Likely, its gonna be a game where the favorite takes what it owns. Lets have a look at the basic past data: Middlesbrough has collected 4 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses in their last 8 games. Meanwhile their last 2 HOME games shown 2 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. Their last HOME game was on 16. December against Luton and it ended with home win (1-0). If we look at the last 8 games of Birmingham, we note 1 wins, 1 draws and 6 losses. Last 4 AWAY games are following: 1 wins, 1 draws and 2 losses. Most recent AWAY game was on 10. January vs Manchester City and the outcome was home win (3-0). Looking at the data above, we at hintwise.com see Middlesbrough being a little bit stronger and has a bit more chances to win than their opponent. Our football tip for 1X2: Middlesbrough to win! Medium confidence.
This will be a match involving High ranking team Middlesbrough and Low ranking team Birmingham. Middlesbrough's last 10 HOME games against Low ranking teams show 4 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. At the same time Birmingham AWAY performance against High ranking teams shows 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses from last 10 AWAY games. Middlesbrough's scoring ability is 1.2 goals scored per game vs Birmingham's 1.3. Defensive performance shows Middlesbrough with 0.7 and Birmingham with 1.4 goals conceded per game. If I consider all of the Ranking-based data and stats, I would say Middlesbrough being stronger and most likely winning this game. Our football prediction for 1X2: Middlesbrough to win! High confidence.
When we look at the last 8 games of Middlesbrough, we note 6 Overs and 2 Unders. Among the last 8 games of Birmingham, there have been 5 Overs and 3 Unders. Considering the rank-based O/U 2.5 stats of Middlesbrough we see 3 Overs and 7 Unders in their last 10 HOME games against teams with similar ranking and performace as Birmingham. Birmingham has seen 5 Overs and 5 Unders in their last 10 AWAY games against teams with similar ranking and performance as Middlesbrough has. Middlesbrough is averaging 2 goals in their home games while Birmingham makes about 1 goals away from home. Taking both numbers together we get 3 goals per match between the teams. Middlesbrough concedes 0 goals on average and Birmingham 1.75. Both teams´s stats combined, we get a total of 1.75 goals conceded per match. With these statistics, we guess a total score of 2.4 goals per match. History shows that 75% of games end Over 2.5 for Middlesbrough and 62.5% for Birmingham. When trying to give a proper Over/Under 2.5 football prediction , I would say it can be 2-3 goals - OU 2.5 is a risky bet. Under Over 2.5 prediction: no prediction!
Middlesbrough's last 8 matches show us 4 games where both teams scored and 4 games where only one team scored or none. From Birmingham's last 8 games 3 have seen both teams scoring and 5 only one team/no score. Ranking-based BTS stats of Middlesbrough show us 3 BTS YES and 7 NO's. For Birmingham, we have seen 5 BTS YES and 5 NO's. There is a 75% chance of Middlesbrough scoring today, 37.5% for Birmingham. Probability of conceding a goal is 75% for Middlesbrough and 87.5% for Birmingham. Considering all the numbers, it is quite unclear if BTTS-YES or NO. Hard to predict anything. Football prediction for BTTS: no bet!