This looks to be an absorbing match as Birmingham City have their presumed home advantage, while West Bromwich Albion are ahead 1 point in the Championship table.
- Birmingham City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Championship
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Birmingham and West Bromwich Albion.
Birmingham City form and stats
Birmingham City have played 5 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-0 (wins-draws-losses).
A nice win for Birmingham City last time playing, versus Huddersfield Town. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0 with James, Miyoshi and Dembélé (2) scoring for the victors. Finally, a league victory after five games without one. The talented striker Dembélé outshone all teammates in that game and was awarded a match rating of 9.43 out of 10. Dembélé scored two goals, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times and had 19 successful passes (of 22 total).
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Norwich City.The Birmingham City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 5 matches. Birmingham have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {2 goals}.
West Bromwich Albion form and stats
As the visiting team in Championship matches, West Bromwich Albion have produced an overall stat of 1-3-1 so far.
337 minutes! That's how long the West Bromwich Albion goalkeeper Alex Palmer and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
West Bromwich Albion won their last game, 1-0 versus Sheffield Wednesday played at home. Attacker Swift got a player rating of 8.35 in the game. "Man of the match" Swift scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 55 successful passes (of 65 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 4-0 at Preston North End.WBA has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 8 goals from 5 games.
Head 2 Head
Birmingham City-West Bromwich Albion H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Birmingham City three wins, West Bromwich Albion five wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  J. Swift 5 goals |   S. Dembele 3 goals |  J. Stansfield 3 goals |
Birmingham City missing players
West Bromwich Albion missing players
| Birmingham City | West Bromwich Albion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 90% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 80% | 80% |
| 80% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 70% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 60% |
| 40% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 40% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 20% |
| 4.2 | 5.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.6 | 5.1 |
| 5.9 | 5.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.4 | 5.3 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.6 | 12.6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11.6 | 11.9 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
| 28% | 35% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 47% | 49% |
| 11.5 | 11.4 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 11.8 | 11.2 |
| 3.9 | 4.4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
- Birmingham City have not yet lost a game at home.
- Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Birmingham City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Birmingham City have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Championship
- Birmingham City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Championship
- Birmingham City have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Championship
- Birmingham City have the most matches under the total-line (7) in Championship
- Birmingham City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ipswich Town | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 25 |
| 2 | Leicester City | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 3 | Preston North End | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 |
| 4 | Sunderland | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 16 |
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| 6 | Norwich City | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 16 |
| 7 | Cardiff City | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 | Hull City | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 16 |
| 9 | Southampton | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 16 |
| 10 | Birmingham City | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
| 11 | Millwall | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 14 |
| 12 | Leeds United | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 13 |
| 13 | Bristol City | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 14 | Coventry City | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 15 | Plymouth Argyle | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 16 | Middlesbrough | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 11 |
| 17 | Stoke City | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 10 |
| 18 | Blackburn Rovers | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 10 |
| 19 | Huddersfield Town | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 10 |
| 20 | Swansea City | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 21 | Watford | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| 22 | Queens Park Rangers | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -7 | 8 |
| 23 | Rotherham United | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | -11 | 5 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -13 | 2 |
- Birmingham City
- Birmingham Mail - (local newspaper)
- West Bromwich Albion
- Express & Star - (local newspaper)
- Boing - (supporter site)
