Trying to decrease the distance up to the top clubs is the task when these mid-table clubs fight it out. Both will be trying to better their league table standing, Birmingham City in 14th and Bristol City in 15th position.
- Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bristol City have scored at least twice as many goals away as Birmingham City have scored home.
It's no vacation for neither Birmingham City nor Bristol City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Birmingham City form and stats
The story so far in the Championship for Birmingham City at their home stadium (St. Andrew's Stadium) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Birmingham City are returning here after visiting Middlesbrough in a Championship game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Marc Roberts and Scott Hogan scored the goal(s). Marc Roberts, defender, was given a rating of 8.44/10 in that game, top of the team. Roberts scored one goal, hit two key passes and won 7 of 9 duels.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Swansea City.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Birmingham have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won one time, drawn two and lost two.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Birmingham as they have a new game in only four days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. Reading are visiting.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Birmingham City here at St. Andrew's Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 7 games). On the other hand, Birmingham have conceded 10 goals.
Bristol City form and stats
4-0-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Bristol City in their Championship matches away.
Bristol go into this game after a win, the home game against Barnsley that ended 2-1. Midfielder Andreas Weimann was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.21. Weimann scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting West Bromwich Albion's place.Bristol are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is seven wins, two draws and nine defeats. From a total of 18 matches.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Championship trip to Coventry City.
The travelling fans enjoy Bristol City's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 7 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Bristol have conceded 12 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Birmingham victories, one draw and three Bristol City wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Weimann 6 goals |   S. Hogan 4 goals |  C. Martin 4 goals |
Birmingham City missing players
Bristol City missing players
| Birmingham City | Bristol City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 17 |
| 17 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | 21 |
| 80% | 71% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 67% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 86% | 80% |
| 33% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 86% | 53% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 29% | 13% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 29% | 13% |
| 20% | 29% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 71% | 67% |
| 47% | 43% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 53% | 57% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 29% | 33% |
| 4.1 | 5.7 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.6 | 4.1 |
| 5 | 5.1 | 9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 5.6 | 6.4 |
| 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.9 | 12.6 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 9.7 | 10.5 |
| 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
| 26% | 19% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 48% | 37% |
- Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Birmingham City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Bristol City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Bristol City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Bristol City have scored at least twice as many goals away as Birmingham City have scored home.
- Bristol City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AFC Bournemouth | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 37 |
| 2 | Fulham | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 22 | 32 |
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 28 |
| 4 | Coventry City | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 27 |
| 5 | Huddersfield Town | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 24 |
| 6 | Blackpool | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 24 |
| 7 | Blackburn Rovers | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 23 |
| 8 | Queens Park Rangers | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 22 |
| 9 | Stoke City | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 22 |
| 10 | Luton Town | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 21 |
| 11 | Middlesbrough | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 21 |
| 12 | Millwall | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 21 |
| 13 | Swansea City | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 20 |
| 14 | Birmingham City | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | -3 | 19 |
| 15 | Bristol City | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -4 | 19 |
| 16 | Reading | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -6 | 19 |
| 17 | Sheffield United | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 18 |
| 18 | Nottingham Forest | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | -2 | 18 |
| 19 | Preston North End | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 18 |
| 20 | Peterborough United | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 22 | -14 | 14 |
| 21 | Cardiff City | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -14 | 12 |
| 22 | Hull City | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -12 | 9 |
| 23 | Barnsley | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -12 | 8 |
| 24 | Derby County | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 5 |
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