It's been three sleeps since Birmingham City fought Hull City and the result was 2-0. What happens hosting Burnley?
- Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Burnley have the the best goal difference (+12) in Championship
It's no vacation for neither Birmingham nor Burnley 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
Birmingham City have collected 8 points from their Championship home games so far after 2-2-2.
Birmingham City are confident in defense, having played 247 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Happy days for Birmingham in their previous game, a fixture away at Hull City (placed 21st) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Midfielder Bacuna was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.7 (out of ten) in that game. Bacuna scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, Birmingham City had a home game versus Bristol City which ended with a victory 3-0.Trench warfare? In this team's last 12 league matches, 9 have had zero, one or two goals.
Birmingham City are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Blackburn Rovers awaits in three days.
Birmingham City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. Birmingham have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Burnley form and stats
The visitors are W3-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Championship. In general it has been a productive period now for Burnley as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games.
Burnley have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Arijanet Muric. It's been 183 minutes since they last conceded in Championship.
Impressive finishing from Rodriguez (2), Vitinho and Zaroury secured the home win 4-0 against Swansea City in their previous game. As mentioned above, Burnley was the only team on the pitch versus Swansea City in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Midfield player Zaroury was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.6/10. Zaroury scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Coventry City.The schedule is very tough for Burnley now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Sunderland is waiting in only three days.
Burnley find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Burnley as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Burnley have avoided defeat in the last 4 matches (2-2-0) against Birmingham City.Top Goalscorers
  J. Rodriguez 7 goals |   S. Hogan 5 goals |  N. Tella 5 goals |
Birmingham City missing players
Burnley missing players
| Birmingham City | Burnley | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 10 | 24 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 86% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 57% | 79% |
| 29% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 14% | 29% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 14% | 21% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 14% | 14% |
| 36% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 57% | 64% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 14% | 7% |
| 4.9 | 5.7 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 3.9 | 5.7 |
| 5.4 | 5.2 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.3 |
| 2.2 | 1.7 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.7 | 11.2 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 11.7 | 12.7 |
| 3.1 | 3.8 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.6 | 4.9 |
| 33% | 30% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 31% | 35% |
| 12.9 | 10.7 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.3 | 10.1 | 9.5 |
| 3.4 | 2.5 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
- Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Burnley have the most scored goals in the first half (14) in Championship
- Burnley have the the best goal difference (+12) in Championship
- Burnley have the the best goal difference (+5) away in Championship
- Burnley have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Burnley haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Burnley | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 25 |
| 2 | Sheffield United | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 25 |
| 3 | Norwich City | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 24 |
| 6 | Reading | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -5 | 22 |
| 7 | Luton Town | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 |
| 8 | Swansea City | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 21 |
| 9 | Sunderland | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 20 |
| 10 | Watford | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| 11 | Millwall | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -1 | 20 |
| 12 | Birmingham City | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 19 |
| 13 | Stoke City | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| 14 | Preston North End | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 19 |
| 15 | Wigan Athletic | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | -3 | 19 |
| 16 | Rotherham United | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 17 | Bristol City | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -1 | 18 |
| 18 | Cardiff City | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 18 |
| 19 | Blackpool | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 16 |
| 20 | West Bromwich Albion | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| 21 | Hull City | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -15 | 14 |
| 22 | Middlesbrough | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 13 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 11 |
| 24 | Coventry City | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 10 |
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