Birmingham City FC vs Ipswich Town FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2025-26

Birmingham City FC

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Ipswich Town FC

Fri 8 Aug 2025 · 19:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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Birmingham City FC vs Ipswich Town FC — Championship .

Birmingham City FC 8 games · 11 pts (2026/27)
Ipswich Town FC 46 games · 84 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee

4 games this season 🟨 3.0/game ⚽ 6.3 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Swansea City AFC	8	17
2	West Ham United FC	8	15
3	Middlesbrough FC	8	15
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	7	14
5	West Bromwich Albion FC	8	14
6	Queens Park Rangers FC	8	13
7	Stoke City FC	8	13
8	Bristol City FC	8	13
9	Charlton Athletic FC	8	12
10	Birmingham City FC	8	11
11	Millwall FC	8	11
12	Lincoln City FC	8	11
13	Southampton FC	8	10
14	Wrexham AFC	8	10
15	Bolton Wanderers FC	8	10
16	Blackburn Rovers FC	8	9
17	Norwich City FC	8	9
18	Sheffield United FC	8	9
19	Portsmouth FC	7	8
20	Watford FC	8	8
21	Cardiff City FC	8	7
22	Derby County FC	8	5
23	Preston North End FC	8	4
24	Burnley FC	8	4

Head-to-Head

Birmingham City FC 6 games · Avg 3.2 goals Ipswich Town FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-08-08 Birmingham City FC 1–1 Ipswich Town FC 2024-02-24 Ipswich Town FC 3–1 Birmingham City FC 2023-11-04 Birmingham City FC 2–2 Ipswich Town FC 2019-04-13 Ipswich Town FC 1–1 Birmingham City FC 2018-09-29 Birmingham City FC 2–2 Ipswich Town FC

Recent Form

Birmingham City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Aug	Ipswich Town FC	H	1–1	D
03 May	Cambridge United FC	A	2–1	W
30 Apr	Blackpool FC	A	2–0	W
27 Apr	Mansfield Town FC	H	4–0	W
24 Apr	Stevenage FC	A	1–0	W
21 Apr	Burton Albion FC	A	2–1	W

Ipswich Town FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Aug	Birmingham City FC	A	1–1	D
25 May	West Ham United FC	H	1–3	L
18 May	Leicester City FC	A	0–2	L
10 May	Brentford FC	H	0–1	L
03 May	Everton FC	A	2–2	D
26 Apr	Newcastle United FC	A	0–3	L

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)

67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

13% Clean Sheets
Birmingham City FC this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Birmingham City FC

0-15

1/1

16-30

1/1

31-45

1/6

46-60

2/1

61-75

3/–

76+

1/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Birmingham City FC

Phil Neumann	2 G
Demarai Gray	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at . Birmingham City FC are looking to make home advantage count against Ipswich Town FC.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 1-1 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Birmingham City FC Lineups

Ipswich Town FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Lukas Jutkiewicz	3
Lukas Jutkiewicz	2
Marcus Harness	2
Jon Nolan	1
Carlos Vicente	1
Matthew Pennington	1
Ben Johnson	1
Jon Nolan	1

Head to Head

Birmingham City FC Form

2025-08-08 Birmingham City FC 1–1 Ipswich Town FC D 2025-05-03 Cambridge United FC 1–2 Birmingham City FC W 2025-04-30 Blackpool FC 0–2 Birmingham City FC W 2025-04-27 Birmingham City FC 4–0 Mansfield Town FC W 2025-04-24 Stevenage FC 0–1 Birmingham City FC W 2025-04-21 Burton Albion FC 1–2 Birmingham City FC W

Ipswich Town FC Form

2025-08-08 Birmingham City FC 1–1 Ipswich Town FC D 2025-05-25 Ipswich Town FC 1–3 West Ham United FC L 2025-05-18 Leicester City FC 2–0 Ipswich Town FC L 2025-05-10 Ipswich Town FC 0–1 Brentford FC L 2025-05-03 Everton FC 2–2 Ipswich Town FC D 2025-04-26 Newcastle United FC 3–0 Ipswich Town FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.56 Birmingham City FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.11 Ipswich Town FC xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Birmingham City FC49% Draw26% Ipswich Town FC25%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes53% 0% No47%

Avg goals/match: 2.67

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	75%	25%
± 2.5	49%	51%
± 3.5	28%	72%
± 4.5	14%	86%

Double Chance

Birmingham City FC or Draw

76%

Draw or Ipswich Town FC

51%

Birmingham City FC or Ipswich Town FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Birmingham City FC33% Draw47% Ipswich Town FC20%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

9.9%

2 – 1

0 – 0

8.9%

2 – 0

8.3%

0 – 1

6.7%

1 – 2

6.4%

2 – 2

3 – 1

4.7%

3 – 0

4.2%

0 – 2

4.1%

3 – 2

2.7%

Asian Handicap — Birmingham City FC

Handicap	Birmingham City FC covers	Push	Ipswich Town FC covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	14%	76%
-1.5	24%	—	76%
-1	24%	22%	54%
-0.5	46%	—	54%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	15%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet

34% ✓

Ipswich Town FC keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.