Match Info

Championship - Round 1

Date: 8 August 2025, Friday

Location: St. Andrew's Stadium (Birmingham)

Referee: Kitchen A. (Eng)

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	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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