Betting preview: Birmingham City vs Luton Town should be interesting

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 13.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. Andrew's Stadium (30009 seats)

Season ticket holders at St. Andrew's Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Birmingham City languishing in the 22nd position so far. The guesting Luton Town will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Birmingham City has the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Championship
  • Luton Town has the fewest scored goals (6) away in Championship

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Birmingham City form and stats

With 2 Championship wins, 3 draws and 9 defeats from their home games, Birmingham City, who have the fewest points (9) at home in Championship, are certainly not brimming with confidence. Birmingham City are slowly digging their own grave here at St. Andrew's Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in ten attempts. The last victory here came in the Huddersfield Town match.

In their previous game, the manager A. Karanka de la Hoz led his Birmingham to a defeat in the Championship match away at AFC Bournemouth. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at St. Andrew's Stadium. Before that, Birmingham City played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Wycombe Wanderers.

This is expected to be a close game, with Birmingham 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 19 games. Birmingham City has won six of these, drawn six and lost seven.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Birmingham as they are travelling to their away game against Millwall in the Championship. That match is four days after this one.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Birmingham here at St. Andrew's Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 14 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Birmingham City have conceded 23 from these games.

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Luton Town form and stats

Luton Town, who have the fewest scored goals (6) away in Championship, have only collected 14 points from their away games in the Championship, after 4-2-8 (14 played). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Luton are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Luton delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Huddersfield Town (placed 17th) in their previous match; a Championship game. Prior to that match, the Luton manager N. Jones faced defeat when travelling to Blackburn Rovers and losing 0-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Luton Town in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Luton Town, one draw and one defeat.

A new game in only three days for Luton, the Championship home match versus Cardiff City. Busy days.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Luton's away games in the league this season with only 6 goals from 14 matches. Luton have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Luton Town - Birmingham 1-1, played this season. Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Birmingham, two draws and one win for Luton Town. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

Luton TownJ. Collins
J. Collins
7 goals
Birmingham CityS. Hogan
S. Hogan
5 goals
Birmingham CityJ. Bela
J. Bela
3 goals

Birmingham City missing players

Luton Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Birmingham City Luton Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 3 Played P 4 14 27
6 2 0 Won W 2 4 9
10 3 1 Drew D 2 2 7
12 9 2 Lost L 0 8 11
21 9 1 Scored S 3 6 22
34 23 3 Conceded C 1 15 29
79% 93% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 93% 93%
54% 64% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 36% 63%
36% 43% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 14% 26%
18% 21% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 7%
11% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
46% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 25% 14% 33%
32% 14% 33% Clean Sheets C S 75% 36% 30%
43% 43% 67% Failed to Score F T 25% 57% 44%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.8 1.4
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
9.5 9.5 7.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8 7 9.1
2.5 2.1 1.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.2 1.4 2.5
30% 31% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 32% 33%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Birmingham City has the fewest clean sheets (2) at home in Championship
  • Birmingham City has the fewest points (9) at home in Championship
  • Birmingham City has the most conceded goals (23) at home in Championship
  • Birmingham City has the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Championship
  • Birmingham City has the the worst goal difference (-14) at home in Championship
  • Birmingham City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Luton Town has the fewest scored goals (6) away in Championship
  • Luton Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

