Birmingham City fights Brentford in Championship battle

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 15.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. Andrew's Stadium (32500 seats)

Birmingham City will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today's opponents. The home side are currently 11 points behind Brentford.

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.

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Birmingham City form and stats

6 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Birmingham City have to build on here at St. Andrew's Stadium in the Championship.

A good away victory last time out for Birmingham City, who won 1-0 against Barnsley (placed 24th). In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Bristol City.

Birmingham City has scored 22 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Birmingham City have conceded 22 in these home matches.

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Brentford form and stats

7-2-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Brentford, who have the the best goal difference (+27) in Championship, in their Championship matches away.

There were no winners in Brentford's previous match, a Championship home game that ended 1-1 vs Leeds United (placed 2nd). Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Middlesbrough.

The travelling fans enjoy Brentford's attacking play in away games, having scored 24 goals in 16 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (13 so far).

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Brentford - Birmingham City 0-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Birmingham City won five, Brentford won three and two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BrentfordO. Watkins
O. Watkins
20 goals
Birmingham CityL. Jutkiewicz
L. Jutkiewicz
10 goals
BrentfordM. Benrahma
M. Benrahma
9 goals

Birmingham City missing players

Brentford missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Birmingham City Brentford
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 15 7 Played P 5 16 32
12 6 1 Won W 2 7 16
7 3 2 Drew D 0 2 6
13 6 4 Lost L 3 7 10
41 22 10 Scored S 9 24 53
48 22 13 Conceded C 5 13 26
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
75% 80% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 56% 59%
47% 47% 43% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 44% 44%
22% 20% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 25% 28%
19% 20% 29% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 6% 12%
59% 67% 71% BTTS BTTS 40% 31% 41%
16% 13% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 31% 31%
25% 20% 29% Failed to Score F T 40% 44% 34%
 
5.3 6.5 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.4 5.7 6.1
5.3 5 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.9 4.5
1.9 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.2 1.1
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
393 207 91 Total Shots T S 74 202 439
121 65 24 Shots on Target S O 25 68 150
34% 34% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 35% 35%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Birmingham City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Birmingham City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Brentford has the fewest conceded goals (13) away
  • Brentford has the fewest conceded goals (26)
  • Brentford has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11)
  • Brentford has the most scored goals in the first half (28)
  • Brentford has the the best goal difference (+27)
  • Brentford have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 West Bromwich Albion 32 17 11 4 57 34 15 7 6 2 32 20 17 10 5 2 25 14 23 62
2 Leeds United 32 16 8 8 47 30 15 8 4 3 22 13 17 8 4 5 25 17 17 56
3 Fulham 32 16 8 8 47 33 16 10 2 4 29 18 16 6 6 4 18 15 14 56
4 Brentford 32 16 6 10 53 26 16 9 4 3 29 13 16 7 2 7 24 13 27 54
5 Nottingham Forest 32 15 9 8 43 31 16 8 3 5 20 16 16 7 6 3 23 15 12 54
6 Preston North End 32 15 8 9 47 36 16 10 3 3 32 19 16 5 5 6 15 17 11 53
7 Bristol City 32 15 8 9 48 45 16 7 4 5 24 23 16 8 4 4 24 22 3 53
8 Cardiff City 32 12 13 7 46 43 15 8 6 1 22 12 17 4 7 6 24 31 3 49
9 Blackburn Rovers 32 13 8 11 46 38 17 8 6 3 22 14 15 5 2 8 24 24 8 47
10 Swansea City 32 12 11 9 37 37 17 7 4 6 21 19 15 5 7 3 16 18 0 47
11 Millwall 32 11 13 8 39 38 16 8 5 3 24 17 16 3 8 5 15 21 1 46
12 Sheffield Wednesday 32 12 8 12 41 35 15 6 5 4 14 15 17 6 3 8 27 20 6 44
13 Derby County 32 11 10 11 40 44 16 9 5 2 23 11 16 2 5 9 17 33 -4 43
14 Birmingham City 32 12 7 13 41 48 15 6 3 6 22 22 17 6 4 7 19 26 -7 43
15 Hull City 32 11 7 14 43 47 16 6 2 8 23 24 16 5 5 6 20 23 -4 40
16 Reading 32 10 9 13 38 37 16 6 2 8 21 21 16 4 7 5 17 16 1 39
17 Queens Park Rangers 32 11 6 15 47 56 16 6 4 6 29 28 16 5 2 9 18 28 -9 39
18 Middlesbrough 32 8 13 11 34 42 16 6 7 3 16 15 16 2 6 8 18 27 -8 37
19 Charlton Athletic 32 9 9 14 41 45 16 6 5 5 22 19 16 3 4 9 19 26 -4 36
20 Huddersfield Town 32 9 8 15 37 51 17 5 5 7 18 24 15 4 3 8 19 27 -14 35
21 Stoke City 32 10 4 18 39 49 17 6 3 8 22 23 15 4 1 10 17 26 -10 34
22 Wigan Athletic 32 7 9 16 31 48 16 5 5 6 17 22 16 2 4 10 14 26 -17 30
23 Luton Town 32 8 3 21 38 66 16 6 3 7 24 25 16 2 0 14 14 41 -28 27
24 Barnsley 32 5 10 17 37 58 17 4 7 6 25 31 15 1 3 11 12 27 -21 25

