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League One | Gameweek 23
Dec 29, 2024 at 3pm UK
St. Andrew's Stadium
Blackpool

Birmingham
0 - 0
Blackpool


Bielik (20')
FT

Pennington (71')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Sunday's League One clash between Birmingham City and Blackpool, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Last Game: Wrexham 2-1 Blackpool
Thursday, December 26 at 3pm in League One

We said: Birmingham City 2-1 Blackpool

Unbeaten across 10 League One home matches this season, Birmingham will be very confident of concluding a chaotic 2024 with maximum points on Sunday. Blackpool arrive in the Second City just days after their heartbreaking defeat to Wrexham, and we feel that Tangerines will suffer one more loss before the turn of the year. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Birmingham City win with a probability of 64.12%. A draw had a probability of 20.4% and a win for Blackpool had a probability of 15.46%.

The most likely scoreline for a Birmingham City win was 2-0 with a probability of 11.14%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (10.93%) and 2-1 (9.89%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.69%), while for a Blackpool win it was 0-1 (4.75%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 5.4% likelihood.

Result
Birmingham CityDrawBlackpool
64.12% (-0.022999999999996 -0.02) 20.42% (0.0030000000000001 0) 15.46% (0.024000000000001 0.02)
Both teams to score 51.15% (0.042000000000002 0.04)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
56.01% (0.033999999999999 0.03)43.99% (-0.029000000000003 -0.03)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
33.63% (0.030999999999999 0.03)66.37% (-0.028000000000006 -0.03)
Birmingham City Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
86.99% (0.0060000000000002 0.01)13.01% (-0.00099999999999945 -0)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
60.46% (0.0090000000000003 0.01)39.54% (-0.0039999999999978 -0)
Blackpool Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
58.8% (0.047999999999995 0.05)41.2% (-0.044000000000004 -0.04)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
22.26% (0.041999999999998 0.04)77.73% (-0.039000000000001 -0.04)
Score Analysis
    Birmingham City 64.11%
    Blackpool 15.46%
    Draw 20.42%
Birmingham CityDrawBlackpool
2-0 @ 11.14% (-0.02 -0.02)
1-0 @ 10.93% (-0.0099999999999998 -0.01)
2-1 @ 9.89% (0.0020000000000007 0)
3-0 @ 7.58% (-0.008 -0.01)
3-1 @ 6.72% (0.00099999999999945 0)
4-0 @ 3.87% (-0.0029999999999997 -0)
4-1 @ 3.43% (0.00099999999999989 0)
3-2 @ 2.98% (0.004 0)
5-0 @ 1.58% (-0.0010000000000001 -0)
4-2 @ 1.52% (0.002 0)
5-1 @ 1.4% (0.00099999999999989 0)
Other @ 3.1%
Total : 64.11%
1-1 @ 9.69%
0-0 @ 5.36% (-0.0069999999999997 -0.01)
2-2 @ 4.38% (0.0059999999999993 0.01)
Other @ 0.99%
Total : 20.42%
0-1 @ 4.75%
1-2 @ 4.3% (0.0059999999999993 0.01)
0-2 @ 2.11% (0.0030000000000001 0)
2-3 @ 1.3% (0.0029999999999999 0)
1-3 @ 1.27% (0.0030000000000001 0)
Other @ 1.73%
Total : 15.46%

How you voted: Birmingham vs Blackpool

Birmingham City
93.3%
Draw
3.3%
Blackpool
3.3%
30
Head to Head
Dec 1, 2024 1pm
Second Round
Blackpool
1-2
Birmingham
Rhodes (55')
Husband (6'), Gabriel (82')
Dykes (6'), Jutkiewicz (24')
Sanderson (29'), Harris (33'), Leonard (45'), Dykes (54')
Apr 22, 2023 3pm
Dec 10, 2022 3pm
Apr 18, 2022 3pm
Gameweek 43
Blackpool
6-1
Birmingham
Beesley (3', 56'), Hamilton (14'), Dougall (40'), Yates (85' pen.), Connolly (90+4')
Sunjic (63')
Pedersen (75')
Nov 27, 2021 3pm
Gameweek 20
Birmingham
1-0
Blackpool
Jutkiewicz (81')
Pedersen (38'), McGree (69')

Connolly (69'), Husband (82'), Anderson (82')
rhs 2.0
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Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Birmingham CityBirmingham24175242172556
2Wycombe WanderersWycombe26166452282454
3Wrexham26156538201851
4Huddersfield TownHuddersfield25146539211848
5Barnsley2612684036442
6Stockport CountyStockport26118740281241
7Reading2512584036441
8Leyton Orient25115932221038
9Bolton WanderersBolton2511593839-138
10Mansfield TownMansfield2411493228437
11Lincoln CityLincoln269892930-135
12Charlton AthleticCharlton249782925434
13Rotherham UnitedRotherham259792826234
14Blackpool2571083437-331
15Stevenage248791922-331
16Exeter CityExeter2594122832-431
17Wigan AthleticWigan2486102324-130
18Bristol Rovers2584132539-1428
19Peterborough UnitedPeterborough2575134146-526
20Northampton TownNorthampton2668122440-1626
21Crawley TownCrawley2456132544-1921
22Shrewsbury TownShrewsbury2555152645-1920
23Cambridge UnitedCambridge2546152445-2118
24Burton Albion2529142139-1815


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