I waited with this bet until last moment because I wanted to see the latest odds movements and the most possible line ups for today's match.

In my opinion Birmingham have really good chances to make good result at home today. Odds on hosts slashed down by 0.25 from openin odds at big Asian markets and I fully agree with that trend.

Birmingham don't have any important absences before today's match, they coming to this game with the strongest possible line up. On the other hand hand Stoke is without defenders Nathan Collins (22 matches) and Morgan Fox (20 matches), midfielders James McClean (2 goals in 24 matches), Joe Allen (18 matches), Tashan Okley-Boothe (16 matches) and strikers Tyrese Campbell (6 goals in 16 matches) and Jack Clarke (14 matches). That should have very bad impact on their performance today.

Birmingham as well have very good record against Stoke - they lost only twice in last 8 matches against them. They didn't lost in last 4 matches at this stadium (3 wins in the process).

As well Birmingham should have bigger motivation to win here as they are only just above relegation zone. Stoke is in the middle of the table and simply plays for nothing here.

我一直等到最后一刻，因为我想看看今天比赛的最新指数走势和最可能的阵容。

在我看来，伯明翰今天有很好的机会在主场取得好成绩。伯明翰的指数降低了0.25，我完全同意这一趋势。

伯明翰在今天的比赛之前没有任何重要的缺阵，他们带着最强的阵容来参加这场比赛。另一方面，斯托克城没有后卫内森·柯林斯(22场比赛)和摩根·福克斯(20场比赛)，中场詹姆斯·麦克林(24场比赛2球)，乔·艾伦(18场比赛)，塔山·奥克利布斯(16场比赛)，前锋泰瑞斯·坎贝尔(16场比赛6球)和杰克·克拉克(14场比赛)。这应该会对他们今天的表现产生非常糟糕的影响。

伯明翰在对斯托克城的比赛中也有不错的表现——他们在过去8场比赛中只输了2场。他们在过去的4场比赛中都没有输过(3胜)。

同时伯明翰应该有更大的动力赢得这里，因为他们只是在降级区之上。斯托克城在积分榜的中间，在这里毫无意义。