Birmingham City and Coventry City regulars look forward to Championship contest at St. Andrew's Stadium

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Fri 15.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. Andrew's Stadium (30009 seats)

Championship: Birmingham City are 14 points after Coventry City, but fully intend to go full throttle. Let's start!

Insights:
  • Birmingham City have the fewest points from losing position (4) in Championship
  • Coventry City have the most points from losing position (24) in Championship

Birmingham City and Coventry City should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Birmingham City form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Birmingham City at their home stadium (St. Andrew's Stadium) is 7 wins, 5 draws and 8 defeats.

In their previous game, the manager Bowyer led his Birmingham to a defeat away at Nottingham Forest. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at St. Andrew's Stadium. Richards, who usually features in attack, was the best player for the side in that game, and was presented with a rating of 7.13 (out of 10). Richards dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting West Bromwich Albion in a game that was won 1-0.

The manager Bowyer will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Blackpool in only three days.

Birmingham City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 20 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Birmingham's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 25 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Coventry City form and stats

6-6-8 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Coventry City in their Championship matches away.

Coventry City play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Fulham (placed 1st). Coventry City goalie Moore was high and low in the Fulham game, contributing six saves towards the victory. O'Hare, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.34. O'Hare scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 28 successful passes (of 35 total).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Nottingham Forest wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

After this away game Coventry return home for a Championship game against AFC Bournemouth. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Coventry City have scored 23 goals on their travels this season, from 20 away games in the league. Coventry City struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 30 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The former head to head match ended Coventry City - Birmingham 0-0, played this season. Previous ten meetings featuring these sides: Birmingham City won two, Coventry City triumphed in two and we saw six draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Coventry CityV. Gyökeres
V. Gyökeres
15 goals
Coventry CityM. Godden
M. Godden
12 goals
Birmingham CityS. Hogan
S. Hogan
10 goals

Birmingham City missing players

Coventry City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Birmingham City Coventry City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
41 20 6 Played P 7 20 41
11 7 3 Won W 4 6 16
12 5 2 Drew D 1 6 11
18 8 1 Lost L 2 8 14
43 22 5 Scored S 11 23 54
60 25 3 Conceded C 8 30 51
85% 85% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 95%
76% 75% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 75% 73%
51% 55% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 45% 46%
24% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 35% 27%
7% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 29% 15% 15%
41% 40% 33% BTTS BTTS 57% 55% 56%
34% 40% 67% Clean Sheets C S 14% 15% 22%
39% 35% 33% Failed to Score F T 29% 35% 27%
 
4.1 4.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.9 6.2 6.1
5.2 4.5 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.9 4.7 4.2
1.8 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.1 1.9 1.8
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
11.5 11.2 8 Shots (avg) S ( 13.1 13.2 14.3
3.5 3.2 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.6 4.7 5
30% 34% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 34% 25% 26%
 
10.9 9.2 7.3 Shots against (avg) S A 10.4 13 10.9
4 3.7 1.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.3 3.5
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Birmingham City have the fewest points from losing position (4) in Championship
  • Coventry City have the most points from losing position (24) in Championship

