
Birmingham vs. West Brom Betting Tips: 20/1 double makes appeal on Friday

Both Birmingham City and West Bromwich Albion are unbeaten in their last five league matches with the pair facing off at St Andrews in the Championship on Friday. We’ve made a case for two tips for the game which you can read about below including a 20/1 longshot.
Bookmakers think this will be a tough one to call in terms of the match result with the visitors just about being the favourites to collect three points, chalked up at 13/8. The draw can be backed at 11/5, while a win for John Eustace’s men which would see them maintain their unbeaten home record, is chalked-up at 7/4.
Birmingham vs West Brom Tips
Our first tip on Friday evening can be backed at just bigger than even money where we have taken a lean towards Jay Stansfield recording Over 1.5 shots and Over 0.5 shots on target.
21/20 is the price on show at the time of writing, which looks a little too big in our eyes considering he has three goals in his seven Championship matches. In that period, Stansfield has let off 23 shots at an average 3.3 per game, which is higher than any other player in the Blues squad.
Stansfield also leads the way for Birmingham this season when it comes to shots on target and taking a look at his figures, we can see that this bet for him to have 2+ shots and 1+ shot on target in the same game has landed in six of his seven matches. This double is priced at 4/5 with most bookmakers such as Betfair and Paddy Power so we’re recommending the odds-against offering that is available with bet365.
For those looking for something at a bigger price, we think that the 20/1 that is available for both Jay Stansfield and John Swift to get on the scoresheet is worth a couple of quid. We’ve already mentioned the stats behind the Birmingham forward’s attacking output and despite West Brom’s strong defensive record in recent weeks, we think there is plenty of scope for the home side, and hopefully Stansfield, to get on the scoresheet considering they are unbeaten in front of their own fans this season.
We’ll be doubling up Stansfield to score, with The Baggies' John Swift also to find the net. The 28-year-old has only started eight league matches for West Brom this season, but has scored in five of those! He is the top-scorer for the club so far this term and remarkably has seen five of his six shots on target result in a goal. Sky Bet have this goalscorer double priced at 14/1, so again we are recommending bet365 where 20/1 is on show for punters.

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