Birmingham City are welcoming Derby County for another important game after their 0-0 result against 20th-placed Nottingham Forest.
- Birmingham City has the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Championship
- Derby County has the fewest scored goals (10) in Championship
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Birmingham and Derby County.
Birmingham City form and stats
Birmingham City's results here at St. Andrew's Stadium in the Championship have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats. With Birmingham having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager A. Karanka de la Hoz.
Birmingham shared the glory with Nottingham Forest in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Ahead of that match, Birmingham City lost 1-4 at home to Middlesbrough.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Birmingham as they have a new game in only four days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. Blackburn Rovers are visiting.
Birmingham aren't scoring a lot here at St. Andrew's Stadium in the league, with only 8 goals from 10 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded.
Derby County form and stats
Derby County, who have the fewest scored goals (10) in Championship, have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Championship, after 2-3-4 (9 played).
Derby County have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper David Marshall. It's been 360 minutes since they last conceded in Championship.
County played 0-0 against Preston North End in their previous match. A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Swansea City.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Championship trip to Sheffield Wednesday.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting County as they have only managed to score 5 times from 9 away games in the league. County have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Birmingham, three draws and six wins for Derby County. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Roberts 2 goals |  H. Dean 2 goals |  J. Bela 2 goals |
Birmingham City missing players
Derby County missing players
| Birmingham City | Derby County | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 20 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 23 | 15 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 22 |
| 76% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 85% |
| 52% | 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 44% | 55% |
| 38% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 22% | 15% |
| 14% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 52% | 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 30% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 30% |
| 38% | 30% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 44% | 55% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.7 | 10.4 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 10.8 | 10.2 |
| 2.5 | 2.4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 2.4 | 2.8 |
| 33% | 33% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 23% | 18% |
- Birmingham City has the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Championship
- Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Derby County has the fewest scored goals (10) in Championship
- Derby County has the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Championship
- Derby County have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Derby County 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 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 43 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 38 |
| 3 | Swansea City | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 36 |
| 4 | Brentford | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 35 |
| 5 | Watford | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 34 |
| 6 | Middlesbrough | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 33 |
| 7 | Stoke City | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 33 |
| 8 | Reading | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 33 |
| 9 | Bristol City | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -1 | 30 |
| 10 | Cardiff City | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 29 |
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 28 |
| 12 | Huddersfield Town | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -3 | 28 |
| 13 | Barnsley | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -3 | 28 |
| 14 | Luton Town | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 27 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 18 | -3 | 26 |
| 16 | Millwall | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 25 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -6 | 22 |
| 18 | Coventry City | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -8 | 22 |
| 19 | Queens Park Rangers | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 20 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | -11 | 17 |
| 21 | Rotherham United | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -9 | 16 |
| 22 | Derby County | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -12 | 16 |
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -10 | 12 |
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -17 | 12 |
- Birmingham City
- Birmingham Mail - (local newspaper)
- Derby County FC
- Derby Telegraph - (local newspaper)