Birmingham City vs Derby County match preview: Even contest expected at St. Andrew's Stadium

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Fri 19.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. Andrew's Stadium (30009 seats)

The visiting Derby County side should be favourites in this visit to Birmingham City, as the away team holds a 17 point advantage from their 41 league games this season.

Birmingham City and Derby County 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 collected 30 points from their home games so far after 7-9-5.

Birmingham City manager G. Monk and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Ipswich Town in the Championship. In the match before that, Birmingham City hosted Sheffield United and drew the game 1-1.

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 2n Drawn 3 Lost 5.

There will be little rest for Birmingham City after this match as they are travelling to Rotherham United for a Championship game in only three days.

Birmingham City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 28 goals in 21 matches. 21 goals have been conceded.

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Derby County form and stats

The visitors are W6-D5-L9 on the road this term.

The supporters enjoyed Derby County's previous game versus Bolton Wanderers, a Championship 4-0 win played at home. A 0-2 defeat away at Blackburn Rovers before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Derby County playing away and similar expectations, we found 51 relevant matches. Results were 16 Derby County wins, 16 draws and 19 defeats.

A new game in only three days for Derby County, the Championship home match versus Queens Park Rangers. Busy days.

Derby County have scored 24 goals on their travels this season, 20 away games. Derby County have conceded 31 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Birmingham City and Derby County have met before this season: Derby County - Birmingham City 3-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 1 Birmingham City victory, 4 draws and 5 Derby County wins.

Birmingham City missing players

Derby County missing players

Birmingham City Derby County
Total Home Statistic Away Total
42 21 Played 20 41
58 28 Scored 24 59
54 21 Conceded 31 50
90% 86% Over 0.5 95% 90%
71% 67% Over 1.5 75% 78%
48% 43% Over 2.5 50% 49%
33% 29% Over 3.5 25% 24%
12% 5% Over 4.5 15% 12%
55% 48% Both teams to score 60% 59%
26% 33% Clean Sheet 10% 22%
29% 33% Failed To Score 35% 29%
 
0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0
0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0
0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0
0 0 Red Cards (avg) 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Derby County is involved in more matches over 2.5 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 D P
1 Norwich City 42 25 11 6 85 51 21 14 3 4 47 31 21 11 8 2 38 20 34 86
2 Leeds United 42 25 7 10 69 42 21 14 3 4 36 18 21 11 4 6 33 24 27 82
3 Sheffield United 42 23 10 9 69 39 21 13 4 4 38 17 21 10 6 5 31 22 30 79
4 West Bromwich Albion 42 21 10 11 81 56 21 10 7 4 48 28 21 11 3 7 33 28 25 73
5 Aston Villa 42 18 15 9 77 58 21 10 8 3 48 34 21 8 7 6 29 24 19 69
6 Bristol City 41 18 11 12 55 46 21 8 7 6 27 23 20 10 4 6 28 23 9 65
7 Middlesbrough 42 17 13 12 44 36 21 8 6 7 20 16 21 9 7 5 24 20 8 64
8 Derby County 41 17 12 12 59 50 21 11 7 3 35 19 20 6 5 9 24 31 9 63
9 Hull City 42 17 9 16 61 59 21 11 5 5 36 20 21 6 4 11 25 39 2 60
10 Sheffield Wednesday 42 15 14 13 52 55 21 9 8 4 31 25 21 6 6 9 21 30 -3 59
11 Nottingham Forest 42 14 15 13 56 52 21 11 4 6 30 21 21 3 11 7 26 31 4 57
12 Preston North End 42 15 12 15 60 59 21 7 9 5 34 27 21 8 3 10 26 32 1 57
13 Swansea City 41 16 8 17 55 54 20 11 4 5 35 22 21 5 4 12 20 32 1 56
14 Brentford 42 14 12 16 66 58 21 12 4 5 45 23 21 2 8 11 21 35 8 54
15 Blackburn Rovers 42 14 11 17 57 64 21 9 6 6 28 19 21 5 5 11 29 45 -7 53
16 Stoke City 42 11 19 12 41 47 21 8 7 6 22 20 21 3 12 6 19 27 -6 52
17 Queens Park Rangers 42 13 9 20 50 65 21 9 3 9 32 28 21 4 6 11 18 37 -15 48
18 Birmingham City 42 13 16 13 58 54 21 7 9 5 28 21 21 6 7 8 30 33 4 46
19 Reading 42 10 14 18 47 63 21 8 4 9 29 31 21 2 10 9 18 32 -16 44
20 Millwall 41 10 12 19 46 59 20 7 7 6 24 24 21 3 5 13 22 35 -13 42
21 Wigan Athletic 42 10 12 20 45 62 21 9 8 4 26 20 21 1 4 16 19 42 -17 42
22 Rotherham United 42 8 16 18 46 72 21 7 8 6 30 33 21 1 8 12 16 39 -26 40
23 Bolton Wanderers 42 8 8 26 29 72 21 4 4 13 13 32 21 4 4 13 16 40 -43 32
24 Ipswich Town 42 4 16 22 33 68 21 2 11 8 19 28 21 2 5 14 14 40 -35 28

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