Birmingham vs Newcastle Prediction, Lineups & Odds

By George Edwards, Football Analyst | Published: 2 months ago | Last Updated: Feb 8, 23:45 | 4 min read

Birmingham City FC

Football England - FA Cup St Andrew's Knighthead Park Sun 9 Feb 00:45

Newcastle United FC

  1. Prediction
  2. Odds
  3. Stats
  4. Team News
  5. Lineups
  6. Squads
  7. Table

Can Blues Stay Close to the Favourites?

We fancy League One side Birmingham to go close in this FA Cup clash but we’ll back the 1.91 on the Double Chance market where we get the draw onside. Our betting prediction is that Newcastle won’t win.

Match Preview

Birmingham City´s last game was at home against Rotherham United and the League One encounter finished in a 2-1 win. Chris Davies' team boasted 69% possession and had eight shots on target, with Jay Stansfield scoring both Birmingham goals at St Andrew's Knighthead Park.

Newcastle United beat Arsenal 2-0 at home when they last played. This was an EFL Cup semi-final at St James' Park, with Jacob Murphy and Anthony Gordon on the scoresheet. The Magpies had three shots on target and 32% of possession. In their most recent Premier League game, Newcastle lost 2-1 at home to Fulham.

In the third round of the FA Cup, Birmingham won 2-1 when hosting Lincoln City, while Newcastle beat Bromley 3-1 at home.

Confirmed Lineups

Birmingham confirmed lineup (4-2-3-1): Bailey Peacock-Farrell (GK), Ethan Laird, Christoph Klarer, Ben Davies, Alexander Cochrane, Tomoki Iwata, Marc Leonard, Scott Wright, Kieran Dowell, Keshi Anderson, Jay Stansfield.

Newcastle confirmed lineup (4-3-3): Nick Pope (GK), Valentino Livramento, Emil Krafth, Daniel Burn, Matt Targett, Sean Longstaff, Bruno Guimaraes, Lewis Miley, William Osula, Callum Wilson, Joseph Willock.

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Expert FA Cup Analysis

Our team of football experts monitor the current injuries and suspensions. When integrated with the latest form, this helps us secure the value odds. Our data-led approach backed up by key stats always proves useful.

Key Birmingham vs Newcastle stats:

  • Birmingham have not lost any of their last 15 matches
  • Birmingham have won 14 of their past 20 matches
  • Birmingham have kept 6 clean sheets in their past 10 home matches
  • Birmingham have scored 2 or more goals in 16 of their 27 League One matches this season

Birmingham vs Newcastle Prediction

We want a little bit of insurance with our FA Cup pick, so we’ll bet against Newcastle on the Double Chance market by siding with Birmingham and the draw at 1.91.

A cracking alternative at bigger odds would be backing Birmingham on the Draw No Bet market where you get money back if the game ends all square.

Our Pick

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Birmingham vs Newcastle Odds

According to the betting odds, Newcastle are red-hot 1.83 favourites with the bookies to win and that means a 55% chance of winning this FA Cup clash. Birmingham are regarded as a long shot to win and you can currently back them at 4.10.

A high-scoring match is a possibility and that is reflected in the Over 2.5 Goals odds. Punters expecting both teams to find the net can get 1.75 when it comes to BTTS Yes.

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Team Stats

Latest FA Cup and domestic league stats. Full Time Result, Goals, Corners and Possession.

Birmingham logo Birmingham Betting Stats

Newcastle logo Newcastle Betting Stats

Full time Result

  • 14 wins, 1 defeats and 5 draws in previous 20 matches
  • 7 wins, 0 defeats and 3 draws in previous 10 home matches

Full time Results

  • 10 wins, 6 defeats and 4 draws in previous 20 matches
  • 8 wins, 2 defeats and 0 draws in previous 10 away matches

Goals

Goals

Birmingham

Newcastle

Goals / match
1.4 2
Conceded / match
0.6 1.4
Total / match
2 3.4

Corners

Corners

Birmingham

Newcastle

For / match
0.4 4.6
Against / match
0.4 6.2
Total / match
0.8 10.8

Possession

Possession

Team News

Get the Birmingham vs Newcastle team news as soon as it becomes available. It’s great to know which players are available for the next game.

