Hosts Stoke City prepare for the visit of rivals Birmingham City during Saturday’s Championship match at the Bet365 Stadium.
Stoke City will be hoping to win again after a 0-1 Championship win at Wigan Athletic. In this game, “Stoke City” had 49% of the ball and attempted 13 goals, of which 5 were from the goal posts. Josh Tymon scored for Stoke City (62′). For the opposing team, Wigan Athletic aimed 11 shots.
Alex Neil’s Stoke City scored a total of 7 goals in the first half. The number of opposing goals conceded in that match is 7.
In their previous match, Birmingham City drew with Millwall 0-0 in the Championship. In this match, Birmingham City had 47% of the ball and attempted to score in five halves, including zero goals. Millwall, on the other hand, had 10 shots and 3 kicks.
Birmingham City’s tenacious defenders have scored three ‘goals’ in their previous six encounters. During this time, the striker scored nine goals. However, it remains to be seen if this pattern can be maintained in the next game.
Prediction
We think Birmingham City should push for a goal against a Stoke City side that can score at least one.
So we predict that Stoke City will win 1-0 if the referee blows on time. I look forward to seeing this.
Head-to-head
Take a look at the previous head-to-head meetings on 31 August 2019, with a total of three wins in Stoke City 1 and Birmingham City 2.
In this match, the two clubs shared a total of 13 goals. 6 goalkeepers and 7 blues. That’s an average of 2.17 goals per game.
Line-up
Stoke City:
Morgan Fox, Harry Clarke, Jordan Thompson, Lewis Baker, Nick Powell, Josh Tymon, Jacob Brown and Dwight Gayle, Josef Bursik, Ben Wilmot, Phil Jagielka.
Birmingham:
Maxime Colin, Krystian Bielik, Hannibal Mejbri, Emmanuel Longelo, Juninho Bacuna, Tahith Chong and Scott Hogan, John Ruddy, Dion Sanderson, Harlee Dean, Auston Trusty.
Betting tips
See match bets on the 90 minute results market. Stoke City win is 2.05, draw is 3.42 and Birmingham City bet is 3.8. This is the highest price currently available.
Where to watch
Sky Sport Football will broadcast this match.