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 40 25 8 7 94 35 20 12 4 4 46 19 20 13 4 3 48 16 59 83
2 AFC Bournemouth 39 21 10 8 62 35 19 11 5 3 38 20 20 10 5 5 24 15 27 73
3 Nottingham Forest 39 19 10 10 61 36 21 11 4 6 34 21 18 8 6 4 27 15 25 67
4 Huddersfield Town 40 18 12 10 52 43 19 10 5 4 27 20 21 8 7 6 25 23 9 66
5 Luton Town 40 18 11 11 59 45 20 10 6 4 34 21 20 8 5 7 25 24 14 65
6 Sheffield United 41 18 11 12 53 41 20 11 5 4 32 13 21 7 6 8 21 28 12 65
7 Blackburn Rovers 41 17 12 12 52 42 21 12 5 4 36 22 20 5 7 8 16 20 10 63
8 Middlesbrough 40 18 8 14 52 42 20 12 2 6 29 18 20 6 6 8 23 24 10 62
9 Millwall 41 16 13 12 45 40 21 11 6 4 27 15 20 5 7 8 18 25 5 61
10 Coventry City 41 16 11 14 54 51 21 10 5 6 31 21 20 6 6 8 23 30 3 59
11 Queens Park Rangers 41 17 8 16 55 53 21 9 6 6 28 22 20 8 2 10 27 31 2 59
12 West Bromwich Albion 41 15 12 14 45 40 20 10 7 3 27 15 21 5 5 11 18 25 5 57
13 Preston North End 41 14 15 12 43 46 20 8 9 3 27 22 21 6 6 9 16 24 -3 57
14 Swansea City 40 16 9 15 48 53 19 9 5 5 25 21 21 7 4 10 23 32 -5 57
15 Stoke City 41 15 10 16 53 47 20 9 4 7 28 21 21 6 6 9 25 26 6 55
16 Blackpool 40 14 11 15 44 47 21 10 3 8 23 23 19 4 8 7 21 24 -3 53
17 Cardiff City 40 14 7 19 47 61 21 7 3 11 21 27 19 7 4 8 26 34 -14 49
18 Birmingham City 41 11 12 18 43 60 20 7 5 8 22 25 21 4 7 10 21 35 -17 45
19 Bristol City 41 12 9 20 52 73 21 7 7 7 27 28 20 5 2 13 25 45 -21 45
20 Hull City 41 12 8 21 34 45 20 5 3 12 16 26 21 7 5 9 18 19 -11 44
21 Reading 41 12 7 22 48 77 21 7 4 10 29 39 20 5 3 12 19 38 -29 37
22 Barnsley 40 6 11 23 30 59 20 5 7 8 17 22 20 1 4 15 13 37 -29 29
23 Derby County 41 12 13 16 40 47 20 10 7 3 27 17 21 2 6 13 13 30 -7 28
24 Peterborough United 41 6 10 25 34 82 20 4 7 9 20 31 21 2 3 16 14 51 -48 28

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 40 25 8 7 94 35 20 12 4 4 46 19 20 13 4 3 48 16 59 83
2 AFC Bournemouth 39 21 10 8 62 35 19 11 5 3 38 20 20 10 5 5 24 15 27 73
3 Nottingham Forest 39 19 10 10 61 36 21 11 4 6 34 21 18 8 6 4 27 15 25 67
4 Huddersfield Town 40 18 12 10 52 43 19 10 5 4 27 20 21 8 7 6 25 23 9 66
5 Luton Town 40 18 11 11 59 45 20 10 6 4 34 21 20 8 5 7 25 24 14 65
6 Sheffield United 41 18 11 12 53 41 20 11 5 4 32 13 21 7 6 8 21 28 12 65
7 Blackburn Rovers 41 17 12 12 52 42 21 12 5 4 36 22 20 5 7 8 16 20 10 63
8 Middlesbrough 40 18 8 14 52 42 20 12 2 6 29 18 20 6 6 8 23 24 10 62
9 Millwall 41 16 13 12 45 40 21 11 6 4 27 15 20 5 7 8 18 25 5 61
10 Coventry City 41 16 11 14 54 51 21 10 5 6 31 21 20 6 6 8 23 30 3 59
11 Queens Park Rangers 41 17 8 16 55 53 21 9 6 6 28 22 20 8 2 10 27 31 2 59
12 West Bromwich Albion 41 15 12 14 45 40 20 10 7 3 27 15 21 5 5 11 18 25 5 57
13 Preston North End 41 14 15 12 43 46 20 8 9 3 27 22 21 6 6 9 16 24 -3 57
14 Swansea City 40 16 9 15 48 53 19 9 5 5 25 21 21 7 4 10 23 32 -5 57
15 Stoke City 41 15 10 16 53 47 20 9 4 7 28 21 21 6 6 9 25 26 6 55
16 Blackpool 40 14 11 15 44 47 21 10 3 8 23 23 19 4 8 7 21 24 -3 53
17 Cardiff City 40 14 7 19 47 61 21 7 3 11 21 27 19 7 4 8 26 34 -14 49
18 Birmingham City 41 11 12 18 43 60 20 7 5 8 22 25 21 4 7 10 21 35 -17 45
19 Bristol City 41 12 9 20 52 73 21 7 7 7 27 28 20 5 2 13 25 45 -21 45
20 Hull City 41 12 8 21 34 45 20 5 3 12 16 26 21 7 5 9 18 19 -11 44
21 Reading 41 12 7 22 48 77 21 7 4 10 29 39 20 5 3 12 19 38 -29 37
22 Barnsley 40 6 11 23 30 59 20 5 7 8 17 22 20 1 4 15 13 37 -29 29
23 Derby County 41 12 13 16 40 47 20 10 7 3 27 17 21 2 6 13 13 30 -7 28
24 Peterborough United 41 6 10 25 34 82 20 4 7 9 20 31 21 2 3 16 14 51 -48 28

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.