Cardiff City

Football England - EFL Championship Cardiff City Stadium Wed 13 Dec 14:45

Birmingham City

  1. Prediction
  2. Odds
  3. Stats
  4. Team News
  5. Lineups
  6. Injuries
  7. Squads
  8. Table

We are betting on Cardiff City to beat Birmingham City. You can back our prediction at -100 on the Full-Time Result market and we think this offers good value.

Expert Analysis

It's important to understand the players who are unavailable for the upcoming action and the respective form of each team. If you want stats, you have come to the right place and they form the basis of our football predictions.

Key Cardiff City vs Birmingham City stats:

  • Cardiff City have won 6 of their past 10 home matches
  • Cardiff City have scored 2 or more goals in 6 of their past 10 home matches
  • Birmingham City have lost 8 consecutive away matches
  • Birmingham City have lost 8 of their past 10 away matches
  • Birmingham City have conceded 2 or more goals in 7 of their last 10 away matches

There are attractive odds about the home side and our tip is for the hosts to win this Championship game. They can get the better of their opponents over ninety minutes and you can get -100.

The Asian Handicap market offers some alternatives if you strongly fancy Cardiff City. Back them at -1, -1.5 or even -2 depending on how confident you are.

Last Matches & H2H

Cardiff had four shots on target in their last game, beating Millwall 1-0 at Cardiff City Stadium. This was a Championship match, with Dimitrios Goutas on the scoresheet.

Birmingham lost 2-0 against Coventry in their previous match, registering six shots on target. They had 44% possession at Coventry Building Society Arena in this Championship match.

Cardiff City won when they last played Birmingham City. This clash at St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium finished 3-1 in favour of Cardiff City.

Looking back over the past 9 matches, we have seen Cardiff City win six times. Three games ended in a draw and there has been an average of 3.33 goals scored.

Confirmed Lineups

Cardiff City (confirmed lineup): Runar Alex Runarsson, Perry Ng, Dimitrios Goutas, Mark McGuinness, Jamilu Collins, Manolis Siopis, Ryan Wintle, Yakou Meite, Rubin Colwill, Karlan Grant, Kion Etete.

Birmingham City (confirmed lineup): John Ruddy, Emanuel Aiwu, Marc Roberts, Dion Sanderson, Lee Buchanan, Krystian Bielik, Ivan Sunjic, Siriki Dembele, Jordan James, Juninho Bacuna, Jay Stansfield.

Cardiff City vs Birmingham City Prediction

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Cardiff City vs Birmingham City Odds

The Cardiff City betting odds have been priced up by the bookies and they are -100 favourites to land victory in this Championship encounter which means a 50% chance of winning. For those wanting to oppose the market leader, you can get +275 about Birmingham City.

The Total Goals market is popular and Under 2.5 Goals has the shortest odds right now. If you’re expecting at least one team to draw a blank, then the No option on the Both Teams to Score market is available at -125.

If you fancy Cardiff but want money back if this Championship match is a draw, then you can get -225. You can bet on Birmingham at +162.5 on the Draw No Bet market.

Team Stats

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Full time Result

  • 9 wins, 8 defeats and 3 draws in previous 20 matches
  • 6 wins, 3 defeats and 1 draws in previous 10 home matches

Full time Results

  • 6 wins, 9 defeats and 5 draws in previous 20 matches
  • 1 wins, 8 defeats and 1 draws in previous 10 away matches

Goals

Goals

Cardiff City FC

Birmingham City FC

Goals / match
1 1
Conceded / match
1.4 2
Total / match
2.4 3

Corners

Corners

Cardiff City FC

Birmingham City FC

For / match
5.6 6.2
Against / match
5.4 7.2
Total / match
11 13.4

Possession

Possession

Top Scorers & Assists

Top Scorers & Assists

Team News

It’s good to know about any injuries and this is reflected in our Cardiff City vs Birmingham City team news, with this leading to predicted and confirmed lineups.

The Championship squad information is a great asset when it comes to making your bets.

Cardiff City vs Birmingham City Lineups

Cardiff City Confirmed Lineup 4-2-3-1

Birmingham City Confirmed Lineup 4-2-3-1

Cardiff City Confirmed Lineup 4-2-3-1

13 Runar Alex Runarsson
38 Perry Ng 4 Dimitrios Goutas 5 Mark McGuinness 17 Jamilu Collins
23 Manolis Siopis 6 Ryan Wintle
22 Yakou Meite 27 Rubin Colwill 16 Karlan Grant
9 Kion Etete
21 John Ruddy
44 Emanuel Aiwu 4 Marc Roberts 5 Dion Sanderson 3 Lee Buchanan
6 Krystian Bielik 34 Ivan Sunjic
17 Siriki Dembele 19 Jordan James 7 Juninho Bacuna
28 Jay Stansfield

