Birmingham vs BrentfordPrediction, probable lineups, recent form & season stats

Birmingham head into this League Cup tie on a solid defensive run, underlined by the 0-0 at Sheffield United and the narrow win at Swansea, even after conceding a 2-2 to Barcelona in a friendly. Brentford, by contrast, arrive with much heavier attacking numbers, from the 7-0 thrashing of Eintracht Frankfurt to the 4-2 away win at Rennes, with draws against Liverpool and Crystal Palace and a 0-3 defeat at Manchester City the only real hiccups. Their meetings tell a different story, though: three scoreless or 1-1 draws among the last five head to head games, including the goalless draw in 2021, and just two narrow wins, both of them Birmingham's. The prediction may change in the hours before kick-off. Confirmed line-ups, late injuries, suspensions, rotation ahead of other fixtures and the state of the pitch and the weather can all alter the picture described above. In those cases the selection may be reviewed and updated within 12 to 24 hours of the match: this happens rarely, but when it does, the version published on this page is always the current one. The data and assessments here are provided for information and statistical purposes.