Championship fixture prognosis and stats, news and lineups for the Birmingham City vs Hull City encounter

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 12.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. Andrew's Stadium (30009 seats)

This game involves two contenders residing in the lower section of the Championship, Birmingham City holding 18th place and Hull City lying 20th. A decent opportunity for one of the teams to upgrade their position.

Insights:
  • Birmingham City have the fewest points from losing position (4) in Championship
  • Hull City have the most matches under the total-line (18) in Championship

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Birmingham City form and stats

6-4-7 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Birmingham City so far this season. When Birmingham City hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Cardiff City, Birmingham City, Barnsley, Reading, Derby County, Bristol City and Peterborough United), they have won 3 of 6 matches!

Birmingham City enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Bristol City's place. The match ended 2-1 with Gordon and Chong scoring. Chong, who usually features in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, collecting a rating of 7.84 (out of 10). Chong scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 24 successful passes (of 28 total).

Before that game, the home loss against Huddersfield Town with the scoreline 0-2.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Championship game versus Middlesbrough in only three days. This game is also played here at St. Andrew's Stadium.

Birmingham has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. 23 goals have been conceded.

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Hull City form and stats

Playing away, Hull City have won 5 games, drawn 4 and suffered 9 defeats in the Championship this season.

Hull City's previous game was their home loss versus West Bromwich Albion (0-2). Midfielder Smallwood was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.31. Smallwood hit two key passes and had 46 successful passes (of 55 total).

Preceding that game was the away victory against Peterborough United with the score of 3-0.

Hull City have another match away from home in just four sleeps, a Championship game vs Coventry City. A rough calendar for the guests!

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Hull as they have only managed to score 15 times from 18 away games in the league. Hull City have conceded 19 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The fixture lists shows this result when the contenders played each other earlier this season; Hull City - Birmingham City 2-0. Data for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Birmingham, two draws and six wins for Hull City. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Birmingham CityS. Hogan
S. Hogan
10 goals
Hull CityK. Lewis-Potter
K. Lewis-Potter
8 goals
Birmingham CityG. Gardner
G. Gardner
5 goals

Birmingham City missing players

Hull City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Birmingham City Hull City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 17 6 Played P 5 18 36
10 6 3 Won W 3 5 10
10 4 2 Drew D 1 4 7
16 7 1 Lost L 1 9 19
42 21 12 Scored S 8 15 30
56 23 7 Conceded C 4 19 41
89% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 92%
81% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 61% 67%
58% 65% 83% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 22% 25%
28% 18% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 11% 11%
8% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 3%
47% 47% 67% BTTS BTTS 40% 28% 28%
31% 35% 33% Clean Sheets C S 60% 33% 31%
33% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 50%
 
4.1 4.4 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.6 4.7 4.9
5.1 4.2 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.6 4.9 4.5
1.8 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.8 1.6
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.7 11.5 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 10.3 10.4
3.6 3.4 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.1 3.1
32% 37% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 27% 27%
 
11 9.3 10.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12.2 13.1 12.6
4 3.8 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4 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
  • Hull City have the most matches under the total-line (18) in Championship

