Match Info

Championship - Round 1

Date: 8 August 2025, Friday 🏁 Finished

Location: St. Andrew's Stadium (Birmingham) 🌤️ ...

Referee: Kitchen A. (Eng)

Where to Watch on TV:

Country	Kick-Off	TV Channels
Africa	—	DStv Now, SuperSport Football, SuperSport GOtv Football, SuperSport MaXimo 1, SuperSport Maximo 360, SupeSport ESPN 1
Argentina	16:00	Disney+
Armenia	23:00	Setanta Sports 1
Asia	—	beIN Connect MENA, beIN Sports MENA 2, beIN Sports MENA English 1, TOD
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Austria	21:00	Sky Go Austria, Sky Sport Austria Premier League, Sky Sport Austria Top Event
Azerbaijan	23:00	Setanta Sports 1
Bosnia And Herzegovina	21:00	Arena Sport 1
Brazil	16:00	Disney+, ESPN 4
Bulgaria	22:00	Diema Sport 2, Play Diema Xtra
Canada	15:00	DAZN Canada
Chile	15:00	Disney+
Colombia	14:00	Disney+, ESPN 5
Croatia	21:00	Arena Sport 1, MAXtv To Go
Czech Republic	21:00	Nova Sport 4
Denmark	21:00	TV3 MAX, Viaplay
Europe	—	Setanta Sports 1 Baltic
Finland	22:00	Viaplay, V Sport 2
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Georgia	23:00	Setanta Sports 1
Germany	21:00	Sky Go Germany, Sky Sport Premier League, Sky Sport Top Event, WOW
Greece	22:00	COSMOTE Sport 3
Hungary	21:00	Match 4
Iceland	19:00	SÝN Sport Viaplay
India	00:30	FanCode, FanCode
Ireland	20:00	NOW
Israel	22:00	Sport 1
Japan	04:00	DAZN Japan
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Kosovo	21:00	Arena Premium 4
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Malaysia	03:00	Astro Go, Astro Grandstand, Sooka
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Mexico	13:00	Disney+
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Netherlands	21:00	Viaplay
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Peru	14:00	Disney+
Portugal	20:00	Sport TV5
Serbia	21:00	Arena Premium 4, Arena Sport 1
Slovakia	21:00	Voyo
Slovenia	21:00	Arena Sport 1 Premium
South Africa	21:00	SuperSport Football, Supersport Maximo 1, SupeSport ESPN
South America	—	ESPN 5 South
Sweden	21:00	Viaplay
Switzerland	21:00	Sky Sport Premier League, Sky Sport Top Event
Tajikistan	00:00	Setanta Sports 1
Turkmenistan	00:00	Setanta Sports 1
Ukraine	22:00	Kyivstar TV, Setanta Sports
United Kingdom	20:00	NOW TV, Sky Go Extra, Sky Go, Sky Sports Main Event
Uruguay	16:00	Disney+
Usa	15:00	CBS Sports Network, Paramount+
Uzbekistan	00:00	Setanta Sports 1
Venezuela	15:00	Disney+, Inter


	Birmingham City		Ipswich Town

	1	X	2
	2.55	3.25	2.75	Watch
	2.45	3.3	2.87
	2.46	3.25	2.95	Watch
	2.7	3.34	2.75
	2.48	3.28	2.86	Watch
	2.4	3.25	2.9
	2.43	3.3	2.97	Watch
	2.45	3.3	2.8
Avarage Now (Initially)	2.49 ↑ (2.48)	3.28 (3.28)	2.86 (2.86)

The most likely Over/Under: 2.25

The best margin for this event is 3.3%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Birmingham City
38%

Draw
28.8%

Ipswich Town
33.1%

Initial Probability (when we started the analysis)

38.1%

28.8%

33.1%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Birmingham City has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-0.1%)

The chances for Ipswich Town have remained the same compared to the initial analysis.

Who will win by Users?

1	X	2
50%	20%	30%

Birmingham City - Ipswich Town Predictions

Users Predictions: 25 users predict this event. Birmingham will win (votes: 11 - 44%). Ipswich will win (votes: 9 - 36%). It will Tie (votes: 5 - 20%).
Confidence interval (95%) for Birmingham: 24.5% – 63.5%.

Verified Performance Core (Selected Experts): 2 Selected Experts predict this event. Birmingham (votes: 1 - 50%). Ipswich (votes: 1 - 50%).

Over/Under & Asian Handicap Predictions by Selected Experts:

AH 0 - Ipswich (1.98) (votes: 2 - 100%) .

BTS - yes (votes: 4 - 100%) 🥈 Silver Tip.

