 1.95 goals scored and 0.67 goals conceded per match.
- They have conceded at least 1 goal in their last 7 away matches.
- Over 1.5 goals have been scored in their last 5 Championship matches.
- They have scored at least 1 goal in 12 of their last 13 away matches.
- Both teams scored in 6 of their last 7 away matches.

Head-to-Head:
In the last direct encounter on March 4, 2020, Leicester City defeated Birmingham City at home with a score of 1-0.
In the last 5 direct encounters, Birmingham City has not won, Leicester City has won 3 times, and there have been 2 draws, with an average of 1.2 goals scored by Birmingham City and 1.8 goals scored by Leicester City per match.

PROBABLE LINEUPS
BIRMINGHAM CITY
Ruddy; Aiwu, Sanderson, Roberts, Buchanan; Bielik, Sunjic, James; Dembele, Bacuna, Stansfield
LEICESTER CITY
Hermansen; Pereira, Vestergaard, Faes, Justin; Ndidi, Winks, Dewsbury-Hall; Fatawu, Mavididi, Iheanacho



BetMines predicts the victory of Leicester City with a final result of more than 1.5 goals.