Birmingham City fights West Bromwich Albion in Championship confrontation

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sun 03.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. Andrew's Stadium (30009 seats)

Birmingham City are willing to ignore the league table before this game versus West Bromwich Albion. Here's all you need to know before the game!

Insights:
  • Birmingham City have the fewest points from losing position (4) in Championship
  • West Bromwich Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Birmingham City and West Bromwich Albion 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 6 wins, 5 draws and 8 defeats.

Birmingham haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 347 minutes ago. Gordon scored that one.

The home team returns to St. Andrew's Stadium after drawing with Swansea City (placed 16th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0. Graham (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.05/10. Graham hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

Before that game, the home loss against Middlesbrough with the scoreline 0-2.

The Birmingham City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 21 in 19 matches. More than 50 % of these goals (11 in total) were scored after at least 60 minutes had been played. Birmingham have conceded 25 in these home matches. 14 of these goals were let in after the timer had passed 60 minutes (more than 55 percent).

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West Bromwich Albion form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for West Bromwich Albion so far with only 20 points returning home. The records show 5-5-10 (win-draw-lose).

West Bromwich Albion has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Bristol City for a 2-2 draw. Mowatt got a match rating of 7.24 in that game, top player of the team. Mowatt hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 53 successful passes (of 62 total).

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Fulham.

A quick return to home after this game, as West Bromwich Albion are hosting AFC Bournemouth in the Championship only three days away.

The visitors have scored 18 goals from 20 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 24 goals have been conceded by WBA in these games.

Head 2 Head

West Bromwich Albion - Birmingham City 1-0 was the result in these squads' last h2h match, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - three - seven (Birmingham wins - draws - West Bromwich Albion wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

West Bromwich AlbionK. Ahearne-Grant
K. Ahearne-Grant
14 goals
Birmingham CityS. Hogan
S. Hogan
10 goals
West Bromwich AlbionC. Robinson
C. Robinson
6 goals

Birmingham City missing players

West Bromwich Albion missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Birmingham City West Bromwich Albion
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
39 19 5 Played P 6 20 38
10 6 2 Won W 3 5 14
12 5 2 Drew D 2 5 12
17 8 1 Lost L 1 10 12
42 21 3 Scored S 9 18 42
58 25 4 Conceded C 3 24 36
85% 84% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 90% 87%
77% 79% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 65% 63%
54% 58% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 37%
26% 16% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 15% 16%
8% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
44% 42% 20% BTTS BTTS 17% 35% 34%
33% 37% 60% Clean Sheets C S 67% 25% 39%
38% 37% 60% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 39%
 
4.2 4.4 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 5.3 5.8
5.1 4.5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 3.3 3.9
1.7 1.4 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 1.8
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 6
 
11.8 11.6 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 13.6 14.6
3.5 3.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 4.4
30% 34% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 22% 25%
 
10.9 9.2 8.4 Shots against (avg) S A 6.8 8.6 8.4
4.1 3.9 2.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.5 3 2.6
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
  • West Bromwich Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 37 23 8 6 90 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 18 11 4 3 45 16 58 77
2 AFC Bournemouth 36 20 9 7 59 31 18 10 5 3 35 18 18 10 4 4 24 13 28 69
3 Luton Town 38 18 9 11 56 42 19 10 5 4 32 19 19 8 4 7 24 23 14 63
4 Huddersfield Town 39 17 12 10 51 43 19 10 5 4 27 20 20 7 7 6 24 23 8 63
5 Sheffield United 38 17 10 11 52 40 18 10 4 4 31 13 20 7 6 7 21 27 12 61
6 Blackburn Rovers 39 17 10 12 49 39 20 12 4 4 35 21 19 5 6 8 14 18 10 61
7 Middlesbrough 37 17 8 12 48 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 19 5 6 8 19 24 8 59
8 Queens Park Rangers 38 17 8 13 54 48 20 9 6 5 28 20 18 8 2 8 26 28 6 59
9 Nottingham Forest 36 16 10 10 53 35 19 9 4 6 30 21 17 7 6 4 23 14 18 58
10 Millwall 38 15 12 11 39 36 19 10 6 3 23 13 19 5 6 8 16 23 3 57
11 Coventry City 38 15 10 13 49 46 20 10 4 6 29 19 18 5 6 7 20 27 3 55
12 West Bromwich Albion 38 14 12 12 42 36 18 9 7 2 24 12 20 5 5 10 18 24 6 54
13 Blackpool 37 14 10 13 42 41 20 10 3 7 22 19 17 4 7 6 20 22 1 52
14 Preston North End 38 12 15 11 40 44 18 6 9 3 24 21 20 6 6 8 16 23 -4 51
15 Stoke City 38 13 10 15 48 44 19 8 4 7 27 21 19 5 6 8 21 23 4 49
16 Swansea City 37 13 9 15 41 52 18 8 5 5 23 20 19 5 4 10 18 32 -11 48
17 Cardiff City 38 13 7 18 45 56 20 7 3 10 21 23 18 6 4 8 24 33 -11 46
18 Bristol City 39 12 8 19 49 69 20 7 6 7 26 27 19 5 2 12 23 42 -20 44
19 Birmingham City 39 10 12 17 42 58 19 6 5 8 21 25 20 4 7 9 21 33 -16 42
20 Hull City 39 11 8 20 33 44 19 5 3 11 16 25 20 6 5 9 17 19 -11 41
21 Reading 38 11 6 21 44 73 19 6 4 9 26 36 19 5 2 12 18 37 -29 33
22 Barnsley 38 6 10 22 28 54 19 5 6 8 16 21 19 1 4 14 12 33 -26 28
23 Peterborough United 38 6 8 24 32 76 18 4 6 8 19 26 20 2 2 16 13 50 -44 26
24 Derby County 39 11 13 15 38 45 19 9 7 3 26 17 20 2 6 12 12 28 -7 25

