Birmingham vs Ipswich Town: Predicted lineup, injury news, head-to-head, telecast

In Saturday’s EFL Championship match at St. Andrew’s Stadium, Birmingham City and Ipswich Town will square off

The goal for Birmingham City is to win their first game under Wayne Rooney, their new manager. They have only won a single one of their past eight matches and are now on a losing streak of three consecutive games. A “solid” campaign is anticipated for Ipswich Town.

Birmingham’s most recent Championship game versus Southampton ended in a 3-1 loss. In this game, they had two shots on goal and 29% of the possession. At St. Mary’s Stadium, they included four corners, with Jay Stansfield recording a point.

The final game Ipswich participated in was against Fulham. They had a 3-1 loss and 41% of the possession. Their goal scorer in this EFL Cup match at Portman Road was Elkan Baggott.

The last meeting between Birmingham City and Ipswich Town ended in a 1-1 draw at Portman Road.

Kick-off time: 8: 30 p.m. IST, 3 p.m. GMT

Ipswich Town form in all competitions: D-W-W-W-W-L

Birmingham form in all competitions: L-W-W-L-L-L

Players to watch

Birmingham: Dembele

Despite being am bipedal, Dembélé generally uses his right foot to play on the left wing in 4-3-3 and 4-2-3-1 systems. He likes to play in a 4-4-2 configuration as a striker. With his ability to dribble and hold the ball while drawing people into play, Dembélé is renowned for his quickness.

Ipswich Town: Hutchinson

Omari Hutchinson is a cunning tactician who can trick defenders. It follows that his quickness and ability to win fouls make sense. As a typical wide attacker, Hutchinson can be his team’s main outlet when things become tight.

Match facts

• Ipswich Town is playing fantastically away from home, but Birmingham City is playing extremely well at home.
• Birmingham City are averaging 2 points per match at home this year in the Championship, while Ipswich Town has averaged 2.67 points per match away from home.

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Head-to-head

When we examine their previous head-to-head matches, which date back to December 13, 2016, we can see that Birmingham City has won two of them and Ipswich Town has won one. There have been three draws.

Between the two teams, these games resulted in a total of 13 goals, with The Blues scoring 7 and The Tractor Boys creating 6. That translates to 2.17 goals per game on average.

On April 13, 2019, Championship meeting Day 42 saw the two teams’ most recent league meeting, with Ipswich Town defeating Birmingham City 1 to 1.

Player and injury news

The Birmingham City manager Wayne Rooney only has one fitness concern out of an otherwise fully-formed group. Alfie Chang is out with a knee injury.

Because of a largely accessible group, Kieran McKenna, the manager of Ipswich Town, just needs to worry about one fitness issue. Lee Evans will not be playing here due to knee issues.

Predicted line-up for Birmingham vs Ipswich Town

Birmingham Predicted line-up:

Ruddy; Drameh, Sanderson, Aiwu, Longelo; Bielik, Bacuna, Sunjic; Burke, Stansfield, Dembele

Ipswich Town Predicted line-up:

Hladky; Clarke, Woolfenden, Edmundson, Williams; Morsy, Taylor; Harness, Hutchinson, Ladapo; Hirst

Prediction for Birmingham vs Ipswich Town

Birmingham City might have trouble stopping this Ipswich Town squad, who we believe will probably score and maintain their lead.

We’ve set a goal of Ipswich Town winning 0–1 after a fierce 90-minute match.

Live telecast

UK: Sky Sports

USA: ESPN+

India: Fancode

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