This match features two teams living in the basement of the Championship, Birmingham City holding 19th place and Coventry City lying 18th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
- Birmingham City has the fewest points (8) at home in Championship
- Coventry City has the most conceded goals in the second half (25) in Championship
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Championship.
Birmingham City form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Championship this season. Birmingham City, who have the fewest points (8) at home in Championship, have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 9 losses from their games here at St. Andrew's Stadium. Birmingham City are slowly digging their own grave here at St. Andrew's Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in nine attempts. The last victory here came in the Huddersfield Town match.
The Birmingham City fans got no joy from their last match, a Championship game also here at St. Andrew's Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Preston North End (placed 11th). In the game before, an away victory match versus Middlesbrough with a 1-0 scoreline.
There will be little rest for Birmingham City after this match as they are travelling to Wycombe Wanderers for a Championship game in only three days.
Birmingham City have scored 8 league goals here from 13 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 22 goals have been conceded.
Coventry City form and stats
There's been little loot from Coventry City's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 13 away games in the Championship. Coventry City only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 3 draws.
Coventry delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Sheffield Wednesday (placed 23rd) in their previous match; a Championship game. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Reading wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Nottingham Forest in just three days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Coventry as they have only managed to score 10 times from 13 away games in the league. Coventry's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 21 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Coventry City - Birmingham 0-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Birmingham wins - draws - Coventry City wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Godden 4 goals |  G. Hamer 4 goals |   S. Hogan 3 goals |
Birmingham City missing players
Coventry City missing players
| Birmingham City | Coventry City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 25 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 11 | 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 30 | 22 | 8 | Conceded | C | 5 | 21 | 34 |
| 80% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 76% |
| 52% | 62% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 85% | 68% |
| 36% | 46% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 46% | 44% |
| 16% | 23% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 24% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 44% | 46% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 54% | 48% |
| 32% | 15% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 28% |
| 44% | 46% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 46% | 48% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9.4 | 9.8 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9.6 | 8.6 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 31% | 30% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 29% | 35% |
- Birmingham City has the fewest points (8) at home in Championship
- Birmingham City has the most conceded goals (22) at home in Championship
- Birmingham City has the the worst goal difference (-14) at home in Championship
- Birmingham City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Coventry City has the most conceded goals in the second half (25) in Championship
- Coventry City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Coventry City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Norwich City | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 53 |
| 2 | Watford | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 47 |
| 3 | Swansea City | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 46 |
| 4 | Brentford | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 44 |
| 5 | Reading | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 44 |
| 6 | AFC Bournemouth | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 38 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 17 | 42 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 39 |
| 8 | Bristol City | 25 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 39 |
| 9 | Stoke City | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 31 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 37 |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 36 |
| 11 | Preston North End | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 31 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 20 | -2 | 36 |
| 12 | Barnsley | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -5 | 34 |
| 13 | Luton Town | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 33 |
| 14 | Huddersfield Town | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 29 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -8 | 31 |
| 15 | Millwall | 25 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -3 | 30 |
| 16 | Cardiff City | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 29 |
| 17 | Queens Park Rangers | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -8 | 27 |
| 18 | Coventry City | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 21 | -12 | 26 |
| 19 | Birmingham City | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -12 | 26 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -9 | 25 |
| 21 | Derby County | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | -9 | 25 |
| 22 | Rotherham United | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 20 |
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 19 |
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -19 | 15 |
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