Birmingham City FC
Football England - FA Cup St Andrew's Sun 15 Feb 07:00
Leeds United
  1. Prediction
  2. Odds
  3. Stats
  4. Team News
  5. Lineups
  6. Squads
  7. Table

FA Cup Betting Preview: Birmingham vs Leeds

Championship outfit Birmingham host Premier League club Leeds at St Andrew's in the fourth round of the FA Cup, with kick-off set for 07:00 on Sunday 15 February.

Back a Close Game

If you agree with our verdict that Birmingham can avoid defeat against Leeds, then you can back the home team with a +0.25 goal start at -106. This means our Asian Handicap stake is split equally between 0 and +0.5.

Leeds Won 3-0 When Teams Last Met

Birmingham City had a 0-0 Championship draw in their last game. This was at home to West Bromwich Albion at St Andrew's. Blues had most of the ball boasting 59% possession and five shots on target.

Leeds United played Chelsea on the road in their previous game. It was a 2-2 Premier League draw at Stamford Bridge. The Whites had just 34% possession and recorded two shots on goal, while Lukas Nmecha and Noah Okafor were on the scoresheet.

In the last round of the FA Cup, Birmingham secured a 3-2 away win against League Two club Cambridge United, while Leeds visited Championship side Derby County and landed a 3-1 victory.

Head-to-Head Statistics

Leeds overcame Birmingham at home when the teams last played. It was a 3-0 Championship victory at Elland Road. The previous 5 games involving these sides have featured three Leeds wins and two Birmingham triumphs.

Championship G W D L GF GA GD GD P
10 Birmingham logo Birmingham 46 17 13 16 57 56 1 57:56 64
Premier League G W D L GF GA GD GD P
13 Leeds logo Leeds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
Birmingham City – Last 6 League & FA Cup Games

3 wins and 3 draws, averaging 1.3 goals from 4.3 shots on goal and 15.5 attempts. Birmingham have had 52.5% possession and 7.8 corners per game. On average, they have conceded 0.5 goals from 2.2 shots on goal and 8.2 attempts, while the opposition have been awarded 3.7 corners.

Players to Watch

Top goalscorer Marvin Ducksch has found the net 2 times, with Ibrahim Osman, Jay Stansfield, Tomoki Iwata and Kyogo Furuhashi scoring 1 each. Jay Stansfield has recorded the most assists with 2.

Leeds United – Last 5 League & FA Cup Games

Leeds have 2 victories, 1 defeat and 2 draws, with an average of 3.4 shots on goal, 9.4 attempts and 1.4 goals. The West Yorkshire outfit average 45.6% possession, 396.6 passes, 4.2 corners taken and 6.6 corners against them, while 1.6 goals have been conceded from 14.0 attempts and 4.4 shots on goal.

Players to Watch

Lukas Nmecha and Noah Okafor top the team’s scoring charts on 2 goals, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin on 1. Ilia Gruev has had 2 assists in the previous 5 games, while Karl Darlow has one clean sheet to his name.

Confirmed Lineups

Birmingham confirmed lineup (4-2-3-1): Ryan Allsop (GK), Bright Osayi-Samuel, Christoph Klarer, Jonathan Panzo, Kai Wagner, Jhon Solis, Tommy Doyle, Carlos Vicente, Jay Stansfield, Demarai Gray, August Priske.

Leeds confirmed lineup (3-4-2-1): Lucas Perri (GK), James Justin, Jaka Bijol, Sebastiaan Bornauw, Wilfried Gnonto, Ao Tanaka, Sean Longstaff, Gabriel Gudmundsson, Facundo Buonanotte, Noah Okafor, Lukas Nmecha.

Birmingham vs Leeds Prediction & Betting Tips

We’ve lined up expert Birmingham vs Leeds betting tips, from our match prediction and correct score call to player prop picks and best bet builder advice. Read on for the full breakdown.

Match Prediction

Birmingham look capable of winning this FA Cup encounter and we’ll take them on the Asian Handicap. Back them at -106 with a +0.25 goal start, with confidence high that they can perform well.

We always have a keen eye on team news, while our football experts have their finger on the pulse by knowing the latest form. You will also find a compendium of stats which provide some valuable pointers ahead of the FA Cup action.

Key Birmingham vs Leeds FA Cup & league stats:

  • The +0.25 line has been covered by Birmingham in 11 consecutive games at home.
  • The +0.25 line has been covered by Birmingham in 15 of their last 17 games at home.
  • The +0.25 line has been covered by Birmingham in 15 of their last 20 games.
  • The -0.25 line hasn’t been covered by Leeds in 9 of their last 10 games on the road.
  • The -0.25 line hasn’t been covered by Leeds in 12 of their last 14 games on the road.
  • The -0.25 line hasn’t been covered by Leeds in 2 consecutive games on the road.
Birmingham +0.25 Probability

When you look at the latest odds, our pick has a 51.5% chance of winning. Our experts think there’s a stronger chance of success and calculate the probability to be 55-60%. It is therefore regarded as a value wager.

