Birmingham vs Wolves Prediction, Tips for 06/09: Blues to Edge All-Midlands Showdown

Birmingham City and Wolverhampton Wanderers clash in a mouth-watering Midlands derby in the EFL Championship today.

This is always a spicy affair, but who will come out on top at St Andrew’s this afternoon? In this in-depth betting preview, we check out the latest Championship odds and give you our Birmingham vs Wolves prediction.

Birmingham vs Wolves Prediction, Odds & Preview

Blues Picking Up

Birmingham are unbeaten in their opening four Championship matches, though three of those have been draws. Still, after back-to-back stalemates with Sheffield United and Bristol City, the Blues have collected four points from their last two.

Birmingham picked up their first league win of the season at Wrexham last Friday night, leaving Wales with a deserved 2-1 win. Chris Davies’ side then drew 1-1 with Southampton at St Andrew’s in midweek.

Birmingham head into this one in mid-table, but a victory over Wolves will take them into the play-off spots. Can the hosts make home advantage count in the derby?

Wanderers Looking to Bounce Back

Wolves suffered their first Championship defeat of the season on Tuesday night, losing 4-2 to West Ham United at the London Stadium. Wanderers started their campaign with seven points from a possible nine.

Before the reverse in London, Cesar Peixoto began life at Molineux Stadium with four wins and a draw from his opening five league and cup games in charge. The feel-good factor is alive and kicking after the solid start.

Wolves will be eager to get back to winning ways after Tuesday’s defeat, but St Andrew’s is a notoriously tough place to visit. In truth, a draw would not be a bad result for the Old Gold.

Recent Head-to-Head Meetings

This will be the first league meeting between the two rivals since April 2018. In the 2017-18 season, Wolves did the double over Birmingham, winning 1-0 at St Andrew’s and 2-0 at Molineux.

Birmingham have struggled in this fixture in recent times, winning just one of the last six. City’s last success against Wolves at St Andrew’s was over a decade ago. However, they did win at Molineux in Championship action in February 2017.

Birmingham vs Wolves Prediction

This is a tricky Championship clash to call. Going by PricedUp’s latest odds, Birmingham are priced at 9/5, while you can get 23/10 for the Wolves victory. The draw is 29/20.

Birmingham’s recent record against Wolves is poor, but the Blues will fancy their chances of making home advantage count in this one. Wanderers are eager to bounce back, but this will be another stern test for Peixoto and his troops.

Today’s game is likely to be close on the scoreline, but we are siding with a home victory. Check out the tempting price of 9/1 for Birmingham to pick up a narrow 2-1 win.

Our Prediction: Birmingham City to Win 2-1 – 9/1, PricedUp

Birmingham vs Wolves Picks

Demarai Gray has made a solid start to his season, scoring two league and cup goals. The 30-year-old netted at the death to rescue a point in a 2-2 draw with Bristol City. He was also on target in the 6-1 home EFL Cup loss to Premier League Brentford.

Gray will have a big part to play for City this season. Although he is usually known for assists rather than goals, the former Leicester City man could chip in with some important goals this season.

We fancy Birmingham’s No. 10 to get on the scoresheet in today’s derby, and you can get the decent odds of 10/3 for Gray to score anytime.

Our Prediction: Demarai Gray to Score Anytime – 10/3, PricedUp

EFL Championship Odds taken from PricedUp at 09:40 UK time, on September 6