Birmingham vs Cardiff City Prediction: Cardiff defeated Birmingham in the last meeting this season

Birmingham is set to host Cardiff on Tuesday evening. Birmingham is winless against Cardiff in their last 9 league visits. Would Birmingham be able to redeem itself this time?

Birmingham City’s Form

Birmingham's home form is a matter of concern this season (W5 L6 D5) as they managed to win on 5 occasions out of 16. They won in their previous home game against West Brom (2-0). In their 15 home league games, the Blues scored 20 goals against their visitors and conceded 18 in return.

Birmingham's away performance is poor as well as they just managed (W5 D4 L5) to win on 5 occasions out of 14. With 38 points in 30 games, Birmingham is sitting in the 17th position. They have netted 36 goals this season and conceded 38 in return.

Scott Hogan is the team’s top scorer with 10 goals followed by Auston Trusty (4) and Troy Deeney (6) respectively 2nd and 3rd positions. 

Birmingham City’s possible lineup

Ruddy; Sanderson, Long, Trusty, Colin; Bacuna, Mejbri, Bielik, Chong; Hogan, Jutkiewicz.

Cardiff City’s Form

At away, Cardiff City's performance is poor this season (W3 D3 L9) as they just managed to win 3 out of 15 league games. They lost in their previous two games against Hull (0-1) and Luton (0-1). In their 15 league games, Cardiff scored 10 goals against their hosts and conceded 18 in return.

Cardiff at home looks in good touch this season as they managed to win (W4 D5 L7) on four occasions out of 16. With 29 points in 31 games, Cardiff is sitting in the 21st position. They have netted 22 goals this season and conceded 36 in return.

Callum Robinson is the team’s top scorer with 4 goals and 5 assists followed by Mark Harris (3) and Callum O’Dowda (3) respectively 2nd and 3rd positions. 

Cardiff City’s possible lineup

Allsopp; Ng, Kipre, McGuiness, O’Dowda; Ralls, Sawyers, Philogene-Bidace, Ojo; Rinomhota, Kaba.

Birmingham vs Cardiff expert tips

Cardiff has already defeated Birmingham this season at Cardiff’s home. The track record of Birmingham against playing Cardiff is not good as well. After analyzing all the facts, we anticipate Cardiff to win this match or the game to end in a draw. In this match, we can expect less than 2.5 goals as both teams have scored less than 3 goals in a face-to-face contest.