Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Birmingham City & Fulham face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Carabao Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Birmingham City form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Carabao Cup for Birmingham, as the manager L. Bowyer led his troops to eliminate Colchester United, and reach the 2nd Round. Birmingham was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the Carabao Cup.Birmingham City have less points than they have played home games in the Championship so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 1 point.
A strong away win for Birmingham against Luton Town the last match, as Gary Gardner, Marc Roberts, Chuks Aneke and Scott Hogan (2) were on target. Defender Marc Roberts got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.6/10. Roberts scored one goal, hit two key passes and won 7 of 10 duels. As mentioned above, Birmingham "killed" Luton Town in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Ahead of that match, Birmingham City lost 0-2 at home to AFC Bournemouth.The manager L. Bowyer will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Barnsley in only four days.
Early season league goal statistics from Birmingham City's 2 home games: 0 goals, 2 conceded.
Fulham form and stats
Last season their Carabao Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.Fulham are yet to lose a point on their Championship travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games. Fulham love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Fulham are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Championship against Hull City. Antonee Robinson, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.71. Robinson served one assist, hit three key passes and won 7 of 10 duels.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Millwall at their stadium, the result 2-1.A new game in only four days for Fulham, the Championship home match versus Stoke City. Busy days.
It's early days yet, but Fulham has scored 7 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the preceeding ten meetings): Birmingham City won four games, two matches ended with a draw and Fulham got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
  F. Carvalho 3 goals |  A. Mitrović 3 goals |   S. Hogan 2 goals |
Birmingham City missing players
Fulham missing players
| Birmingham City | Fulham | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | ||
| 29 | 11 | Scored | S | 17 | 23 | ||
| 34 | 20 | Conceded | C | 15 | 29 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 36% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 40% | ||
| 4 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 5 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.1 | 9.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 12.4 | ||
| 3 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4 | ||
| 38% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 23% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Stoke City | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Coventry City | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | Cardiff City | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | AFC Bournemouth | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | Birmingham City | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Huddersfield Town | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 7 |
| 11 | Luton Town | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 12 | Middlesbrough | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 | Barnsley | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 14 | Derby County | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 15 | Bristol City | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 16 | Swansea City | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 17 | Peterborough United | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 18 | Reading | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 19 | Hull City | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 20 | Preston North End | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 3 |
| 21 | Millwall | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 2 |
| 22 | Blackpool | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 23 | Sheffield United | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 1 |
| 24 | Nottingham Forest | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 0 |