Brentford vs Birmingham Predictions

• Brentford have drawn their last three league matches, which have all been against teams in the bottom third of the table.
• Birmingham City have won two of their three games since new boss Lee Bowyer took charge at St Andrews.
• The Blues have only lost six of their 19 away trips this term.
• The last five meetings between the sides have all produced under 2.5 goals.

Brentford poor value against resurgent Blues

After three consecutive draws against teams sitting in the bottom third of the Championship. Brentford look far too short in the betting for their crunch encounter against Birmingham City this Tuesday night.

The Bees are now a huge nine points adrift of second placed Watford and their failure to beat Derby County, Huddersfield Town and Nottingham Forest in recent outings indicates that their automatic promotion challenge is fading.

Brentford’s heads may well drop now especially after coming agonisingly close to escaping the second tier last season and odds of around 1/2 for a home victory at Griffin Park make zero appeal – particularly as Birmingham have won two from three under new boss Lee Bowyer, including a 1-0 success over fourth placed Swansea on Friday.

The Blues also triumphed 1-0 at St Andrews in September’s reverse fixture, so the advice is to swerve the match betting here in favour of backing under 2.5 goals, which has been the outcome in the last five meetings between the teams.

With the Bees struggling for form and Birmingham likely to dig their heels in, it’s easy to envisage another low scoring, tight contest and we’re also tipping up a 1-1 correct score.