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Our Match Prediction
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Correct Score Prediction

Birmingham Birmingham logo 2 - 1 Leeds logo Leeds

We’ve found an attractive bet at odds of +900 and it involves Blues winning 2-1. We like a wager on correct score as there’s the chance to bank a bigger return.

Player Prop Picks

Top Pick: Marvin Ducksch to Score +310 BetMGM logo

Marvin Ducksch (Birmingham) has netted five goals in his past ten matches. Based on the stats, we are happy to back the +310 when it comes to him finding the net on the Anytime Goalscorer market.

Latest Marvin Ducksch Player Prop Odds

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Bet Builder Tips

Asian Handicap Birmingham +0.25 -106
Total Goals Over 2.5 -130
Anytime Goalscorer Marvin Ducksch +310

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Birmingham vs Leeds Odds

The odds and lines below are updated regularly and may differ from the prices shown in our picks, which are captured at the time of publication.

Bookies Think Leeds Most Likely to Win

The Full-Time Result odds of +106 suggest that Leeds United are likely victors and there’s a 49% probability that the favourites win this FA Cup clash. Birmingham City are trading at a bigger price than their opponents and the outsiders can be backed at +240.

Should you want to back Leeds to win but want money back if the game ends level, then there is -200 available on the Draw No Bet market. Opponents Birmingham have been chalked up at +138.

If you’re looking to bet on more than two goals, then Over 2.5 has the lowest price. The Both Teams to Score market is always popular and BTTS Yes can be backed at -167.

The good news is that you can access hundreds of markets for any FA Cup match. All the leading football betting sites have a massive range of pre-match and In-Play betting options.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin Top of First Goalscorer List

Dominic Calvert-Lewin can be backed to find the net anytime at +150. There is the chance to back the market leader to score the first goal at +400.

Player Goals
Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Leeds)
First
+400
Anytime
+150
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Lukas Nmecha (Leeds)
First
+450
Anytime
+170
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August Priske (Birmingham)
First
+480
Anytime
+180
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Joël Piroe (Leeds)
First
+575
Anytime
+220
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Player Shots
Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Leeds)
Over 2.5
-172
Under 2.5
-
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August Priske (Birmingham)
Over 2.5
-100
Under 2.5
-
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Joël Piroe (Leeds)
Over 2.5
+115
Under 2.5
-
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Noah Okafor (Leeds)
Over 2.5
+130
Under 2.5
-
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Team Stats

Latest FA Cup and domestic league stats. Full Time Result, Goals, Corners and Possession.

Birmingham logo Birmingham Stats
Leeds logo Leeds Stats
Full-Time Result
  • 5 wins, 1 defeat and 4 draws in the previous 10 matches
  • 5 wins and 5 draws in the previous 10 home matches
Full-Time Result
  • 3 wins, 2 defeats and 5 draws in the previous 10 matches
  • 1 win, 4 defeats and 5 draws in the previous 10 away matches
Goals
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Corners
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Possession
Possession

Birmingham vs Leeds Lineups & Team News

Before making your bets, take a look at the Birmingham vs Leeds team news. Receive the predicted and confirmed FA Cup lineups from us, plus the most recent injury updates.

Birmingham Confirmed Lineup 4-2-3-1

Leeds Confirmed Lineup 3-4-2-1

Birmingham Confirmed Lineup 4-2-3-1

21 Ryan Allsop
26 Bright Osayi-Samuel 4 Christoph Klarer 37 Jonathan Panzo 31 Kai Wagner
14 Jhon Solis 7 Tommy Doyle
23 Carlos Vicente 28 Jay Stansfield 10 Demarai Gray
29 August Priske
1 Lucas Perri
24 James Justin 15 Jaka Bijol 23 Sebastiaan Bornauw
29 Wilfried Gnonto 22 Ao Tanaka 8 Sean Longstaff 3 Gabriel Gudmundsson
40 Facundo Buonanotte 19 Noah Okafor
14 Lukas Nmecha

Leeds Confirmed Lineup 3-4-2-1

Birmingham Substitutes

  • 5Phil Neumann
  • 16Patrick Roberts
  • 17Ibrahim Osman
  • 25James Beadle
  • 27Kanya Fujimoto
  • 33Marvin Ducksch
  • 43Zaid Betteka
  • 45Billy Burrell
  • 48Bradley Mayo

Leeds Substitutes

  • 2Jayden Bogle
  • 4Ethan Ampadu
  • 6Joe Rodon
  • 9D. Calvert-Lewin
  • 10Joel Piroe
  • 11Brenden Aaronson
  • 25Sam Byram
  • 26Karl Darlow
  • 44Ilia Gruev

Previous Birmingham Lineups

10 Feb Championship
Birmingham 0-0 West Brom
07 Feb Championship
Birmingham 2-1 Leicester
31 Jan Championship
Oxford 0-2 Birmingham
24 Jan Championship
Birmingham 1-1 Stoke
20 Jan Championship
Sheffield Wed 0-2 Birmingham
17 Jan Championship
Swansea 1-1 Birmingham