Birmingham City Confirmed Lineup 4-2-3-1

Cardiff City Substitutes

  • 2Mahlon Romeo
  • 12Ike Ugbo
  • 14Josh Bowler
  • 18Ebou Adams
  • 21Jak Alnwick
  • 24Jonathan Panzo
  • 32Ollie Tanner
  • 35Andy Rinomhota
  • 47Callum Robinson

Birmingham City Substitutes

  • 1Neil Etheridge
  • 9Scott Hogan
  • 10Lukas Jutkiewicz
  • 11Koji Miyoshi
  • 20Gary Gardner
  • 23Emmanuel Longelo
  • 24Marcel Oakley
  • 27Brandon Khela
  • 49Romelle Donovan

Previous Cardiff City Lineups

09 Dec Championship
Cardiff City 1-0 Millwall
02 Dec Championship
Southampton 2-0 Cardiff City
28 Nov Championship
Cardiff City 0-1 West Brom

Previous Birmingham City Lineups

08 Dec Championship
Coventry 2-0 Birmingham
02 Dec Championship
Birmingham 0-0 Rotherham
29 Nov Championship
Blackburn 4-2 Birmingham

You can find out the Cardiff City vs Birmingham City lineups including substitutes ahead of kick-off. Check out our predicted lineups before getting confirmed starting 11s.

Injuries & Suspensions

Cardiff City Injury Table

Type Name Info
No players are currently reported injured or suspended.
Aaron Ramsey Knee injury
Callum ODowda Leg injury

Birmingham City Injury Table

Type Name Info
No players are currently reported injured or suspended.
Ethan Laird Groin injury
Alfie Chang Knee injury
Keshi Anderson Hamstring
George Hall Hamstring
Tyler Roberts Calf Injury

We have injury news so you can get the list of player injuries, while suspensions are also flagged up which means a player is missing the next game.

It’s great to get information and stats on the squad for every team in the division.

England FlagChampionship Table

Championship 2023/2024

# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Leicester City 20 16 1 3 38:12 49
2 Ipswich Town 20 15 3 2 43:25 48
3 Leeds United 20 12 5 3 36:20 41
4 Southampton 20 11 5 4 32:28 38
5 West Brom 20 9 5 6 31:21 32
6 Sunderland 20 9 3 8 31:23 30
7 Cardiff City 20 9 3 8 28:23 30
8 Hull City 20 8 6 6 29:26 30
9 Preston 20 8 5 7 24:32 29
10 Watford 20 7 7 6 29:24 28
11 Blackburn 20 9 1 10 32:33 28
12 Middlesbrough 20 8 3 9 31:31 27
13 Norwich 20 8 3 9 34:36 27
14 Bristol City 20 7 5 8 21:22 26
15 Coventry 20 6 7 7 26:23 25
16 Swansea City 20 6 6 8 28:28 24
17 Birmingham 20 6 5 9 23:29 23
18 Plymouth 20 6 4 10 31:33 22
19 Millwall 20 5 6 9 21:27 21
20 Stoke City 20 6 3 11 19:28 21
21 Huddersfield 20 4 9 7 19:32 21
22 QPR 20 5 4 11 19:30 19
23 Sheffield Wed 20 3 4 13 13:31 13
24 Rotherham 20 2 7 11 18:39 13
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Ipswich Town 10 9 0 1 30:17 27
2 Leicester City 10 8 0 2 17:4 24
3 Leeds United 10 7 3 0 21:9 24
4 West Brom 10 6 2 2 17:9 20
5 Southampton 10 6 2 2 19:14 20
6 Watford 11 5 4 2 22:11 19
7 Plymouth 10 6 1 3 24:14 19
8 Cardiff City 10 6 1 3 16:10 19
9 Birmingham 10 5 4 1 15:9 19
10 Sunderland 10 6 0 4 19:13 18
11 Coventry 10 4 5 1 12:7 17
12 Preston 10 5 2 3 15:17 17
13 Hull City 10 4 4 2 15:10 16
14 Middlesbrough 10 5 1 4 11:9 16
15 Norwich 10 5 1 4 13:12 16
16 Bristol City 10 4 2 4 13:12 14
17 Stoke City 10 4 1 5 9:12 13
18 Blackburn 10 4 0 6 13:18 12
19 Rotherham 10 2 5 3 14:14 11
20 Swansea City 10 2 5 3 12:12 11
21 Huddersfield 10 2 5 3 9:15 11
22 Sheffield Wed 10 2 3 5 8:14 9
23 QPR 9 2 2 5 10:16 8
24 Millwall 10 2 2 6 8:16 8

An up-to-date table is available and we recommend you check out Championship standings to see which teams are challenging near the top and bottom.