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

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

Match preview: 12 points split the contenders so far, Luton Town the superior team. Will Birmingham City upset the odds?

Insights:
  • Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Luton Town have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) 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 Luton Town.

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Birmingham City form and stats

The overall Championship stats playing at home this season for Birmingham City are 5-4-6 (wins-draws-losses).

In their previous game, the manager Bowyer led his Birmingham City to a defeat away at AFC Bournemouth. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at St. Andrew's Stadium. Bacuna, a striker, was the best player for the team in that fixture, receiving a rating of 7.1 (out of 10). Bacuna hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

Before that game, the home loss against Sheffield United with the scoreline 1-2.

The Birmingham City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 15 matches. Birmingham's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. 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 3 of 4 times.

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Luton Town form and stats

5 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Luton Town playing as the away team in the Championship this season.

Luton Town go into this game after a win, the home game against Barnsley that ended 2-1.

Luton have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 14 league away games 17 goals have been scored. 16 goals have been conceded by Luton Town in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent past scoreline between these sides is the Luton Town - Birmingham City 0-5 played previously this season. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's three Birmingham City victories, two draws and two Luton Town wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Luton TownE. Adebayo
E. Adebayo
12 goals
BirminghamS. Hogan
S. Hogan
10 goals
Luton TownH. Cornick
H. Cornick
8 goals

Birmingham City missing players

Luton Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Birmingham City Luton Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 4 14 29
8 5 0 Won W 3 5 12
9 4 0 Drew D 1 4 9
14 6 4 Lost L 0 5 8
34 18 2 Scored S 6 17 41
49 21 11 Conceded C 2 16 33
87% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 86%
77% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 79% 72%
55% 67% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 36% 48%
29% 20% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 21% 28%
10% 7% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 17%
45% 53% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 36% 41%
32% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 75% 43% 41%
35% 27% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 31%
 
4.1 4.5 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.5 5
5.3 4.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.7 5.3
1.9 1.6 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.1 1.7
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.7 11.7 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 11.1 11.3
3.5 3.4 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.8 3.7
32% 35% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 32% 38%
 
11.3 9.5 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11 12.2 10.9
4.1 3.7 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 3.4 3.1
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Luton Town have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) 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 29 18 7 4 77 26 16 10 4 2 40 13 13 8 3 2 37 13 51 61
2 AFC Bournemouth 29 16 7 6 47 25 14 8 3 3 29 15 15 8 4 3 18 10 22 55
3 Blackburn Rovers 31 15 8 8 45 33 16 10 3 3 31 19 15 5 5 5 14 14 12 53
4 Queens Park Rangers 29 15 7 7 46 33 16 8 5 3 23 13 13 7 2 4 23 20 13 52
5 Huddersfield Town 31 13 10 8 40 34 15 8 4 3 22 16 16 5 6 5 18 18 6 49
6 Nottingham Forest 30 13 7 10 41 31 15 6 3 6 19 18 15 7 4 4 22 13 10 46
7 Middlesbrough 29 13 7 9 34 28 15 9 2 4 21 13 14 4 5 5 13 15 6 46
8 Luton Town 29 12 9 8 41 33 15 7 5 3 24 17 14 5 4 5 17 16 8 45
9 West Bromwich Albion 30 12 9 9 34 26 14 8 5 1 21 8 16 4 4 8 13 18 8 45
10 Sheffield United 28 13 6 9 39 33 12 6 2 4 19 11 16 7 4 5 20 22 6 45
11 Stoke City 29 12 6 11 36 30 15 7 3 5 22 16 14 5 3 6 14 14 6 42
12 Preston North End 31 10 12 9 34 35 15 5 8 2 20 17 16 5 4 7 14 18 -1 42
13 Coventry City 28 11 8 9 36 32 15 8 3 4 23 14 13 3 5 5 13 18 4 41
14 Blackpool 30 11 8 11 33 35 16 8 2 6 16 16 14 3 6 5 17 19 -2 41
15 Millwall 29 9 10 10 29 32 14 6 5 3 16 12 15 3 5 7 13 20 -3 37
16 Bristol City 31 10 7 14 41 55 16 6 5 5 20 20 15 4 2 9 21 35 -14 37
17 Swansea City 29 9 8 12 29 38 14 6 4 4 16 13 15 3 4 8 13 25 -9 35
18 Birmingham City 31 8 9 14 34 49 15 5 4 6 18 21 16 3 5 8 16 28 -15 33
19 Hull City 30 9 5 16 26 35 15 5 3 7 15 17 15 4 2 9 11 18 -9 32
20 Cardiff City 29 9 5 15 35 48 14 4 1 9 15 20 15 5 4 6 20 28 -13 32
21 Reading 29 8 4 17 34 57 15 4 4 7 21 31 14 4 0 10 13 26 -23 22
22 Peterborough United 28 5 5 18 23 59 13 4 4 5 15 17 15 1 1 13 8 42 -36 20
23 Derby County 30 9 12 9 31 31 15 7 6 2 21 14 15 2 6 7 10 17 0 18
24 Barnsley 29 2 8 19 18 45 14 2 4 8 8 17 15 0 4 11 10 28 -27 14