Previous Leeds Lineups

10 Feb Premier League
Chelsea 2-2 Leeds
06 Feb Premier League
Leeds 3-1 Nott’m Forest
31 Jan Premier League
Leeds 0-4 Arsenal
26 Jan Premier League
Everton 1-1 Leeds
17 Jan Premier League
Leeds 1-0 Fulham
11 Jan FA Cup
Derby 1-3 Leeds
Team Squads

Birmingham Player Stats & Squad

Manager: Chris Davies

Player # Pos GP MIN ST BE G A Y R
Alexander Cochrane - - - - - - - - - -
Kai Wagner - - - - - - - - - -
Tommy Doyle - - - - - - - - - -
Taylor Gardner-Hickman - - - - - - - - - -
Seung-Ho Paik - - - - - - - - - -

Leeds Player Stats & Squad

Manager: Daniel Farke

Player # Pos GP MIN ST BE G A Y R
Alex Cairns - - - - - - - - - -
Joe Gelhardt - - - - - - - - - -
Sebastiaan Bornauw - - - - - - - - - -
Sean Longstaff - - - - - - - - - -
Sam Byram - - - - - - - - - -
England FlagChampionship Table
Championship Season
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Coventry 46 28 11 7 97:45 95
2 Ipswich 46 23 15 8 80:47 84
3 Millwall 46 24 11 11 64:49 83
4 Southampton 46 22 14 10 82:56 80
5 Middlesbrough 46 22 14 10 72:47 80
6 Hull 46 21 10 15 70:66 73
7 Wrexham 46 19 14 13 69:65 71
8 Derby 46 20 9 17 67:59 69
9 Norwich 46 19 8 19 63:56 65
10 Birmingham 46 17 13 16 57:56 64
11 Swansea 46 18 10 18 57:59 64
12 Bristol City 46 17 11 18 59:59 62
13 Sheffield Utd 46 18 6 22 66:66 60
14 Preston 46 15 15 16 55:62 60
15 QPR 46 16 10 20 61:73 58
16 Watford 46 14 15 17 53:65 57
17 Stoke 46 15 10 21 51:56 55
18 Portsmouth 46 14 13 19 49:64 55
19 Charlton 46 13 14 19 44:58 53
20 Blackburn 46 13 13 20 42:56 52
21 West Brom 46 13 14 19 48:58 51
22 Oxford 46 11 14 21 45:59 47
23 Leicester 46 12 16 18 58:68 46
24 Sheffield Wed 46 2 12 32 29:89 0
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Coventry 23 17 4 2 51:19 55
2 Ipswich 23 14 8 1 43:17 50
3 Southampton 23 12 8 3 38:19 44
4 Birmingham 23 12 8 3 39:22 44
5 Middlesbrough 23 12 6 5 34:18 42
6 Millwall 23 13 3 7 33:25 42
7 Swansea 23 11 6 6 34:27 39
8 Hull 23 11 5 7 35:34 38
9 Wrexham 23 10 7 6 41:37 37
10 Watford 23 10 7 6 30:27 37
11 Derby 23 10 6 7 31:27 36
12 West Brom 23 8 10 5 28:25 34
13 Stoke 23 9 6 8 34:28 33
14 QPR 23 10 3 10 40:37 33
15 Sheffield Utd 23 9 4 10 38:33 31
16 Bristol City 23 9 4 10 33:31 31
17 Preston 23 8 7 8 28:30 31
18 Charlton 23 9 4 10 23:26 31
19 Portsmouth 23 8 6 9 25:23 30
20 Norwich 23 9 3 11 27:28 30
21 Oxford 23 7 8 8 24:27 29
22 Leicester 23 7 7 9 31:34 28
23 Blackburn 23 4 9 10 19:27 21
24 Sheffield Wed 23 1 7 15 14:44 10
England FlagPremier League Table
Premier League Season
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Bournemouth 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
2 Arsenal 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
3 Aston Villa 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
4 Brentford 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
5 Brighton 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
6 Chelsea 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
7 Coventry 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
8 Crystal Palace 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
9 Everton 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
10 Fulham 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
11 Hull 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
12 Ipswich 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
13 Leeds 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
14 Liverpool 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
15 Man City 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
16 Man United 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
17 Newcastle 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
18 Nott’m Forest 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
19 Sunderland 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
20 Tottenham 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Bournemouth 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
2 Arsenal 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
3 Aston Villa 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
4 Brentford 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
5 Brighton 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
6 Chelsea 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
7 Coventry 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
8 Crystal Palace 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
9 Everton 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
10 Fulham 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
11 Hull 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
12 Ipswich 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
13 Leeds 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
14 Liverpool 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
15 Man City 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
16 Man United 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
17 Newcastle 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
18 Nott’m Forest 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
19 Sunderland 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
20 Tottenham 0 0 0 0 0:0 0

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