Birmingham vs. Reading Prediction, Tips & Odds – Dec. 16, 2022 21:00 CET
The big surprises in the Championship this season will meet on Friday night at St Andrew’s Stadium in Birmingham in the 23rd Round of the Championship.
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Birmingham City Team News
This season is much better than any of the previous five years for Birmingham. In the last five years, Birmingham always finished in the bottom half of the table, above the relegation zone. On some occasions, they were in the relegation fight. But this season, above expectation, they have a good season for now.
They are 14th in the table with 29 points and seven wins after 22 games. The league’s position was better but the bad run of results resulted in losing a couple of positions. Birmingham is three games without a win and in the last five games, they have only one win.
Birmingham has a problem with results at home this season. They have won more points away from home than at their stadium. At St Andrew’s Stadium, they have won 14 points and only have three victories in 11 games. They are three games without a win at home.
Offensively, they are struggling this season. With 23 goals scored, Birmingham has one of the worst attacks in the league (only five teams scored less) and they failed to score in 8 of 22 games.
Reading Team News
Reading is also one of the surprises in the league this season. Last season, they were in the relegation fight and now they are in 8th position on the table with 32 points and 10 wins after 22 games. They are only two points below the playoff zone. No one could predict that before the season started.
Reading is in the run of two back-to-back wins against Hull and Coventry which stopped their run of four games without a win. Reading was on a terrible run from the start of October to the middle of November with only one win in nine games and six defeats in that run. But the last two wins bring them closer to the playoffs and improve the team’s mood.
Reading is fantastic at home, but very poor away side. They have won 22 of 32 points at Madejski Stadium, with only 10 points won away from home where they suffered seven defeats in 11 games.
Reading conceded 19 goals away from home and only Bristol City (20) conceded more.
H2H
In the last four years, they played eight times against each other in Championship and Birmingham has four wins, Reading three, and one game was finished with a draw. Seven games ended with over 2.5 goals and seven with BTTS.
Team News and Injuries
Birmingham City: Gary Gardner, Harlee Dean, and George Friend are injured. Scott Hogan is questionable.
Reading: Liam Moore is injured.
Birmingham City vs. Reading Prediction
Birmingham is poor at home and Reading is poor when they play away from home. Both teams are surprise packages this season and they both are playing well. Three points are very important to both clubs and this game has a huge stake.
Friday usually brings goals in the Championship. In eleven games this season in Championship on Friday night we never had a 0:0 result. We are hoping that this tradition will keep going because we will place a bet on goals here.
Kick-off Time: Friday, 16.12.2022, 21:00 CET
Prediction: BTTS
Odds: 1.90
Sportsbook: Bet365