Birmingham City:
Brentford:
Championship:
England:
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 West Bromwich Albion 32 17 11 4 57 34 15 7 6 2 32 20 17 10 5 2 25 14 23 62
2 Leeds United 32 16 8 8 47 30 15 8 4 3 22 13 17 8 4 5 25 17 17 56
3 Fulham 32 16 8 8 47 33 16 10 2 4 29 18 16 6 6 4 18 15 14 56
4 Brentford 32 16 6 10 53 26 16 9 4 3 29 13 16 7 2 7 24 13 27 54
5 Nottingham Forest 32 15 9 8 43 31 16 8 3 5 20 16 16 7 6 3 23 15 12 54
6 Preston North End 32 15 8 9 47 36 16 10 3 3 32 19 16 5 5 6 15 17 11 53
7 Bristol City 32 15 8 9 48 45 16 7 4 5 24 23 16 8 4 4 24 22 3 53
8 Cardiff City 32 12 13 7 46 43 15 8 6 1 22 12 17 4 7 6 24 31 3 49
9 Blackburn Rovers 32 13 8 11 46 38 17 8 6 3 22 14 15 5 2 8 24 24 8 47
10 Swansea City 32 12 11 9 37 37 17 7 4 6 21 19 15 5 7 3 16 18 0 47
11 Millwall 32 11 13 8 39 38 16 8 5 3 24 17 16 3 8 5 15 21 1 46
12 Sheffield Wednesday 32 12 8 12 41 35 15 6 5 4 14 15 17 6 3 8 27 20 6 44
13 Derby County 32 11 10 11 40 44 16 9 5 2 23 11 16 2 5 9 17 33 -4 43
14 Birmingham City 32 12 7 13 41 48 15 6 3 6 22 22 17 6 4 7 19 26 -7 43
15 Hull City 32 11 7 14 43 47 16 6 2 8 23 24 16 5 5 6 20 23 -4 40
16 Reading 32 10 9 13 38 37 16 6 2 8 21 21 16 4 7 5 17 16 1 39
17 Queens Park Rangers 32 11 6 15 47 56 16 6 4 6 29 28 16 5 2 9 18 28 -9 39
18 Middlesbrough 32 8 13 11 34 42 16 6 7 3 16 15 16 2 6 8 18 27 -8 37
19 Charlton Athletic 32 9 9 14 41 45 16 6 5 5 22 19 16 3 4 9 19 26 -4 36
20 Huddersfield Town 32 9 8 15 37 51 17 5 5 7 18 24 15 4 3 8 19 27 -14 35
21 Stoke City 32 10 4 18 39 49 17 6 3 8 22 23 15 4 1 10 17 26 -10 34
22 Wigan Athletic 32 7 9 16 31 48 16 5 5 6 17 22 16 2 4 10 14 26 -17 30
23 Luton Town 32 8 3 21 38 66 16 6 3 7 24 25 16 2 0 14 14 41 -28 27
24 Barnsley 32 5 10 17 37 58 17 4 7 6 25 31 15 1 3 11 12 27 -21 25

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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.