Soccer betting preview: Birmingham City welcomes Blackburn Rovers in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 07.May
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: St. Andrew's Stadium (30009 seats)

Birmingham City have some lost ground to recover from their 20th spot, and the job starts against Blackburn Rovers. Read more!

Insights:
  • Birmingham City have the fewest points from losing position (4) in Championship

Birmingham City can neither be promoted or relegated from Championship. For Blackburn most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

Birmingham City and Blackburn Rovers 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

Birmingham City have played 22 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-6-9 (wins-draws-losses).

An away draw last time out for Birmingham City, facing Cardiff City in a game that ended 1-1. Midfield player Bela got a match rating of 7.84 in that game, the max score being 10. Bela scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that, Birmingham drew at home versus Millwall.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Birmingham City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won two, drawn three and lost five.

The Birmingham City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 26 in 22 matches. On the other hand, Birmingham have conceded 31 goals.

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

6-7-9 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Blackburn Rovers in their Championship matches away.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus AFC Bournemouth with 0-3 on the scoreboard. Midfielder Rothwell was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.04. Rothwell hit three key passes.

Prior to that result Blackburn Rovers won their away game at Preston North End. The scoreline was 4-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Blackburn Rovers in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Blackburn Rovers, four draws and eight defeats.

The attacking power of Blackburn Rovers when travelling is not overwhelming with 21 goals scored from 22 league matches away. 23 goals have been conceded by Blackburn in these games.

Head 2 Head

Blackburn Rovers - Birmingham City 4-0 was the outcome when these two teams formerly did battle, earlier this season. Previous ten meetings with these participants: Birmingham won three, Blackburn Rovers triumphed in three and we saw four draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Blackburn RoversB. Brereton
B. Brereton
21 goals
Birmingham CityS. Hogan
S. Hogan
10 goals
Blackburn RoversS. Gallagher
S. Gallagher
9 goals

Birmingham City missing players

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
45 22 7 Played P 7 22 45
11 7 3 Won W 2 6 18
14 6 2 Drew D 2 7 12
20 9 2 Lost L 3 9 15
49 26 7 Scored S 5 21 57
73 31 7 Conceded C 7 23 49
87% 86% 71% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 86% 89%
78% 77% 43% Over 1.5 O 1.5 57% 59% 64%
53% 59% 43% Over 2.5 O 2.5 29% 32% 42%
29% 23% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 24%
11% 9% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 9%
47% 45% 43% BTTS BTTS 43% 45% 42%
31% 36% 57% Clean Sheets C S 29% 27% 33%
36% 32% 29% Failed to Score F T 43% 41% 36%
 
4.2 4.5 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.9 4.7 5
5.4 4.7 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.1 4.7 4.3
1.8 1.7 1.9 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.8 2.5
4 1 0 Red cards R C 2 3 5
 
11.6 11.3 8.6 Shots (avg) S ( 10.4 9.8 10.7
3.5 3.2 2.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.1 3.2 3.8
31% 37% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 30% 33%
 
11 9.4 7.9 Shots against (avg) S A 11.4 11 10.7
4.2 4 2.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.3 3.9
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

