Can Birmingham City defeat Luton Town in St. Andrew's Stadium clash?

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 25.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. Andrew's Stadium (30009 seats)

Birmingham City ended up with a 1-3 score facing Norwich City in their previous week, a fixture to remember. The next assignment is this resolute Luton Town team.

Insights:
  • Luton Town have the most dropped points from leading position (23) in Championship

Birmingham have less rest than Luton Town in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Championship game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Norwich City.

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Birmingham City form and stats

Birmingham City have collected 20 points from their Championship home games so far after 5-5-7. Birmingham City has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Eustace and the players.

In their previous game, the manager Eustace led his Birmingham to a defeat away at Norwich City. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at St. Andrew's Stadium. Defender Long got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.05/10. Long won 5 of 7 duels.

Heartbreak before that as Birmingham City lost 1-2 at Huddersfield Town's place.

The Birmingham City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 17 matches. 20 goals have been conceded.

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Luton Town form and stats

Playing away, Luton Town have won 8 games, drawn 4 and suffered 4 defeats in the Championship this season. Two points from the last two away games for Luton Town, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Luton's previous game was their home loss versus Burnley (0-1). That loss was their first after five consecutive league rounds winning points. Doughty got a match rating of 7.14 in that game, top player of the team. Doughty dribled past the opponent 3 of 6 times.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Preston North End that ended 1-1.

A bet on few goals? 5 league matches in a row with this team have had zero, one or two goals.

After this away game Luton Town return home for a Championship game against Millwall. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Luton Town find the net regularly in their away games. 19 goals from 16 away fixtures in the league. Luton are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 15 times in 16 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these parties meet this season, as the statistics show this recent match: Luton Town - Birmingham City 0-0. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's four Birmingham City victories, three draws and two Luton Town wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Luton TownC. Morris
C. Morris
12 goals
Birmingham CityS. Hogan
S. Hogan
10 goals
BirminghamT. Deeney
T. Deeney
7 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
33 17 5 Played P 6 16 32
10 5 0 Won W 5 8 13
8 5 3 Drew D 0 4 11
15 7 2 Lost L 1 4 8
38 20 4 Scored S 10 19 39
45 20 7 Conceded C 4 15 32
88% 88% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
73% 76% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 81% 72%
48% 47% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 31% 34%
21% 18% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 6% 16%
12% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
52% 53% 80% BTTS BTTS 33% 38% 47%
27% 29% 20% Clean Sheets C S 50% 44% 38%
33% 29% 20% Failed to Score F T 17% 25% 25%
 
4.8 5.5 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4.5 6
4.8 5.2 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 5.4 5.2
2.2 2.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
10.5 10.6 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 10 12
3.1 3.2 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.4 4
37% 36% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 35% 31%
 
12 10.9 11.8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.8 11.9 11.7
3.8 3.1 3.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 2.6 3
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Luton Town have the most dropped points from leading position (23) in Championship
  • Luton 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 Burnley 33 21 10 2 64 28 17 12 5 0 36 13 16 9 5 2 28 15 36 73
2 Sheffield United 32 18 7 7 54 30 16 10 3 3 34 16 16 8 4 4 20 14 24 61
3 Middlesbrough 33 17 6 10 56 38 16 9 5 2 26 13 17 8 1 8 30 25 18 57
4 Blackburn Rovers 33 16 4 13 35 37 16 11 1 4 22 13 17 5 3 9 13 24 -2 52
5 Millwall 32 14 8 10 40 33 16 9 5 2 25 12 16 5 3 8 15 21 7 50
6 Luton Town 32 13 11 8 39 32 16 5 7 4 20 17 16 8 4 4 19 15 7 50
7 Watford 33 13 11 9 41 37 16 8 4 4 24 16 17 5 7 5 17 21 4 50
8 Sunderland 33 13 10 10 48 36 16 6 5 5 21 17 17 7 5 5 27 19 12 49
9 Norwich City 33 14 7 12 46 37 17 7 4 6 25 21 16 7 3 6 21 16 9 49
10 West Bromwich Albion 32 12 9 11 42 36 16 7 5 4 22 15 16 5 4 7 20 21 6 45
11 Coventry City 32 12 9 11 35 33 17 8 5 4 21 15 15 4 4 7 14 18 2 45
12 Swansea City 33 11 9 13 46 50 16 7 2 7 26 24 17 4 7 6 20 26 -4 42
13 Hull City 33 11 9 13 38 47 17 6 4 7 18 23 16 5 5 6 20 24 -9 42
14 Preston North End 32 11 9 12 28 37 16 3 5 8 10 21 16 8 4 4 18 16 -9 42
15 Bristol City 32 10 11 11 42 41 17 6 5 6 21 18 15 4 6 5 21 23 1 41
16 Reading 32 12 5 15 35 47 15 9 3 3 24 17 17 3 2 12 11 30 -12 41
17 Stoke City 33 11 7 15 39 40 16 5 4 7 20 18 17 6 3 8 19 22 -1 40
18 Queens Park Rangers 33 10 9 14 34 46 16 5 4 7 18 23 17 5 5 7 16 23 -12 39
19 Birmingham City 33 10 8 15 38 45 17 5 5 7 20 20 16 5 3 8 18 25 -7 38
20 Rotherham United 33 8 12 13 36 45 16 6 5 5 26 20 17 2 7 8 10 25 -9 36
21 Cardiff City 33 9 8 16 25 36 17 5 5 7 13 16 16 4 3 9 12 20 -11 35
22 Huddersfield Town 32 8 7 17 30 43 16 6 3 7 16 16 16 2 4 10 14 27 -13 31
23 Blackpool 33 7 10 16 32 48 16 4 5 7 17 21 17 3 5 9 15 27 -16 31
24 Wigan Athletic 32 7 10 15 29 50 17 3 4 10 12 30 15 4 6 5 17 20 -21 31