O/U 3.5 - over (votes: 1 - 100%) .

O/U 0.5, 1st Half - over (votes: 1 - 100%) .

DNB - Ipswich (1.97) (votes: 1 - 100%) .

Overall Expert Consensus (including all markets): 5 Selected Experts predict this event. Birmingham (votes: 1 - 20%). Ipswich (votes: 4 - 80%).

Expected Score (Market Odds): 1:1

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Lineups

Starting Lineups
21. Allsop R. (G) 26. Osayi-Samuel B. 4. Klarer C. (C) 5. Neumann P. 20. Cochrane A. 8. Paik Seung-Ho 24. Iwata T. 14. Anderson K. 28. Stansfield J. 10. Gray D. 9. Furuhashi K.	1. Palmer A. (G) 18. Johnson B. 26. O'Shea D. (C) 24. Greaves J. 3. Davis L. 21. Ogbene C. 14. Taylor J. 5. Matusiwa A. 47. Clarke J. 23. Szmodics S. 9. Hirst G.
Substitutes
25. Beadle J. (G) 6. Bielik K. 16. Cashin E. 7. Doyle T. 17. Dykes L. 19. Gardner-Hickman T. 2. Laird E. 12. Leonard M. 18. Willumsson W. T.	16. Al Hamadi A. 35. Barbrook F. 33. Broadhead N. 10. Chaplin C. 20. Humphreys C. 4. Kipre C. 28. Walton C. (G) 6. Woolfenden L. 15. Young A.
Coaches
Davies C.	McKenna K.

Key Events of the Match

1st Half (0 - 0)
19', Taylor J. 🟨,
19', Osayi-Samuel B. 🟨,
44', Matusiwa A. 🟨,
2nd Half (1 - 1)
55', 1 - 0, Stansfield J. ⚽,
68', Johnson B. ↓, Young A. ↑,
68', Ogbene C. ↓, Broadhead N. ↑,
68', Szmodics S. ↓, Chaplin C. ↑,
71', Paik Seung-Ho 🟨,
77', Furuhashi K. ↓, Doyle T. ↑,
79', Clarke J. ↓, Al Hamadi A. ↑,
83', Stansfield J. ↓, Dykes L. ↑,
83', Gray D. ↓, Laird E. ↑,
85', Matusiwa A. ↓, Humphreys C. ↑,
89', Anderson K. ↓, Gardner-Hickman T. ↑,
90+5', 1 - 1, Hirst G. (Pen),
90+6', Chaplin C. 🟨,

Preview

In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Birmingham won 1.

Birmingham has had mixed results lately (last 5 games: 3 wins).

Recently, Birmingham has had a series of away games.

The chances of victory for both teams are nearly identical in this match.

There will not play in Birmingham: Ducksch M. (Calf Injury) Fujimoto K. (Injury) Wright S. (Knee Injury)

There will not play in Ipswich: Burns W. (Knee Injury)

There are questionable in Ipswich: Townsend C. (Knee Injury)

In the last 17 head-to-head matches, Birmingham won 3 matches, drew 7 matches, lost 7 matches, and goals 20:24. (average 1.2:1.4).

Including home matches between the teams, Birmingham won 3 matches, drew 4 matches, lost 1 match, and goals 13:9. (average 1.6:1.1).

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Birmingham City
Club Friendly
02.08.25	Birmingham City - Nottingham Forest	1:0 ✺
26.07.25	Northampton Town - Birmingham City	3:0 ✺
26.07.25	Port Vale - Birmingham City	0:2 ✺
23.07.25	Solihull Moors - Birmingham City	0:1 ✺
19.07.25	Burton Albion - Birmingham City	1:0 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 11.8 WLWWL
- Ipswich Town
Club Friendly
02.08.25	Auxerre - Ipswich Town	0:3 ✺
29.07.25	Ipswich Town - Charlton Athletic	2:1 ✺
25.07.25	Aberdeen - Ipswich Town	1:3 ✺
19.07.25	Blau-Weiss Linz - Ipswich Town	1:4 ✺
English Premier League
25.05.25	Ipswich Town - West Ham United	1:3 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 10 WWWWL

Latest Head to Head

English League Championship
24.02.24	Ipswich Town - Birmingham City	3:1
04.11.23	Birmingham City - Ipswich Town	2:2
13.04.19	Ipswich Town - Birmingham City	1:1
29.09.18	Birmingham City - Ipswich Town	2:2
31.03.18	Birmingham City - Ipswich Town	1:0
05.08.17	Ipswich Town - Birmingham City	1:0
01.04.17	Ipswich Town - Birmingham City	1:1

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