Birmingham vs Tampa Bay Prediction & Betting Tips (12 September)

Tampa Bay are enjoying an incredible run of success on their top-flight travels, stringing together eight wins on the spin at the highest level of the USL Championship. Birmingham, have found the going somewhat harder on their own patch of late, suffering four consecutive defeats in which they have conceded 12 goals.

This Birmingham side is not exactly renowned for playing exciting football, with a staggering 14 of their previous 17 matches in the USL Championship delivering no more than a couple of goals. High-flying Tampa Bay have followed a similar pattern in the top-flight recently, as nine of Birmingham outfit’s last 12 games have also served up under 2.5 goals.

Over the course of their last 17 fixtures in the USL Championship, Birmingham have been involved in just four encounters in which they have both scored and conceded during the same 90 minutes. Although Tampa Bay cannot quite match these levels of consistency, at least one of the two keepers has emerged with a clean sheet in 12 of their previous 19 third-tier games.