Birmingham City - Huddersfield Town: Small difference between teams in Championship clash

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. Andrew's Stadium (30009 seats)

Both Birmingham City and Huddersfield Town are itching for points in this fixture, even with the visitors carrying a 19 point lead in the standings.

Insights:
  • Birmingham City have the fewest points from losing position (4) in Championship
  • Huddersfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Birmingham City nor Huddersfield Town 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.

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Birmingham City form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Birmingham City have managed 6 wins, 4 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 16 games.

The fans are hoping that Birmingham City will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the game against Reading (placed 21st). Gardner (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.43/10. Gardner hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 46 successful passes (of 53 total).

Before that, Birmingham had a home game versus Luton Town which ended with a victory 3-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Birmingham City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Birmingham City as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Birmingham City has won two of these, drawn four and lost seven.

Birmingham City has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. Birmingham have conceded 21 in these home matches. When Birmingham City hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Cardiff City, Hull City, Barnsley, Reading, Derby County, Swansea City and Peterborough United), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 4 of 5 times.

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Huddersfield Town form and stats

The visitors are W6-D6-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Championship. Things are running smoothly for Huddersfield who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 14 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Middlesbrough.

Impressive finishing from Russell and Koroma secured the home win 2-1 against Cardiff City in their previous game.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Fulham at their stadium, the result 2-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by Huddersfield Town in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Huddersfield Town, eight draws and six defeats.

Huddersfield find the net regularly in their away games. 20 goals from 17 away fixtures in the league. 19 goals have been conceded by Huddersfield Town in these games.

Head 2 Head

Huddersfield Town - Birmingham City 0-0 was the story when this pair of participants previously met, also in this season. Head to head data (for the prior ten meetings): Birmingham won two games, six matches ended in a draw and Huddersfield Town got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

Huddersfield TownD. Ward
D. Ward
11 goals
Birmingham CityS. Hogan
S. Hogan
10 goals
Birmingham CityG. Gardner
G. Gardner
5 goals

Birmingham City missing players

Huddersfield Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Birmingham City Huddersfield Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 16 5 Played P 6 17 34
9 6 1 Won W 1 6 15
10 4 0 Drew D 3 6 11
15 6 4 Lost L 2 5 8
40 21 6 Scored S 8 20 44
53 21 10 Conceded C 9 19 36
88% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 85%
79% 81% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 65% 68%
59% 69% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 47% 41%
29% 19% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 12% 18%
9% 6% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 12% 15%
47% 50% 60% BTTS BTTS 83% 53% 50%
32% 38% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 38%
32% 25% 20% Failed to Score F T 17% 35% 26%
 
4 4.2 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.5 4.4
5.2 4.4 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.2 4.6
1.9 1.5 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.8 1.7
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.6 11.6 10.4 Shots (avg) S ( 13.2 10.1 10.9
3.6 3.4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.3 3.7
33% 38% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 36% 35%
 
11.1 9.4 9.4 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 14.6 12.9
4 3.7 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.2 4.5
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Birmingham City have the fewest points from losing position (4) in Championship
  • Huddersfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Huddersfield Town have won significantly less corners away then at 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 Fulham 32 20 7 5 81 29 18 11 4 3 43 16 14 9 3 2 38 13 52 67
2 AFC Bournemouth 30 17 7 6 49 26 14 8 3 3 29 15 16 9 4 3 20 11 23 58
3 Queens Park Rangers 33 16 8 9 49 38 18 9 6 3 26 15 15 7 2 6 23 23 11 56
4 Huddersfield Town 34 15 11 8 44 36 17 9 5 3 24 17 17 6 6 5 20 19 8 56
5 Blackburn Rovers 33 15 9 9 45 34 16 10 3 3 31 19 17 5 6 6 14 15 11 54
6 Sheffield United 32 15 8 9 44 33 15 8 3 4 24 11 17 7 5 5 20 22 11 53
7 Middlesbrough 32 15 7 10 41 32 17 11 2 4 27 15 15 4 5 6 14 17 9 52
8 Luton Town 32 14 9 9 45 37 16 8 5 3 26 17 16 6 4 6 19 20 8 51
9 Coventry City 32 14 8 10 42 37 16 9 3 4 24 14 16 5 5 6 18 23 5 50
10 Nottingham Forest 32 13 9 10 43 33 16 6 4 6 21 20 16 7 5 4 22 13 10 48
11 West Bromwich Albion 33 12 10 11 35 30 15 8 6 1 21 8 18 4 4 10 14 22 5 46
12 Millwall 32 12 10 10 35 34 16 8 5 3 20 13 16 4 5 7 15 21 1 46
13 Preston North End 34 11 13 10 37 38 17 5 9 3 22 20 17 6 4 7 15 18 -1 46
14 Stoke City 32 12 8 12 41 36 17 7 4 6 25 20 15 5 4 6 16 16 5 44
15 Blackpool 33 11 9 13 36 40 17 8 2 7 17 18 16 3 7 6 19 22 -4 42
16 Bristol City 34 11 7 16 45 61 18 7 5 6 23 23 16 4 2 10 22 38 -16 40
17 Swansea City 31 10 8 13 32 43 15 7 4 4 19 14 16 3 4 9 13 29 -11 38
18 Birmingham City 34 9 10 15 40 53 16 6 4 6 21 21 18 3 6 9 19 32 -13 37
19 Cardiff City 33 10 6 17 40 53 16 5 2 9 18 21 17 5 4 8 22 32 -13 36
20 Hull City 34 9 7 18 27 39 17 5 3 9 15 20 17 4 4 9 12 19 -12 34
21 Reading 33 10 5 18 41 63 17 5 4 8 25 35 16 5 1 10 16 28 -22 29
22 Derby County 33 10 12 11 34 37 17 8 6 3 23 16 16 2 6 8 11 21 -3 21
23 Peterborough United 32 5 6 21 24 63 15 4 5 6 15 18 17 1 1 15 9 45 -39 21
24 Barnsley 32 4 8 20 21 46 15 3 4 8 9 17 17 1 4 12 12 29 -25 20

