Leeds v Birmingham predictions

Match	Date	Selection	Bet	Odds	Bet now
Leeds v Birmingham predictions Championship England, England	27/10/2012 16:00	asian handicap	Birmingham +0.5	1.85	Bet at 188bet
Betting prediction was written by Dan Adair

LEEDS - BIRMINGHAM PREDICTIONS AND PREVIEW: BETTING STATS

League Table:
Leeds P12 W5 D4 L3 Pts 19 GF20 GA18 GD+2 - Average goals per game: 3.17
Birmingham P12 W3 D4 L5 Pts 13 GF14 GA21 GD-7 - Average goals per game: 2.92

TEAM NEWS AND RUN OF PLAY

Leeds are handily placed in position. Boasting a run of 7 games unbeaten Neil Warnock has his stamp all over this team. Hard working, direct and very physical Leeds are a tough task for any team. Leeds have been under par in the last two games, lifeless draws against lower ranked sides Sheff Wed and Charlton. This may be due to over exertion as Leeds do not have the squad size to cope with so many games in such as short time. Leeds have injury doubts to key players with skipper Lee Peltier, Rudy Austin and Michael Tonge all possibly out.
Birmingham have had a poor start to The Championship under Lee Clark. Without a win in four games they went into the last game against Millwall with the chance of a win. Things did not go to plan and they were 3-0 down after 17 minutes. However Birmingham rallied and showed some excellent fighting spirit to get back into the game. Marlon King scored three times and Birmingham were level with 25 minutes left. They could not find a fourth and the points were shared. I think this fightback could act as a catalyst for Brum and they could kick on now. Centre back Jonathon Spector returns to the squad. Nikola Zigic serves the final game of his three-match ban and Peter Lovenkrands and Pablo Ibanez are out injured.

LEEDS - BIRMINGHAM: 1X2 BETTING PREVIEW

3.60 Birmingham (Betvictor)is the selection in this game. Leeds could be in trouble here if the injured players do not pull through. Already in a bit of malaise after two poor performances back to back Leeds need freshening up. Birmingham posses a top level strikeforce in King and Lita and are a decent squad, they just cannot seem to get it together long term. They can trouble any side in the league though and I believe the midweek fightback might be the kickstart they need.

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LEEDS - BIRMINGHAM :ASIAN HANDICAP PREDICTION

Birmingham +0.5 is the selection here 1.85 (188bet) Birmingham have the quality to take Leeds here. The home side seem to be struggling a little and 2 points from games with Charlton and Sheff Wed is a poor return. In both games you could not seperate the teams and Leeds are supposed to be a top side. Injuries will affect a small Leeds squad too and Birmingham can take advantage. Taking 1.85 Birmingham and the Draw is a good bet.

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LEEDS - BIRMINGHAM:TOTAL GOALS PREDICTION

Under 2.50 2.10 (StanJames) is the bet here. Really difficult to select here. On the face of it I fancy a really tight game here but the stats point massively to the overs. I'm going with the recent form however and of the last ten games for both sides only Birmingham's last match has seen goals (3-3 with Millwall) Both sides are having problems and for such a tight game between two massive sleeping giants I see a close game. Of the last 10 games there has been 6 games under 2.50 goals. Total goals in that time has been 27 goals at an average of 2.70 goals. However one match as stated above had 6 goals in and skewers the stats slightly.

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