Leicester City FC vs Birmingham City FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2025-26

Leicester City FC

2 – 0

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Birmingham City FC

Fri 29 Aug 2025 · 19:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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Leicester City FC vs Birmingham City FC — Championship .

Leicester City FC 46 games · 46 pts (2026/27)
Birmingham City FC 9 games · 14 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Joshua Smith

8 games this season 🟨 4.0/game ⚽ 12.8 goals/game

Standings

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

Head-to-Head

Leicester City FC 6 games · Avg 2.8 goals Birmingham City FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-08-29 Leicester City FC 2–0 Birmingham City FC 2024-04-06 Leicester City FC 2–1 Birmingham City FC 2024-01-27 Leicester City FC 3–0 Birmingham City FC 2023-12-18 Birmingham City FC 2–3 Leicester City FC 2020-03-04 Leicester City FC 1–0 Birmingham City FC

Recent Form

Leicester City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 Aug	Birmingham City FC	H	2–0	W
23 Aug	Charlton Athletic FC	A	1–0	W
16 Aug	Preston North End FC	A	1–2	L
10 Aug	Sheffield Wednesday FC	H	2–1	W
25 May	AFC Bournemouth	A	0–2	L
18 May	Ipswich Town FC	H	2–0	W

Birmingham City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 Aug	Leicester City FC	A	0–2	L
23 Aug	Oxford United FC	H	1–0	W
16 Aug	Blackburn Rovers FC	A	2–1	W
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

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)

67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

30% Clean Sheets
Birmingham City FC this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Birmingham City FC

0-15

1/1

16-30

1/1

31-45

4/6

46-60

2/1

61-75

3/–

76+

2/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Birmingham City FC

Phil Neumann	2 G
Demarai Gray	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' Leicester City FC have kicked off against Birmingham City FC. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
Birmingham City FC will have plenty to reflect on. Leicester City FC were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Leicester City FC Lineups

Birmingham City FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Stephy Mavididi	3
Jordan James	2
Kiernan Dewsbury Hall	2
Ricardo Pereira	1
Jay Stansfield	1
Jamie Vardy	1
Dennis Praet	1
Yunus Akgun	1

Head to Head

Leicester City FC Form

2025-08-29 Leicester City FC 2–0 Birmingham City FC W 2025-08-23 Charlton Athletic FC 0–1 Leicester City FC W 2025-08-16 Preston North End FC 2–1 Leicester City FC L 2025-08-10 Leicester City FC 2–1 Sheffield Wednesday FC W 2025-05-25 AFC Bournemouth 2–0 Leicester City FC L 2025-05-18 Leicester City FC 2–0 Ipswich Town FC W

Birmingham City FC Form

2025-08-29 Leicester City FC 2–0 Birmingham City FC L 2025-08-23 Birmingham City FC 1–0 Oxford United FC W 2025-08-16 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–2 Birmingham City FC W 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

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.6 Leicester City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.9 Birmingham City FC xG

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

Match Result

✓ Correct

Leicester City FC54% Draw26% Birmingham City FC20%

Actual: Leicester City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes48% 0% No52%

Avg goals/match: 2.5

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	71%	29%
± 2.5	45%	55%
± 3.5	25%	75%
± 4.5	12%	88%

Double Chance

Leicester City FC or Draw

80%

Draw or Birmingham City FC

46%

Leicester City FC or Birmingham City FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Leicester City FC36% Draw48% Birmingham City FC16%

Actual: Leicester City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.7%

1 – 0

12.2%

0 – 0

10.3%

2 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

9.1%

0 – 1

6.4%

3 – 0

5.3%

1 – 2

5.1%

3 – 1

4.9%

2 – 2

4.2%

0 – 2

3.2%

3 – 2

2.3%

Asian Handicap — Leicester City FC

Handicap	Leicester City FC covers	Push	Birmingham City FC covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	16%	72%
-1.5	28%	—	72%
-1	28%	24%	48%
-0.5	52%	—	48%
+0.5	80%	—	20%
+1	80%	13%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Leicester City FC keeps clean sheet

41% ✗

Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

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