Championship fixture guide: Birmingham City against Barnsley

Birmingham City have less rest than Barnsley in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Championship game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Fulham, so at least Birmingham City are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

Birmingham City form and stats

Birmingham City have played 12 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-3-5 (wins-draws-losses). When Birmingham City hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Cardiff City, Birmingham City, Hull City, Reading, Derby County, Swansea City and Peterborough United), they have won 2 of 4 matches! We have seen two home losses in a row now for Birmingham, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

Birmingham City lost their last game at Fulham (placed 1st) after a 2-6 scoreline. The forward Jutkiewicz edged out all others in that game and received a match rating of 7.03 out of 10. Jutkiewicz hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

1-1 away at Preston North End before that.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Birmingham City's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won one match, drawn zero and lost one.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Birmingham City, as the Championship home game vs Peterborough United is only three days away.

The Birmingham City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 12 matches. 16 goals have been conceded.

Barnsley form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Barnsley so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 0-4-8 (win-draw-lose). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Barnsley have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 14 consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Rochdale game.

Barnsley won their last game, 5-4 versus Barrow (after extra-time) played at home.

Prior to that match, the Barnsley manager Asbaghi faced defeat when travelling to Blackburn Rovers and losing 1-2.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Barnsley playing away, we found four games. Results were one away win, zero draws and three home wins.

Barnsley have another fixture away in just three sleeps, a Championship match against Nottingham Forest. A back-breaking timetable for the visitors!

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Barnsley as they have only managed to score 8 times from 12 away games in the league. Barnsley have conceded 21 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Barnsley - Birmingham City 1-1 was the output when this pair of squads formerly met, also in this season. Numbers for the former ten meetings featuring these two participants are: two wins for Birmingham City, three draws and five wins for Barnsley. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

S. Hogan 7 goals

T. Deeney 4 goals

C. Woodrow 4 goals

Birmingham City missing players

Barnsley missing players