  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 44 26 9 9 99 39 22 13 4 5 49 20 22 13 5 4 50 19 60 87
2 AFC Bournemouth 44 23 13 8 72 39 21 11 7 3 39 21 23 12 6 5 33 18 33 82
3 Nottingham Forest 44 23 10 11 72 38 23 13 4 6 43 22 21 10 6 5 29 16 34 79
4 Huddersfield Town 45 22 13 10 62 47 22 12 6 4 33 23 23 10 7 6 29 24 15 79
5 Luton Town 44 20 12 12 62 48 22 11 7 4 36 22 22 9 5 8 26 26 14 72
6 Sheffield United 45 20 12 13 59 45 22 12 5 5 34 15 23 8 7 8 25 30 14 72
7 Middlesbrough 45 20 10 15 58 46 23 14 2 7 34 21 22 6 8 8 24 25 12 70
8 Millwall 45 18 15 12 53 44 23 13 6 4 32 16 22 5 9 8 21 28 9 69
9 Blackburn Rovers 45 18 12 15 57 49 23 12 5 6 36 26 22 6 7 9 21 23 8 66
10 West Bromwich Albion 45 17 13 15 48 45 22 11 8 3 29 16 23 6 5 12 19 29 3 64
11 Coventry City 45 17 12 16 59 58 23 10 5 8 32 26 22 7 7 8 27 32 1 63
12 Queens Park Rangers 45 18 9 18 59 59 23 10 6 7 30 25 22 8 3 11 29 34 0 63
13 Stoke City 45 17 10 18 56 51 22 10 4 8 29 22 23 7 6 10 27 29 5 61
14 Preston North End 45 15 16 14 48 55 22 8 10 4 29 27 23 7 6 10 19 28 -7 61
15 Swansea City 45 16 13 16 58 67 22 9 8 5 30 26 23 7 5 11 28 41 -9 61
16 Blackpool 45 16 12 17 54 53 23 11 3 9 29 26 22 5 9 8 25 27 1 60
17 Bristol City 45 15 10 20 62 75 23 8 8 7 33 29 22 7 2 13 29 46 -13 55
18 Hull City 45 14 8 23 40 53 22 7 3 12 21 27 23 7 5 11 19 26 -13 50
19 Cardiff City 45 14 8 23 49 68 23 7 4 12 22 29 22 7 4 11 27 39 -19 50
20 Birmingham City 45 11 14 20 49 73 22 7 6 9 26 31 23 4 8 11 23 42 -24 47
21 Reading 45 13 8 24 54 86 23 7 5 11 33 44 22 6 3 13 21 42 -32 41
22 Derby County 45 14 13 18 45 52 22 11 7 4 30 21 23 3 6 14 15 31 -7 34
23 Peterborough United 45 8 10 27 38 87 22 5 7 10 22 33 23 3 3 17 16 54 -49 34
24 Barnsley 45 6 12 27 33 69 23 5 7 11 18 29 22 1 5 16 15 40 -36 30

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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 44 26 9 9 99 39 22 13 4 5 49 20 22 13 5 4 50 19 60 87
2 AFC Bournemouth 44 23 13 8 72 39 21 11 7 3 39 21 23 12 6 5 33 18 33 82
3 Nottingham Forest 44 23 10 11 72 38 23 13 4 6 43 22 21 10 6 5 29 16 34 79
4 Huddersfield Town 45 22 13 10 62 47 22 12 6 4 33 23 23 10 7 6 29 24 15 79
5 Luton Town 44 20 12 12 62 48 22 11 7 4 36 22 22 9 5 8 26 26 14 72
6 Sheffield United 45 20 12 13 59 45 22 12 5 5 34 15 23 8 7 8 25 30 14 72
7 Middlesbrough 45 20 10 15 58 46 23 14 2 7 34 21 22 6 8 8 24 25 12 70
8 Millwall 45 18 15 12 53 44 23 13 6 4 32 16 22 5 9 8 21 28 9 69
9 Blackburn Rovers 45 18 12 15 57 49 23 12 5 6 36 26 22 6 7 9 21 23 8 66
10 West Bromwich Albion 45 17 13 15 48 45 22 11 8 3 29 16 23 6 5 12 19 29 3 64
11 Coventry City 45 17 12 16 59 58 23 10 5 8 32 26 22 7 7 8 27 32 1 63
12 Queens Park Rangers 45 18 9 18 59 59 23 10 6 7 30 25 22 8 3 11 29 34 0 63
13 Stoke City 45 17 10 18 56 51 22 10 4 8 29 22 23 7 6 10 27 29 5 61
14 Preston North End 45 15 16 14 48 55 22 8 10 4 29 27 23 7 6 10 19 28 -7 61
15 Swansea City 45 16 13 16 58 67 22 9 8 5 30 26 23 7 5 11 28 41 -9 61
16 Blackpool 45 16 12 17 54 53 23 11 3 9 29 26 22 5 9 8 25 27 1 60
17 Bristol City 45 15 10 20 62 75 23 8 8 7 33 29 22 7 2 13 29 46 -13 55
18 Hull City 45 14 8 23 40 53 22 7 3 12 21 27 23 7 5 11 19 26 -13 50
19 Cardiff City 45 14 8 23 49 68 23 7 4 12 22 29 22 7 4 11 27 39 -19 50
20 Birmingham City 45 11 14 20 49 73 22 7 6 9 26 31 23 4 8 11 23 42 -24 47
21 Reading 45 13 8 24 54 86 23 7 5 11 33 44 22 6 3 13 21 42 -32 41
22 Derby County 45 14 13 18 45 52 22 11 7 4 30 21 23 3 6 14 15 31 -7 34
23 Peterborough United 45 8 10 27 38 87 22 5 7 10 22 33 23 3 3 17 16 54 -49 34
24 Barnsley 45 6 12 27 33 69 23 5 7 11 18 29 22 1 5 16 15 40 -36 30

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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.