Birmingham City:
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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 32 20 7 5 81 29 18 11 4 3 43 16 14 9 3 2 38 13 52 67
2 AFC Bournemouth 30 17 7 6 49 26 14 8 3 3 29 15 16 9 4 3 20 11 23 58
3 Queens Park Rangers 33 16 8 9 49 38 18 9 6 3 26 15 15 7 2 6 23 23 11 56
4 Huddersfield Town 34 15 11 8 44 36 17 9 5 3 24 17 17 6 6 5 20 19 8 56
5 Blackburn Rovers 33 15 9 9 45 34 16 10 3 3 31 19 17 5 6 6 14 15 11 54
6 Sheffield United 32 15 8 9 44 33 15 8 3 4 24 11 17 7 5 5 20 22 11 53
7 Middlesbrough 32 15 7 10 41 32 17 11 2 4 27 15 15 4 5 6 14 17 9 52
8 Luton Town 32 14 9 9 45 37 16 8 5 3 26 17 16 6 4 6 19 20 8 51
9 Coventry City 32 14 8 10 42 37 16 9 3 4 24 14 16 5 5 6 18 23 5 50
10 Nottingham Forest 32 13 9 10 43 33 16 6 4 6 21 20 16 7 5 4 22 13 10 48
11 West Bromwich Albion 33 12 10 11 35 30 15 8 6 1 21 8 18 4 4 10 14 22 5 46
12 Millwall 32 12 10 10 35 34 16 8 5 3 20 13 16 4 5 7 15 21 1 46
13 Preston North End 34 11 13 10 37 38 17 5 9 3 22 20 17 6 4 7 15 18 -1 46
14 Stoke City 32 12 8 12 41 36 17 7 4 6 25 20 15 5 4 6 16 16 5 44
15 Blackpool 33 11 9 13 36 40 17 8 2 7 17 18 16 3 7 6 19 22 -4 42
16 Bristol City 34 11 7 16 45 61 18 7 5 6 23 23 16 4 2 10 22 38 -16 40
17 Swansea City 31 10 8 13 32 43 15 7 4 4 19 14 16 3 4 9 13 29 -11 38
18 Birmingham City 34 9 10 15 40 53 16 6 4 6 21 21 18 3 6 9 19 32 -13 37
19 Cardiff City 33 10 6 17 40 53 16 5 2 9 18 21 17 5 4 8 22 32 -13 36
20 Hull City 34 9 7 18 27 39 17 5 3 9 15 20 17 4 4 9 12 19 -12 34
21 Reading 33 10 5 18 41 63 17 5 4 8 25 35 16 5 1 10 16 28 -22 29
22 Derby County 33 10 12 11 34 37 17 8 6 3 23 16 16 2 6 8 11 21 -3 21
23 Peterborough United 32 5 6 21 24 63 15 4 5 6 15 18 17 1 1 15 9 45 -39 21
24 Barnsley 32 4 8 20 21 46 15 3 4 8 9 17 17 1 4 12 12 29 -25 20

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.