  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 28 16 7 5 35 23 14 8 5 1 17 8 14 8 2 4 18 15 12 55
2 Brentford 27 15 9 3 52 27 14 8 5 1 29 15 13 7 4 2 23 12 25 54
3 Swansea City 27 15 8 4 35 15 14 8 5 1 18 6 13 7 3 3 17 9 20 53
4 Reading 27 14 6 7 40 29 13 9 0 4 22 13 14 5 6 3 18 16 11 48
5 Watford 28 13 9 6 31 20 14 10 2 2 24 11 14 3 7 4 7 9 11 48
6 AFC Bournemouth 28 12 9 7 43 28 14 8 3 3 25 14 14 4 6 4 18 14 15 45
7 Middlesbrough 28 11 7 10 31 28 14 7 2 5 16 13 14 4 5 5 15 15 3 40
8 Blackburn Rovers 27 11 6 10 41 29 13 6 4 3 20 13 14 5 2 7 21 16 12 39
9 Stoke City 28 9 12 7 32 29 14 5 4 5 18 19 14 4 8 2 14 10 3 39
10 Bristol City 28 12 3 13 29 33 14 7 2 5 14 13 14 5 1 8 15 20 -4 39
11 Preston North End 28 11 3 14 32 36 14 4 2 8 11 15 14 7 1 6 21 21 -4 36
12 Barnsley 27 10 6 11 29 34 13 6 3 4 16 15 14 4 3 7 13 19 -5 36
13 Millwall 28 7 14 7 26 26 14 2 9 3 13 13 14 5 5 4 13 13 0 35
14 Cardiff City 27 9 7 11 35 31 14 4 3 7 20 18 13 5 4 4 15 13 4 34
15 Luton Town 27 9 7 11 22 29 13 5 5 3 16 14 14 4 2 8 6 15 -7 34
16 Queens Park Rangers 27 8 9 10 26 32 13 4 4 5 12 14 14 4 5 5 14 18 -6 33
17 Huddersfield Town 28 9 6 13 31 39 14 7 2 5 18 13 14 2 4 8 13 26 -8 33
18 Nottingham Forest 28 8 8 12 25 30 14 4 5 5 14 14 14 4 3 7 11 16 -5 32
19 Coventry City 28 7 10 11 26 37 14 5 6 3 15 15 14 2 4 8 11 22 -11 31
20 Rotherham United 26 8 5 13 32 36 13 4 3 6 19 18 13 4 2 7 13 18 -4 29
21 Derby County 27 7 7 13 17 28 14 3 4 7 7 15 13 4 3 6 10 13 -11 28
22 Birmingham City 28 6 10 12 21 34 14 2 3 9 9 23 14 4 7 3 12 11 -13 28
23 Sheffield Wednesday 27 8 7 12 19 30 13 5 5 3 10 8 14 3 2 9 9 22 -11 25
24 Wycombe Wanderers 26 3 7 16 18 45 14 2 5 7 8 17 12 1 2 9 10 28 -27 16

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 Norwich City 28 16 7 5 35 23 14 8 5 1 17 8 14 8 2 4 18 15 12 55
2 Brentford 27 15 9 3 52 27 14 8 5 1 29 15 13 7 4 2 23 12 25 54
3 Swansea City 27 15 8 4 35 15 14 8 5 1 18 6 13 7 3 3 17 9 20 53
4 Reading 27 14 6 7 40 29 13 9 0 4 22 13 14 5 6 3 18 16 11 48
5 Watford 28 13 9 6 31 20 14 10 2 2 24 11 14 3 7 4 7 9 11 48
6 AFC Bournemouth 28 12 9 7 43 28 14 8 3 3 25 14 14 4 6 4 18 14 15 45
7 Middlesbrough 28 11 7 10 31 28 14 7 2 5 16 13 14 4 5 5 15 15 3 40
8 Blackburn Rovers 27 11 6 10 41 29 13 6 4 3 20 13 14 5 2 7 21 16 12 39
9 Stoke City 28 9 12 7 32 29 14 5 4 5 18 19 14 4 8 2 14 10 3 39
10 Bristol City 28 12 3 13 29 33 14 7 2 5 14 13 14 5 1 8 15 20 -4 39
11 Preston North End 28 11 3 14 32 36 14 4 2 8 11 15 14 7 1 6 21 21 -4 36
12 Barnsley 27 10 6 11 29 34 13 6 3 4 16 15 14 4 3 7 13 19 -5 36
13 Millwall 28 7 14 7 26 26 14 2 9 3 13 13 14 5 5 4 13 13 0 35
14 Cardiff City 27 9 7 11 35 31 14 4 3 7 20 18 13 5 4 4 15 13 4 34
15 Luton Town 27 9 7 11 22 29 13 5 5 3 16 14 14 4 2 8 6 15 -7 34
16 Queens Park Rangers 27 8 9 10 26 32 13 4 4 5 12 14 14 4 5 5 14 18 -6 33
17 Huddersfield Town 28 9 6 13 31 39 14 7 2 5 18 13 14 2 4 8 13 26 -8 33
18 Nottingham Forest 28 8 8 12 25 30 14 4 5 5 14 14 14 4 3 7 11 16 -5 32
19 Coventry City 28 7 10 11 26 37 14 5 6 3 15 15 14 2 4 8 11 22 -11 31
20 Rotherham United 26 8 5 13 32 36 13 4 3 6 19 18 13 4 2 7 13 18 -4 29
21 Derby County 27 7 7 13 17 28 14 3 4 7 7 15 13 4 3 6 10 13 -11 28
22 Birmingham City 28 6 10 12 21 34 14 2 3 9 9 23 14 4 7 3 12 11 -13 28
23 Sheffield Wednesday 27 8 7 12 19 30 13 5 5 3 10 8 14 3 2 9 9 22 -11 25
24 Wycombe Wanderers 26 3 7 16 18 45 14 2 5 7 8 17 12 1 2 9 10 28 -27 16

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