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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 Burnley 33 21 10 2 64 28 17 12 5 0 36 13 16 9 5 2 28 15 36 73
2 Sheffield United 32 18 7 7 54 30 16 10 3 3 34 16 16 8 4 4 20 14 24 61
3 Middlesbrough 33 17 6 10 56 38 16 9 5 2 26 13 17 8 1 8 30 25 18 57
4 Blackburn Rovers 33 16 4 13 35 37 16 11 1 4 22 13 17 5 3 9 13 24 -2 52
5 Millwall 32 14 8 10 40 33 16 9 5 2 25 12 16 5 3 8 15 21 7 50
6 Luton Town 32 13 11 8 39 32 16 5 7 4 20 17 16 8 4 4 19 15 7 50
7 Watford 33 13 11 9 41 37 16 8 4 4 24 16 17 5 7 5 17 21 4 50
8 Sunderland 33 13 10 10 48 36 16 6 5 5 21 17 17 7 5 5 27 19 12 49
9 Norwich City 33 14 7 12 46 37 17 7 4 6 25 21 16 7 3 6 21 16 9 49
10 West Bromwich Albion 32 12 9 11 42 36 16 7 5 4 22 15 16 5 4 7 20 21 6 45
11 Coventry City 32 12 9 11 35 33 17 8 5 4 21 15 15 4 4 7 14 18 2 45
12 Swansea City 33 11 9 13 46 50 16 7 2 7 26 24 17 4 7 6 20 26 -4 42
13 Hull City 33 11 9 13 38 47 17 6 4 7 18 23 16 5 5 6 20 24 -9 42
14 Preston North End 32 11 9 12 28 37 16 3 5 8 10 21 16 8 4 4 18 16 -9 42
15 Bristol City 32 10 11 11 42 41 17 6 5 6 21 18 15 4 6 5 21 23 1 41
16 Reading 32 12 5 15 35 47 15 9 3 3 24 17 17 3 2 12 11 30 -12 41
17 Stoke City 33 11 7 15 39 40 16 5 4 7 20 18 17 6 3 8 19 22 -1 40
18 Queens Park Rangers 33 10 9 14 34 46 16 5 4 7 18 23 17 5 5 7 16 23 -12 39
19 Birmingham City 33 10 8 15 38 45 17 5 5 7 20 20 16 5 3 8 18 25 -7 38
20 Rotherham United 33 8 12 13 36 45 16 6 5 5 26 20 17 2 7 8 10 25 -9 36
21 Cardiff City 33 9 8 16 25 36 17 5 5 7 13 16 16 4 3 9 12 20 -11 35
22 Huddersfield Town 32 8 7 17 30 43 16 6 3 7 16 16 16 2 4 10 14 27 -13 31
23 Blackpool 33 7 10 16 32 48 16 4 5 7 17 21 17 3 5 9 15 27 -16 31
24 Wigan Athletic 32 7 10 15 29 50 17 3 4 10 12 30 15 4 6 5 17 20 -21 31

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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.