Birmingham vs North Carolina Prediction & Betting Tips (7 October)

North Carolina could hardly be accused of bringing the greatest form into this fixture, with their recent return standing at just two points from a possible 19 at the top table of the USL Championship. High-flying Birmingham have forgotten what it is like to lose, going 11 games unbeaten in the Süper Lig, and they have won four of their last five on home soil.

Although North Carolina have been scoring goals for fun in what has been a perfect start to the campaign, it remains the case that the net has bulged no more than three times in seven of their previous eight USL Championship matches. This has also been the case in 17 of the most recent 19 Birmingham home games at this level, so any deviation from this script would come as a surprise.

Over the course of their previous 13 matches in the USL Championship second-tier, North Carolina have been involved in a staggering 11 encounters in which at least one of the two goalkeepers has kept a clean sheet. Even more amazingly, perhaps, Birmingham boast exactly the same record, so it would come as a major surprise were both teams to find the net in this clash.