Birmingham vs Newcastle Lineups

Birmingham Confirmed Lineup 4-2-3-1

Newcastle Confirmed Lineup 4-3-3

Birmingham Confirmed Lineup 4-2-3-1

45 B. Peacock-Farrell
2 Ethan Laird 4 Christoph Klarer 25 Ben Davies 20 Alexander Cochrane
24 Tomoki Iwata 12 Marc Leonard
11 Scott Wright 30 Kieran Dowell 14 Keshi Anderson
28 Jay Stansfield
22 Nick Pope
21 Valentino Livramento 17 Emil Krafth 33 Daniel Burn 13 Matt Targett
36 Sean Longstaff 39 Bruno Guimaraes 67 Lewis Miley
18 William Osula 9 Callum Wilson 28 Joseph Willock

Newcastle Confirmed Lineup 4-3-3

Birmingham Substitutes

  • 6Krystian Bielik
  • 9Alfie May
  • 10Lukas Jutkiewicz
  • 17Lyndon Dykes
  • 18Willum Willumsson
  • 21Ryan Allsop
  • 23Alfons Sampsted
  • 26Luke Harris
  • 31Grant Hanley

Newcastle Substitutes

  • 1Martin Dubravka
  • 2Kieran Trippier
  • 5Fabian Schaer
  • 8Sandro Tonali
  • 14Alexander Isak
  • 20Lewis Hall
  • 23Jacob Murphy
  • 26John Ruddy
  • 99Sean Neave

Previous Birmingham Lineups

01 Feb League One
Birmingham 2-1 Rotherham
29 Jan League One
Huddersfield 0-1 Birmingham
24 Jan League One
Wrexham 1-1 Birmingham

Previous Newcastle Lineups

06 Feb EFL Cup
Newcastle 2-0 Arsenal
01 Feb Premier League
Newcastle 1-2 Fulham
25 Jan Premier League
Southampton 1-3 Newcastle

You can find out the Birmingham vs Newcastle lineups including substitutes ahead of kick-off. Check out our predicted lineups before getting confirmed starting 11s.

Team Squads

Birmingham Squad

Newcastle Squad

We’ve got a full list of players for every squad and there’s also stats available.

England FlagTables & Standings

England FlagLeague One 2024/2025

# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Birmingham 45 33 9 3 82:30 108
2 Wrexham 45 26 11 8 65:34 89
3 Stockport 45 24 12 9 69:41 84
4 Wycombe 45 24 12 9 69:42 84
5 Charlton 45 24 10 11 64:42 82
6 Leyton Orient 45 23 6 16 68:47 75
7 Reading 45 21 12 12 66:53 75
8 Bolton 45 20 7 18 66:69 67
9 Blackpool 45 16 16 13 68:59 64
10 Huddersfield 45 19 7 19 57:51 64
11 Lincoln 45 16 13 16 64:54 61
12 Barnsley 45 16 10 19 65:71 58
13 Rotherham 45 15 11 19 52:58 56
14 Stevenage 45 15 11 19 41:49 56
15 Exeter 45 15 11 19 49:62 56
16 Wigan 45 13 16 16 39:41 55
17 Peterborough 45 13 12 20 67:79 51
18 Mansfield 45 14 9 22 57:73 51
19 Northampton 45 12 14 19 47:65 50
20 Burton 45 11 14 20 48:63 47
21 Crawley 45 11 10 24 55:82 43
22 Bristol Rovers 45 12 7 26 43:72 43
23 Cambridge 45 9 11 25 44:71 38
24 Shrewsbury 45 8 9 28 40:77 33

England FlagPremier League 2024/2025

# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Liverpool 34 25 7 2 80:32 82
2 Arsenal 34 18 13 3 63:29 67
3 Newcastle 34 19 5 10 65:44 62
4 Man City 34 18 7 9 66:43 61
5 Chelsea 34 17 9 8 59:40 60
6 Nott’m Forest 33 18 6 9 53:39 60
7 Aston Villa 34 16 9 9 54:49 57
8 Fulham 34 14 9 11 50:46 51
9 Brighton 34 13 12 9 56:55 51
10 Bournemouth 34 13 11 10 53:41 50
11 Brentford 33 13 7 13 56:50 46
12 Crystal Palace 34 11 12 11 43:47 45
13 Wolverhampton 34 12 5 17 51:61 41
14 Man United 34 10 9 15 39:47 39
15 Everton 34 8 14 12 34:41 38
16 Tottenham 34 11 4 19 62:56 37
17 West Ham 34 9 9 16 39:58 36
18 Ipswich 34 4 9 21 33:74 21
19 Leicester 34 4 6 24 27:76 18
20 Southampton 34 2 5 27 25:80 11

A great starting point for placing football bets is to check out the FA Cup standings so that you can see where each team is placed in the table.

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