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League One | Gameweek 27
Jan 18, 2025 at 3pm UK
St. Andrew's Stadium
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Birmingham
1 - 0
Exeter

Laird (45+2')
Leonard (36'), Klarer (45+1')
FT(HT: 1-0)

Woods (12'), McMillan (34'), Watts (52'), Harper (69')
McMillan (90+13')

Preview: Birmingham City vs. Exeter City - prediction, team news, lineups

:Headline: Preview: Birmingham City vs. Exeter City - prediction, team news, lineups:
Sports Mole previews Saturday's League One clash between Birmingham City and Exeter City, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.
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Birmingham City play host to Exeter City on Saturday afternoon looking to strengthen their position at the top of the League One table.

Meanwhile, Exeter make the trip to the West Midlands looking to avoid defeat having fallen away from playoff contention in recent weeks.


Match preview

Having suffered just one defeat in 21 matches, Birmingham City seem well on their way to securing League One promotion and a potential EFL Trophy final at Wembley Stadium.

Although Chris Davies's side have not always been convincing, Blues keep churning out results, and hard-fought victories have been posted over the past week against Lincoln City and Swindon Town to progress in the FA Cup and EFL Trophy.

The league remains the priority, however, and Birmingham ended a run of two successive draws to record a 3-0 victory at Wigan Athletic on January 4.

That success was required to sit two points clear of third-placed Wrexham, while second-placed Wycombe Wanderers are searching for a new head coach.

From Birmingham's point of view, they can only focus on themselves, and the target on Saturday will be extending their unbeaten League One record at home to 12 matches.

As far as Exeter are concerned, there is excitement in the FA Cup having recorded a 3-1 victory over Championship side Oxford United last weekend.

Gary Caldwell and his squad will next be welcoming Nottingham Forest to St James Park, a tie that is likely to bring extra revenue through a date on television.

In the short term, though, Caldwell knows that Exeter need a response in third-tier action having accumulated just one point from their last three outings.

After ending 2024 with a 4-4 draw with Crawley Town, 2-1 defeats have since been posted against Wycombe Wanderers and Bolton Wanderers respectively to leave the club 10 points adrift of the playoffs.

Birmingham City League One form:


Birmingham City form (all competitions):


Exeter City League One form:


Exeter City form (all competitions):



Team News

Having rotated for the recent cup games, Davies may look to revert back to as much of the starting lineup from the last league win over Wigan as possible.

However, Willum Willumsson is unavailable through injury, while central-midfield duo Tomoki Iwata and Paik Seung-ho are potential absentees.

Marc Leonard, Lyndon Dykes and Ayumu Yokoyama are all in contention to be included in the side, but Keshi Anderson remains sidelined.

With Tristan Crama having been recalled by Brentford, Ed Francis could take his place in the Exeter back three.

That could prove to be the solitary change to the starting lineup as Caldwell looks to build on the win over Oxford.


Birmingham City possible starting lineup:
Allsop; Laird, Klarer, Davies, Cochrane; Leonard, Gardner-Hickman; Harris, Dykes, Yokoyama; May

Exeter City possible starting lineup:
Whitworth; Fitzwater, Yfeko, Francis; McMillan, Richards, Woods, Harper; Mitchell, Watts; Magennis


We say: Birmingham City 2-0 Exeter City

Although Exeter may feel encouraged that Birmingham have not always been convincing of late, we can only see one winner here. The dominant victory over Wigan should stand Blues in good stead and lead to another comfortable win.


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Premier League Table
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Birmingham CityBirmingham26186244182660
2Wycombe WanderersWycombe28177454292558
3Wrexham28157641241752
4Huddersfield TownHuddersfield27146739231648
5Stockport CountyStockport28138743281547
6Leyton Orient27135940241644
7Bolton WanderersBolton28135104342144
8Charlton AthleticCharlton2712783426843
9Barnsley28126104139242
10Reading27125104241141
11Lincoln CityLincoln28108103433138
12Mansfield TownMansfield26114113432237
13Blackpool2791083938137
14Rotherham UnitedRotherham27107103231137
15Stevenage2610792324-137
16Wigan AthleticWigan2796122627-133
17Exeter CityExeter2895143242-1032
18Peterborough UnitedPeterborough2886144452-830
19Bristol Rovers2784152543-1828
20Northampton TownNorthampton2869132543-1827
21Burton Albion2859143044-1424
22Crawley TownCrawley2666142646-2024
23Cambridge UnitedCambridge2756162849-2121
24Shrewsbury TownShrewsbury2755172647-2120
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