  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 34 22 7 5 84 29 19 12 4 3 45 16 15 10 3 2 39 13 55 73
2 Huddersfield Town 36 17 11 8 49 36 18 10 5 3 27 17 18 7 6 5 22 19 13 62
3 AFC Bournemouth 32 18 7 7 52 29 15 9 3 3 31 16 17 9 4 4 21 13 23 61
4 Blackburn Rovers 35 16 9 10 46 36 17 11 3 3 32 19 18 5 6 7 14 17 10 57
5 Queens Park Rangers 35 16 8 11 50 41 19 9 6 4 27 17 16 7 2 7 23 24 9 56
6 Middlesbrough 34 16 7 11 45 36 18 12 2 4 29 16 16 4 5 7 16 20 9 55
7 Sheffield United 34 15 9 10 45 35 16 8 4 4 25 12 18 7 5 6 20 23 10 54
8 Luton Town 34 15 9 10 47 39 17 9 5 3 27 17 17 6 4 7 20 22 8 54
9 Nottingham Forest 34 14 10 10 46 34 17 7 4 6 23 20 17 7 6 4 23 14 12 52
10 Millwall 34 14 10 10 37 34 17 9 5 3 21 13 17 5 5 7 16 21 3 52
11 Coventry City 34 14 9 11 44 41 17 9 4 4 25 15 17 5 5 7 19 26 3 51
12 Preston North End 36 12 14 10 40 40 18 6 9 3 24 21 18 6 5 7 16 19 0 50
13 West Bromwich Albion 35 13 10 12 37 32 16 8 6 2 21 10 19 5 4 10 16 22 5 49
14 Blackpool 35 13 9 13 41 41 18 9 2 7 21 19 17 4 7 6 20 22 0 48
15 Stoke City 34 12 8 14 42 39 18 7 4 7 25 21 16 5 4 7 17 18 3 44
16 Swansea City 33 12 8 13 37 44 16 8 4 4 22 15 17 4 4 9 15 29 -7 44
17 Cardiff City 36 12 6 18 43 55 18 6 2 10 19 22 18 6 4 8 24 33 -12 42
18 Birmingham City 36 10 10 16 42 56 17 6 4 7 21 23 19 4 6 9 21 33 -14 40
19 Bristol City 36 11 7 18 46 65 19 7 5 7 24 25 17 4 2 11 22 40 -19 40
20 Hull City 36 10 7 19 30 41 18 5 3 10 15 22 18 5 4 9 15 19 -11 37
21 Reading 35 10 5 20 42 68 18 5 4 9 25 36 17 5 1 11 17 32 -26 29
22 Derby County 36 11 12 13 36 39 18 9 6 3 25 16 18 2 6 10 11 23 -3 24
23 Barnsley 34 5 8 21 24 50 16 4 4 8 12 19 18 1 4 13 12 31 -26 23
24 Peterborough United 34 5 6 23 24 69 16 4 5 7 15 21 18 1 1 16 9 48 -45 21

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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 34 22 7 5 84 29 19 12 4 3 45 16 15 10 3 2 39 13 55 73
2 Huddersfield Town 36 17 11 8 49 36 18 10 5 3 27 17 18 7 6 5 22 19 13 62
3 AFC Bournemouth 32 18 7 7 52 29 15 9 3 3 31 16 17 9 4 4 21 13 23 61
4 Blackburn Rovers 35 16 9 10 46 36 17 11 3 3 32 19 18 5 6 7 14 17 10 57
5 Queens Park Rangers 35 16 8 11 50 41 19 9 6 4 27 17 16 7 2 7 23 24 9 56
6 Middlesbrough 34 16 7 11 45 36 18 12 2 4 29 16 16 4 5 7 16 20 9 55
7 Sheffield United 34 15 9 10 45 35 16 8 4 4 25 12 18 7 5 6 20 23 10 54
8 Luton Town 34 15 9 10 47 39 17 9 5 3 27 17 17 6 4 7 20 22 8 54
9 Nottingham Forest 34 14 10 10 46 34 17 7 4 6 23 20 17 7 6 4 23 14 12 52
10 Millwall 34 14 10 10 37 34 17 9 5 3 21 13 17 5 5 7 16 21 3 52
11 Coventry City 34 14 9 11 44 41 17 9 4 4 25 15 17 5 5 7 19 26 3 51
12 Preston North End 36 12 14 10 40 40 18 6 9 3 24 21 18 6 5 7 16 19 0 50
13 West Bromwich Albion 35 13 10 12 37 32 16 8 6 2 21 10 19 5 4 10 16 22 5 49
14 Blackpool 35 13 9 13 41 41 18 9 2 7 21 19 17 4 7 6 20 22 0 48
15 Stoke City 34 12 8 14 42 39 18 7 4 7 25 21 16 5 4 7 17 18 3 44
16 Swansea City 33 12 8 13 37 44 16 8 4 4 22 15 17 4 4 9 15 29 -7 44
17 Cardiff City 36 12 6 18 43 55 18 6 2 10 19 22 18 6 4 8 24 33 -12 42
18 Birmingham City 36 10 10 16 42 56 17 6 4 7 21 23 19 4 6 9 21 33 -14 40
19 Bristol City 36 11 7 18 46 65 19 7 5 7 24 25 17 4 2 11 22 40 -19 40
20 Hull City 36 10 7 19 30 41 18 5 3 10 15 22 18 5 4 9 15 19 -11 37
21 Reading 35 10 5 20 42 68 18 5 4 9 25 36 17 5 1 11 17 32 -26 29
22 Derby County 36 11 12 13 36 39 18 9 6 3 25 16 18 2 6 10 11 23 -3 24
23 Barnsley 34 5 8 21 24 50 16 4 4 8 12 19 18 1 4 13 12 31 -26 23
24 Peterborough United 34 5 6 23 24 69 16 4 5 7 15 21 18 1 1 16 9 48 -45 21

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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.