Birmingham City v Middlesbrough betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Fri 04.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: St. Andrew's Stadium (30009 seats)

With their 3 point advantage in the league table, Birmingham City fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Middlesbrough.

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 City and Middlesbrough.

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Birmingham City form and stats

Birmingham City have played 4 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). Birmingham City has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager and the players.

The fans are hoping that Birmingham City will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Championship game against Wigan Athletic (placed 19th). A defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Derby County.

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 eleven games. Birmingham City has won 3 of these, drawn 4 and lost 4.

Birmingham City has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. Birmingham City have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Middlesbrough form and stats

The visitors are W0-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

There were no winners in Middlesbrough's previous match, a Championship home game that ended 1-1 vs Preston North End (placed 6th). A loss against Sheffield Wednesday was the result prior to that, in a home game.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Middlesbrough in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Middlesbrough, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

Middlesbrough find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 5 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. Middlesbrough have conceded 7 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 0 wins for Birmingham City, 4 draws and 6 wins for Middlesbrough. Over 2,5 goals: 4 times; under 2,5 goals: 6 games.

Top Goalscorers

L. Jutkiewicz
3 goals
B. Assombalonga
3 goals
J. Bellingham
2 goals

Birmingham City missing players

Middlesbrough missing players

Birmingham City Middlesbrough
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
10 4 2 Played P 2 4 10
4 2 2 Won W 0 0 2
1 1 0 Drew D 0 2 4
5 1 0 Lost L 2 2 4
9 5 4 Scored S 0 5 10
13 3 1 Conceded C 2 7 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 50%
40% 25% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 30%
10% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 30%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 20%
30% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
30% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
40% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 30%
 
4.5 4.2 2.5 Corners For (avg) C F 5 7.8 5.9
4.3 4.5 5 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 6.5 6
2 1.2 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2 1.2
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • Birmingham City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Middlesbrough have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Middlesbrough have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Middlesbrough have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Middlesbrough have yet to win a game away.
  • Middlesbrough haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Birmingham City
All Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
31-08-19 CH Birmingham City 2 - 1 Stoke City
14-09-19 CH Charlton Athletic 0 - 1 Birmingham City
21-09-19 CH Birmingham City 0 - 1 Preston North End
28-09-19 CH Derby County 3 - 2 Birmingham City
01-10-19 CH Wigan Athletic 1 - 0 Birmingham City
04-10-19 CH Birmingham City 18:45 Middlesbrough
19-10-19 CH Leeds United 14:00 Birmingham City
22-10-19 CH Birmingham City 18:45 Blackburn Rovers
26-10-19 CH Birmingham City 14:00 Luton Town
02-11-19 CH Cardiff City 15:00 Birmingham City
Middlesbrough
All Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
31-08-19 CH Bristol City 2 - 2 Middlesbrough
14-09-19 CH Middlesbrough 1 - 0 Reading
21-09-19 CH Cardiff City 1 - 0 Middlesbrough
28-09-19 CH Middlesbrough 1 - 4 Sheffield Wednesday
01-10-19 CH Middlesbrough 1 - 1 Preston North End
04-10-19 CH Birmingham City 18:45 Middlesbrough
19-10-19 CH Middlesbrough 14:00 West Bromwich Albion
23-10-19 CH Huddersfield Town 18:45 Middlesbrough
26-10-19 CH Middlesbrough 14:00 Fulham
02-11-19 CH Derby County 15:00 Middlesbrough

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Swansea City 10 6 3 1 15 7 5 3 1 1 9 5 5 3 2 0 6 2 8 21
2 Leeds United 10 6 2 2 14 5 5 2 2 1 4 3 5 4 0 1 10 2 9 20
3 West Bromwich Albion 10 5 4 1 17 11 4 2 2 0 9 6 6 3 2 1 8 5 6 19
4 Nottingham Forest 10 5 4 1 15 9 4 2 1 1 6 3 6 3 3 0 9 6 6 19
5 Fulham 10 5 3 2 18 8 5 3 1 1 10 3 5 2 2 1 8 5 10 18
6 Preston North End 10 5 3 2 18 11 5 4 1 0 13 5 5 1 2 2 5 6 7 18
7 Bristol City 10 4 5 1 17 13 4 1 2 1 5 5 6 3 3 0 12 8 4 17
8 Charlton Athletic 10 5 2 3 13 10 6 3 1 2 7 5 4 2 1 1 6 5 3 17
9 Sheffield Wednesday 10 5 1 4 15 9 4 2 1 1 5 3 6 3 0 3 10 6 6 16
10 Cardiff City 10 4 4 2 14 12 5 4 1 0 9 3 5 0 3 2 5 9 2 16
11 Queens Park Rangers 10 5 1 4 14 17 5 2 1 2 8 9 5 3 0 2 6 8 -3 16
12 Blackburn Rovers 10 4 2 4 11 11 6 2 2 2 6 5 4 2 0 2 5 6 0 14
13 Hull City 10 3 4 3 14 13 6 2 2 2 8 9 4 1 2 1 6 4 1 13
14 Birmingham City 10 4 1 5 9 13 4 2 1 1 5 3 6 2 0 4 4 10 -4 13
15 Brentford 10 3 3 4 9 8 5 1 3 1 5 3 5 2 0 3 4 5 1 12
16 Derby County 10 2 6 2 13 15 5 1 3 1 6 6 5 1 3 1 7 9 -2 12
17 Luton Town 10 3 2 5 15 18 5 1 2 2 7 10 5 2 0 3 8 8 -3 11
18 Millwall 10 2 5 3 8 13 4 2 1 1 4 3 6 0 4 2 4 10 -5 11
19 Wigan Athletic 10 3 2 5 9 15 5 3 1 1 6 4 5 0 1 4 3 11 -6 11
20 Middlesbrough 10 2 4 4 10 14 6 2 2 2 5 7 4 0 2 2 5 7 -4 10
21 Reading 10 2 2 6 11 16 5 1 0 4 6 11 5 1 2 2 5 5 -5 8
22 Barnsley 10 1 3 6 7 17 6 1 2 3 7 12 4 0 1 3 0 5 -10 6
23 Huddersfield Town 10 1 2 7 9 18 5 0 1 4 3 9 5 1 1 3 6 9 -9 5
24 Stoke City 10 0 2 8 9 21 6 0 1 5 6 13 4 0 1 3 3 8 -12 2

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