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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 29 18 7 4 77 26 16 10 4 2 40 13 13 8 3 2 37 13 51 61
2 AFC Bournemouth 29 16 7 6 47 25 14 8 3 3 29 15 15 8 4 3 18 10 22 55
3 Blackburn Rovers 31 15 8 8 45 33 16 10 3 3 31 19 15 5 5 5 14 14 12 53
4 Queens Park Rangers 29 15 7 7 46 33 16 8 5 3 23 13 13 7 2 4 23 20 13 52
5 Huddersfield Town 31 13 10 8 40 34 15 8 4 3 22 16 16 5 6 5 18 18 6 49
6 Nottingham Forest 30 13 7 10 41 31 15 6 3 6 19 18 15 7 4 4 22 13 10 46
7 Middlesbrough 29 13 7 9 34 28 15 9 2 4 21 13 14 4 5 5 13 15 6 46
8 Luton Town 29 12 9 8 41 33 15 7 5 3 24 17 14 5 4 5 17 16 8 45
9 West Bromwich Albion 30 12 9 9 34 26 14 8 5 1 21 8 16 4 4 8 13 18 8 45
10 Sheffield United 28 13 6 9 39 33 12 6 2 4 19 11 16 7 4 5 20 22 6 45
11 Stoke City 29 12 6 11 36 30 15 7 3 5 22 16 14 5 3 6 14 14 6 42
12 Preston North End 31 10 12 9 34 35 15 5 8 2 20 17 16 5 4 7 14 18 -1 42
13 Coventry City 28 11 8 9 36 32 15 8 3 4 23 14 13 3 5 5 13 18 4 41
14 Blackpool 30 11 8 11 33 35 16 8 2 6 16 16 14 3 6 5 17 19 -2 41
15 Millwall 29 9 10 10 29 32 14 6 5 3 16 12 15 3 5 7 13 20 -3 37
16 Bristol City 31 10 7 14 41 55 16 6 5 5 20 20 15 4 2 9 21 35 -14 37
17 Swansea City 29 9 8 12 29 38 14 6 4 4 16 13 15 3 4 8 13 25 -9 35
18 Birmingham City 31 8 9 14 34 49 15 5 4 6 18 21 16 3 5 8 16 28 -15 33
19 Hull City 30 9 5 16 26 35 15 5 3 7 15 17 15 4 2 9 11 18 -9 32
20 Cardiff City 29 9 5 15 35 48 14 4 1 9 15 20 15 5 4 6 20 28 -13 32
21 Reading 29 8 4 17 34 57 15 4 4 7 21 31 14 4 0 10 13 26 -23 22
22 Peterborough United 28 5 5 18 23 59 13 4 4 5 15 17 15 1 1 13 8 42 -36 20
23 Derby County 30 9 12 9 31 31 15 7 6 2 21 14 15 2 6 7 10 17 0 18
24 Barnsley 29 2 8 19 18 45 14 2 4 8 8 17 15 0 4 11 10 28 -27 14

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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.