Birmingham City:
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Championship:
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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 37 23 8 6 90 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 18 11 4 3 45 16 58 77
2 AFC Bournemouth 36 20 9 7 59 31 18 10 5 3 35 18 18 10 4 4 24 13 28 69
3 Luton Town 38 18 9 11 56 42 19 10 5 4 32 19 19 8 4 7 24 23 14 63
4 Huddersfield Town 39 17 12 10 51 43 19 10 5 4 27 20 20 7 7 6 24 23 8 63
5 Sheffield United 38 17 10 11 52 40 18 10 4 4 31 13 20 7 6 7 21 27 12 61
6 Blackburn Rovers 39 17 10 12 49 39 20 12 4 4 35 21 19 5 6 8 14 18 10 61
7 Middlesbrough 37 17 8 12 48 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 19 5 6 8 19 24 8 59
8 Queens Park Rangers 38 17 8 13 54 48 20 9 6 5 28 20 18 8 2 8 26 28 6 59
9 Nottingham Forest 36 16 10 10 53 35 19 9 4 6 30 21 17 7 6 4 23 14 18 58
10 Millwall 38 15 12 11 39 36 19 10 6 3 23 13 19 5 6 8 16 23 3 57
11 Coventry City 38 15 10 13 49 46 20 10 4 6 29 19 18 5 6 7 20 27 3 55
12 West Bromwich Albion 38 14 12 12 42 36 18 9 7 2 24 12 20 5 5 10 18 24 6 54
13 Blackpool 37 14 10 13 42 41 20 10 3 7 22 19 17 4 7 6 20 22 1 52
14 Preston North End 38 12 15 11 40 44 18 6 9 3 24 21 20 6 6 8 16 23 -4 51
15 Stoke City 38 13 10 15 48 44 19 8 4 7 27 21 19 5 6 8 21 23 4 49
16 Swansea City 37 13 9 15 41 52 18 8 5 5 23 20 19 5 4 10 18 32 -11 48
17 Cardiff City 38 13 7 18 45 56 20 7 3 10 21 23 18 6 4 8 24 33 -11 46
18 Bristol City 39 12 8 19 49 69 20 7 6 7 26 27 19 5 2 12 23 42 -20 44
19 Birmingham City 39 10 12 17 42 58 19 6 5 8 21 25 20 4 7 9 21 33 -16 42
20 Hull City 39 11 8 20 33 44 19 5 3 11 16 25 20 6 5 9 17 19 -11 41
21 Reading 38 11 6 21 44 73 19 6 4 9 26 36 19 5 2 12 18 37 -29 33
22 Barnsley 38 6 10 22 28 54 19 5 6 8 16 21 19 1 4 14 12 33 -26 28
23 Peterborough United 38 6 8 24 32 76 18 4 6 8 19 26 20 2 2 16 13 50 -44 26
24 Derby County 39 11 13 15 38 45 19 9 7 3 26 17 20 2 6 12 12 28 -7 25

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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.