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

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Championship · 2025-26

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

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Birmingham City FC vs Ipswich Town FC — Championship .

Birmingham City FC 46 games · 64 pts (2026/27)
Ipswich Town FC 46 games · 84 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

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Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Coventry City FC	46	95
2	Ipswich Town FC	46	84
3	Millwall FC	46	83
4	Southampton FC	46	80
5	Middlesbrough FC	46	80
6	Hull City AFC	46	73
7	Wrexham AFC	46	71
8	Derby County FC	46	69
9	Norwich City FC	46	65
10	Birmingham City FC	46	64
11	Swansea City AFC	46	64
12	Bristol City FC	46	62
13	Sheffield United FC	46	60
14	Preston North End FC	46	60
15	Queens Park Rangers FC	46	58
16	Watford FC	46	57
17	Stoke City FC	46	55
18	Portsmouth FC	46	55
19	Charlton Athletic FC	46	53
20	Blackburn Rovers FC	46	52
21	West Bromwich Albion FC	46	51
22	Oxford United FC	46	47
23	Leicester City FC	46	46
24	Sheffield Wednesday FC	46	0

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

Season Stats

Birmingham City FC		Ipswich Town FC
#10	Position	#2
64	Points	84
46	Played	46
17 / 13 / 16	W / D / L	23 / 15 / 8
57	Scored	80
56	Conceded	47
+1	GD	+33
1.39	PPG	1.83
37%	Win %	50%

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)

67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Birmingham City FC are 10th (64 pts). Ipswich Town FC are 2nd (84 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Birmingham City FC is hosting Ipswich Town FC for another epic battle.
The final score is 1-1.

Lineups

Birmingham City FC Lineups

Ipswich Town FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Lukas Jutkiewicz	3
Lukas Jutkiewicz	2
Marcus Harness	2
Matthew Pennington	1
Ben Johnson	1
Jon Nolan	1
Kasey McAteer	1
Gwion Edwards	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

2 / 4

1.48 Birmingham City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.36 Ipswich Town FC xG

I would bet for: Birmingham City FC or Ipswich Town FC 74% + Both teams to score 58%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Birmingham City FC44% Draw26% Ipswich Town FC30%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 2.84

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	77%	23%
± 2.5	53%	47%
± 3.5	32%	68%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

Birmingham City FC or Draw

70%

Draw or Ipswich Town FC

56%

Birmingham City FC or Ipswich Town FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Birmingham City FC29% Draw46% Ipswich Town FC25%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

2 – 1

8.4%

0 – 0

7.7%

1 – 0

7.7%

1 – 2

7.7%

0 – 1

2 – 0

6.3%

2 – 2

5.7%

0 – 2

5.3%

3 – 1

4.1%

1 – 3

3.5%

3 – 0

Asian Handicap — Birmingham City FC

Handicap	Birmingham City FC covers	Push	Ipswich Town FC covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	12%	81%
-1.5	19%	—	81%
-1	19%	20%	61%
-0.5	39%	—	61%
+0.5	66%	—	34%
+1	66%	18%	16%
+1.5	84%	—	16%
+2	84%	10%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

Ipswich Town FC keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

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