Full preview: AFC Bournemouth expected to beat Birmingham City at Vitality Stadium

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 09.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Vitality Stadium (11700 seats)

Only victory will do for the AFC Bournemouth fans in this Vitality Stadium duel with Birmingham City, seeing as they have a healthy lead on their opponents in the Championship table.

Insights:
  • AFC Bournemouth have the most clean sheets (13) in Championship

Bournemouth have less rest than Birmingham City in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a FA Cup game only three days ago. This match was also played here at Vitality Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Birmingham City have had more rest.

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AFC Bournemouth form and stats

AFC Bournemouth have collected 24 points from their Championship home games so far after 7-3-3.

Midfield player Christie got a match rating of 7.83 in that game, the max score being 10. Christie hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes and had 37 successful passes (of 45 total).

Before that match, a Championship win away at Barnsley.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for AFC Bournemouth as they are travelling to their away game against Blackpool in the Championship. That match is three days after this one.

14 goals have been conceded.

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Birmingham City form and stats

Birmingham City have only collected 14 points from their away games in the Championship, after 3-5-7 (15 played).

Birmingham City failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Sheffield United (placed 10th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Taylor, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.31. Taylor scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Derby County that ended 2-2.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Luton Town in just three days.

In the opposite end, Birmingham have conceded 25 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The previous H2H match ended Birmingham City - AFC Bournemouth 0-2, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): AFC Bournemouth eight wins, zero draws and Birmingham City one victory. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AFC BournemouthD. Solanke
D. Solanke
18 goals
Birmingham CityS. Hogan
S. Hogan
10 goals
AFC BournemouthP. Billing
P. Billing
8 goals

AFC Bournemouth missing players

Birmingham City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
AFC Bournemouth Birmingham City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 13 3 Played P 6 15 30
15 7 2 Won W 1 3 8
7 3 0 Drew D 1 5 9
6 3 1 Lost L 4 7 13
44 26 6 Scored S 4 15 33
24 14 1 Conceded C 13 25 46
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 87% 87%
71% 92% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 73% 77%
50% 85% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 53%
21% 31% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 27%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 13% 10%
43% 54% 0% BTTS BTTS 17% 33% 43%
46% 31% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 33%
18% 15% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 47% 37%
 
5.2 5.2 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 3.5 4
4.8 4.5 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 6.5 5.3
2.3 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 2.1 1.8
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
12.1 12.5 16.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 11.7 11.7
4.4 5 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.4 3.4
36% 40% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 29% 32%
 
10.1 9.1 5.3 Shots against (avg) S A 13 13.3 11.4
3.4 3.5 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.4 4.1
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • AFC Bournemouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • AFC Bournemouth have the most clean sheets (13) in Championship
  • AFC Bournemouth haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 28 17 7 4 74 26 15 9 4 2 37 13 13 8 3 2 37 13 48 58
2 Blackburn Rovers 30 15 8 7 45 31 15 10 3 2 31 17 15 5 5 5 14 14 14 53
3 AFC Bournemouth 28 15 7 6 44 24 13 7 3 3 26 14 15 8 4 3 18 10 20 52
4 Queens Park Rangers 28 15 6 7 44 31 15 8 4 3 21 11 13 7 2 4 23 20 13 51
5 Huddersfield Town 30 13 9 8 40 34 15 8 4 3 22 16 15 5 5 5 18 18 6 48
6 West Bromwich Albion 29 12 9 8 34 24 14 8 5 1 21 8 15 4 4 7 13 16 10 45
7 Middlesbrough 28 13 6 9 32 26 15 9 2 4 21 13 13 4 4 5 11 13 6 45
8 Nottingham Forest 29 12 7 10 39 31 15 6 3 6 19 18 14 6 4 4 20 13 8 43
9 Luton Town 28 11 9 8 39 32 14 6 5 3 22 16 14 5 4 5 17 16 7 42
10 Sheffield United 27 12 6 9 37 33 11 5 2 4 17 11 16 7 4 5 20 22 4 42
11 Preston North End 30 10 11 9 34 35 14 5 7 2 20 17 16 5 4 7 14 18 -1 41
12 Coventry City 27 11 7 9 35 31 14 8 2 4 22 13 13 3 5 5 13 18 4 40
13 Blackpool 29 11 7 11 32 34 16 8 2 6 16 16 13 3 5 5 16 18 -2 40
14 Stoke City 28 11 6 11 33 30 14 6 3 5 19 16 14 5 3 6 14 14 3 39
15 Millwall 28 9 10 9 29 29 14 6 5 3 16 12 14 3 5 6 13 17 0 37
16 Swansea City 28 9 8 11 29 35 14 6 4 4 16 13 14 3 4 7 13 22 -6 35
17 Bristol City 30 9 7 14 39 54 15 5 5 5 18 19 15 4 2 9 21 35 -15 34
18 Birmingham City 30 8 9 13 33 46 15 5 4 6 18 21 15 3 5 7 15 25 -13 33
19 Hull City 29 9 5 15 25 32 15 5 3 7 15 17 14 4 2 8 10 15 -7 32
20 Cardiff City 28 8 5 15 31 48 13 3 1 9 11 20 15 5 4 6 20 28 -17 29
21 Reading 28 8 4 16 33 55 15 4 4 7 21 31 13 4 0 9 12 24 -22 22
22 Peterborough United 27 5 5 17 23 55 13 4 4 5 15 17 14 1 1 12 8 38 -32 20
23 Derby County 29 8 12 9 28 30 14 6 6 2 18 13 15 2 6 7 10 17 -2 15
24 Barnsley 28 2 8 18 17 43 14 2 4 8 8 17 14 0 4 10 9 26 -26 14

