Gab Sutton EFL Betting Tips: Birmingham v Reading Betting Tips and Betting Offers

Updated: September 13, 2024 at 12:45 pm GMT+1

By Gab Sutton

• Birmingham to win and BTTS - 12/5 with bet365

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Each week in the EFL season, our resident EFL expert Gab Sutton will be providing insight along with his top EFL betting tips for the best games of the weekend across the Championship, League One or League Two.

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Birmingham v Reading Betting Tips

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Birmingham v Reading Odds

• Birmingham to win odds - 4/7
• Draw odds - 3/1
• Reading to win odds - 5/1

Odds courtesy of Betfred, correct at the time of publication

Birmingham v Reading Match Preview

Birmingham’s convincing pre-season performances have added further credence to the belief that Chris Davies’ side have one of the best squads seen in third-tier history.

Blues boast arguably six top-half Championship calibre players remaining from last season, in a back-four of Ethan Laird, Dion Sanderson, Krystian Bielik and Lee Buchanan, then Paik Seung-ho and Kōji Miyoshi in midfield.

Plus, they’ve made a host of appealing additions from across Europe, in Christoph Klarer, Alex Cochrane and Willum Þór Willumsson.

Furthermore, they’ve added League One stars of last season in classy playmaker Marc Leonard and prolific link-up forward Alfie May.

As such, the B9 outfit look well-placed to begin their bid for dominance with a victory, over a young, exciting Reading side who haven’t, yet, had the takeover they need to ensure they can add the remaining pieces to a squad that’s short on the left side.

It’s hard to find value solely by backing the hotly-fancied hosts, so perhaps the best way to find a chunkier price is to back the home win at Both Teams To Score, with Sam Smith, Harvey Knibbs, Femi Azeez and Lewis Wing all capable of threatening for the visitors.

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Gab Sutton

Lower league nut with a decade of experience studying the EFL, flogging content to the likes of FourFourTwo and the BBC. For the Championship, League One and League Two, Gab is the man you need.

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