Championship (England) PENDING
Sat, Oct 31 · 13:30 · LNER stadium
Lincoln Home
VS
Birmingham Away
Lincoln vs Birmingham — Championship
Tipster's pick Lincoln Over 0.5 Goals
Confidence High
Odds 1.40 Odds via Bet365
Expert analysis

Lincoln Look to Score at Home Against Birmingham

Lincoln average 1.2 goals a game in their own stadium this season. They have failed to score in just three of twelve league matches overall. Birmingham concede 0.8 goals per game on the road. The visitors have kept four clean sheets in twelve games but have allowed both teams to score in seven of those. Head-to-head results show Birmingham winning the last three meetings with over 2.5 goals in two of them. Lincoln enter this fixture after one win and one draw in their past five outings. Birmingham’s away attack may create openings that allow Lincoln a chance to find the net.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 68.5% win rate
This season
Lincoln Birmingham
Over 2.5 goals 58% 67%
Clean sheet 33% 33%
Failed to score 25% 17%
Scored per game 1.1 1.7
Conceded per game 1.7 1.0
Scored home / away 1.2 / 1.0 2.3 / 1.0

Across 12 and 12 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
6 SOU Southampton 12 7 3 2 20
7 BIR Birmingham ▲ 12 5 5 2 20
8 QPR QPR 12 5 5 2 20
9 STO Stoke City 12 6 2 4 20
10 BLA Blackburn 12 5 3 4 18
11 POR Portsmouth 12 5 3 4 18
12 SHE Sheffield Utd 12 4 4 4 16
13 MIL Millwall 12 4 3 5 15
14 BRI Bristol City 12 4 3 5 15
15 LIN Lincoln ▲ 12 4 3 5 15
16 CAR Cardiff 12 3 5 4 14
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Lincoln LLLDW
L vs Swansea 1–2 Sep 19
L @ Sheffield Utd 0–3 Oct 10
L vs West Ham 0–6 Oct 14
D @ Millwall 2–2 Oct 17
W vs Burnley 4–1 Oct 24
Birmingham DWWWL
D vs Middlesbrough 2–2 Sep 19
W @ West Brom 1–0 Oct 10
W vs Preston 4–0 Oct 13
W vs QPR 3–0 Oct 17
L @ Cardiff 0–1 Oct 24
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Lincoln
Scored 1.4 avg
1 0 0 2 4
Conceded 2.8 avg
2 3 6 2 1
Birmingham
Scored 2.0 avg
2 1 4 3 0
Conceded 0.6 avg
2 0 0 0 1
Head-to-head · last meetings
0 Lincoln
0 Draws
3 Birmingham
Mar 2025 Birmingham 1–0 Lincoln Birmingham
Jan 2025 Birmingham 2–1 Lincoln Birmingham
Oct 2024 Lincoln 1–3 Birmingham Birmingham

Over 2.5 goals in 2 of the last 3 meetings.