AFC Bournemouth:
Birmingham City:
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 28 17 7 4 74 26 15 9 4 2 37 13 13 8 3 2 37 13 48 58
2 Blackburn Rovers 30 15 8 7 45 31 15 10 3 2 31 17 15 5 5 5 14 14 14 53
3 AFC Bournemouth 28 15 7 6 44 24 13 7 3 3 26 14 15 8 4 3 18 10 20 52
4 Queens Park Rangers 28 15 6 7 44 31 15 8 4 3 21 11 13 7 2 4 23 20 13 51
5 Huddersfield Town 30 13 9 8 40 34 15 8 4 3 22 16 15 5 5 5 18 18 6 48
6 West Bromwich Albion 29 12 9 8 34 24 14 8 5 1 21 8 15 4 4 7 13 16 10 45
7 Middlesbrough 28 13 6 9 32 26 15 9 2 4 21 13 13 4 4 5 11 13 6 45
8 Nottingham Forest 29 12 7 10 39 31 15 6 3 6 19 18 14 6 4 4 20 13 8 43
9 Luton Town 28 11 9 8 39 32 14 6 5 3 22 16 14 5 4 5 17 16 7 42
10 Sheffield United 27 12 6 9 37 33 11 5 2 4 17 11 16 7 4 5 20 22 4 42
11 Preston North End 30 10 11 9 34 35 14 5 7 2 20 17 16 5 4 7 14 18 -1 41
12 Coventry City 27 11 7 9 35 31 14 8 2 4 22 13 13 3 5 5 13 18 4 40
13 Blackpool 29 11 7 11 32 34 16 8 2 6 16 16 13 3 5 5 16 18 -2 40
14 Stoke City 28 11 6 11 33 30 14 6 3 5 19 16 14 5 3 6 14 14 3 39
15 Millwall 28 9 10 9 29 29 14 6 5 3 16 12 14 3 5 6 13 17 0 37
16 Swansea City 28 9 8 11 29 35 14 6 4 4 16 13 14 3 4 7 13 22 -6 35
17 Bristol City 30 9 7 14 39 54 15 5 5 5 18 19 15 4 2 9 21 35 -15 34
18 Birmingham City 30 8 9 13 33 46 15 5 4 6 18 21 15 3 5 7 15 25 -13 33
19 Hull City 29 9 5 15 25 32 15 5 3 7 15 17 14 4 2 8 10 15 -7 32
20 Cardiff City 28 8 5 15 31 48 13 3 1 9 11 20 15 5 4 6 20 28 -17 29
21 Reading 28 8 4 16 33 55 15 4 4 7 21 31 13 4 0 9 12 24 -22 22
22 Peterborough United 27 5 5 17 23 55 13 4 4 5 15 17 14 1 1 12 8 38 -32 20
23 Derby County 29 8 12 9 28 30 14 6 6 2 18 13 15 2 6 7 10 17 -2 15
24 Barnsley 28 2 8 18 17 43 14 2 4 8 8 17 14 0 4 10 9 26 -26 14

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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.