The draw/Leeds HT/FT punt looks a great way to attack Friday's live Championship clash.
Birmingham v Leeds - Friday 19:45, Sky Sports 1
Gianfranco Zola has challenged his Birmingham players to maintain the standards they set in last weekend’s surprise 2-1 derby win at Wolves. But while that result has wiped the slate clean to some degree, it’s hard to escape the impression it was a self-indulgent performance from the players and not much else has changed in the overall scheme of things.
Another game in front of the television cameras is likely to bring another determined show from Blues but with a modicum of self-respect having now been restored, the competitive edge shown in the opening 45 minutes at Molineux might be difficult to recreate here. The Draw/Leeds half time/full time bet at 5/1 best reflects the foreseeable pattern of this clash.
It’s a wager the Whites have landed ten times, including four of their seven away wins. No team in the division has been level at the interval as often as Garry Monk’s men (20 times) with first-half goals arriving at a rate of one every 59 minutes. When Monk talks about the fundamentals of a performance, establishing these kind of footholds is precisely what he means.
The Yorkshire club have endured a little wobble recently but the 1-0 home win over Sheffield Wednesday last weekend makes them three games unbeaten and goes a long way towards easing any concerns about their position in the play-off reckoning. With that in mind, the Leeds 1-0 correct score, chalked up at 7/1, should be a lively runner once again.
