Birmingham City

vs

Brentford

Preview

Birmingham City

• Birmingham have won eight and tied two of their last 10 matches.
• Birmingham City come into their home EFL Cup 2026-2027 match against Brentford on a roll, with four wins and a draw from their last five games.
• Chris Davies has fashioned them into a very compact and narrow 4-4-2 unit that are very strong in the press, and extremely effective on the break.

Brentford

• Brentford have won two, drawn two and lost one of their last five matches.
• Brentford are a little more steady than spectacular, with three wins, five draws and two defeats in their past 10 in all competitions.
• Keith Andrews has his men switching from a back-three to a back-four with ease, and their pace on the transition and quality on set-piece will always get them a foothold in the match.

Betting Insights

• The Bees are the slight favourites at 1.89 here, which seems fair considering they are the bigger club and the Blues have not made the Premier League in years, but Birmingham's 3.75 looks too large when considering their perfect home record of four wins, zero ties and zero losses so far.
• The draw at 3.6 is also tempting, but we will take Both Teams to Score & Over 2.5 Goals at 1.6 and Over 2.5 Goals at 1.67 for our main selections.