Birmingham vs Mansfield Prediction: Champion Blues can put on a show

Birmingham City have already been confirmed as champions of League One and the priority for the rest of the campaign will be to accumulate a record third-tier points total.

Visitors Mansfield Town have struggled of late and could be in for a difficult afternoon at St Andrew’s, although they went into the weekend in a strong position to avoid an immediate return to League Two.

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Lyndon Dykes, Scott Wright and Emil Hansson are all set to miss out for the Blues, while Stags manager Nigel Clough has no injury or suspension concerns..

Match odds, Birmingham City vs Mansfield Town

Birmingham are 1/2 to take the points at St Andrew’s on Sunday while Mansfield are 11/2 to cause a surprise and the draw is a 16/5 chance.

Over 2.5 goals can be backed at 4/5, while it is 10/11 that both teams will score.

A repeat of the 1-1 draw the teams posted when they met at Field Mill in October is a 15/2 chance, while Birmingham forwards Jay Stansfield and Alfie May are joint 7/2 favourites to score the game’s first goal.

Birmingham to win & over 2.5 goals @ 23/20

Birmingham have been a class apart in League One this season and can beat the record of 103 points for a third-tier season with a win over struggling Mansfield.

The Blues are unbeaten in their last 22 league games and, while they drew 0-0 with Crawley Town in their last home game, they had scored 12 goals in their previous three games on their own patch.

The Stags have taken just one point from their last five games and won just one of their last ten on the road, so a shock looks unlikely and, with their last seven games all featuring at least three goals, the expectation is for that pattern to continue on Sunday.

Bet Builder - Over 1.5 Birmingham goals, Jay Stansfield to score at any time and over 9.5 corners @ 3/1

Three elements can be combined for a Bet Builder selection, starting with Birmingham to score at least twice, as Mansfield have not kept a clean sheet in their last 12 away league matches and they have conceded at least two goals in eight of those games.

Stansfield has scored 19 times this season and could net in the Blues’ final home game of the campaign, with the fact that he has netted nine penalties this season tipping the balance in his favour over fellow Blues forward Alfie May.

There is also a strong chance there will be a high number of corners too, with City posting the second-highest average for home games - 6.91 - while Town’s 4.95 per away game is the fourth highest in the section.

Football Betting Tips from Betfred Insights.