England Championship: Brighton v Birmingham

Match	Date	Selection	Bet	Odds	Bet now
England Championship: Brighton v Birmingham Championship England, England	29/09/2012 18:30	full time result	Brighton to win	1.80	Bet at VCbet
Betting prediction was written by Dan Adair

BRIGHTON - BIRMINGHAM PREDICTION STATS

Brighton P7 W5 D1 L1 GF14 GA4 GD+10 Average goals per game:2.57
Birmingham P7 W2 D2 L3 GF8 GA14 GD-6 Average goals per game:3.14

TEAM NEWS AND RUN OF PLAY

Brighton on the are flying at the moment, playing lovely football and have finally found the killer touch. The only thing holding The Seagulls back over the last season and a half was a finisher and they seem to have found one in Craig Mackail-Smith. His loss to injury will be a massive blow. Stephen Dobbie, the summer signing from Swansea will be handed a full debut in attack. Bruno Saltor is a doubt but fellow Spaniard Inigo Calderon is on stand-by.Midfielder. Out for sure is forward Will Hoskins who is still recovering from a broken foot. The Seagulls have won their last five matches and are two points clear of Huddersfield in second.Brighton have an excellent first team that is brimming with quality and confidence.
Birmingham looked like they had finally started to pull together when they were totally destroyed at home to lowly Barnsley in a remarkable 5-0 home loss. Lee Clark is under pressure again and The St Andrews faithful have not taken to him at all. The team is under a cloud with injuries. Marlon King and Hayden Mullins were struck down with a virus, which spells problems for the rest of the team as things like this are almost impossible to isolate. Clark's main problems are in defence with Stephen Carr and Paul Caddis ruled out for the long-term while David Murphy and Pablo Ibanez have been added to the long term list.Left-back Paul Robinson is expected to make his debut having arrived on a short-term deal while Curtis Davies will return to partner Steven Caldwell at the heart of defence.

1X2 BETTING PREDICTION

1.80 Brighton (BetVictor) is the selection here and is re-inforced with the mounting problems for Birmingham. Brighton have to deal with the loss of Mackail-Smith. Dobbie is and able replacement though. Brighton are the in form team, playing the best football in the division and are on a real high. Birmingham are almost the polar opposite, confidence on the floor and playing with no real conviction. Huge injury problems spell more trouble, Brighton will be at them from the 1st whistle.

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ASIAN HANDICAP PREDICTION

Brighton on the -1 handicap at 2.41 is the selection (Pinnacle) Brighton look way overpriced here so we get some value prices on the handicaps. Birmingham are still given too much respect by the odds compilers and are still being priced up on name and reputation. This team lost at home last week 5-0 to Barnsley! They are a poor side and in poor form with mounting injury problems, facing the best team in the division away from home is going to be an impossible job. A Brighton win with goals is looking good here.

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TOTAL GOALS PREDICTION

Over 2.5 goals 1.97 (188bet) is a huge price for these two teams. Goals are expected here and like nearly all Championship games goals do flow. Good attackers on both sides, Both sides like to go at opposing teams and defence is poor for Birmingham. Brighton will keep attacking even when they go ahead and overs look here for the taking.

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