The guesting Norwich City side are probably the strongest party at Birmingham City, as the visitors hold a 5 point supremacy from their six league matches this season.
- Norwich City have scored more than double the goals of Birmingham City.
It's no vacation for neither Birmingham City nor Norwich City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Birmingham City form and stats
Birmingham City have collected 4 points from their Championship home games so far after 1-1-1.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 251 minutes without scoring a league goal. Hall was the last player to find the net.
The followers are hoping that Birmingham will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the match against Rotherham United (placed 5th). Trusty was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.0 out of 10. The defender Trusty hit one key pass and won 11 of 14 duels.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Wigan Athletic (0-1).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Birmingham City as they are travelling to their away game against Preston North End in the Championship. That match is four days after this one.
Early season league goal statistics from Birmingham City's 3 home games: 3 goals, 3 conceded.
Norwich City form and stats
Things could have gone better for Norwich City in their Championship away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Norwich City goalkeeper Tim Krul is eager to challenge this, with his 189 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
It's the second away game in a row for Norwich City, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Sunderland (placed 12th) last time out. Defender Hanley was the best team player with a rating of 7.91. Hanley won 7 of 8 duels.
Ahead of that, 2-2 at home vs AFC Bournemouth (after extra-time, 3-5 on penalties) in the Carabao Cup.
A quick return to home after this game, as Norwich are hosting Coventry City in the Championship only four days away.
The attacking power of Norwich City when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Norwich City have managed a streak of 8 consecutive games without defeat (6-2-0) when facing Birmingham City.Top Goalscorers
  J. Sargent 4 goals |   S. Hogan 1 goals |  P. Płacheta 1 goals |
Birmingham City missing players
Norwich City missing players
| Birmingham City | Norwich City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 67% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 67% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 4.2 | 5 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 8.3 | 7.8 |
| 5.5 | 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.7 | 2.7 |
| 1.8 | 0.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 11.7 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11.7 | 16.5 |
| 2.8 | 4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 5.2 |
| 18% | 25% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 13% | 23% |
| 13.3 | 10.3 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11.3 | 10.2 |
| 3.5 | 2.7 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.7 | 3 |
- Norwich City have scored more than double the goals of Birmingham City.
- Norwich City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Norwich City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Reading | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | Sheffield United | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | Hull City | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | Norwich City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Rotherham United | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 6 | Burnley | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | Watford | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 9 | Bristol City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | Preston North End | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 11 | Queens Park Rangers | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 12 | Sunderland | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 13 | Blackpool | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 14 | Cardiff City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 15 | West Bromwich Albion | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 16 | Millwall | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 17 | Stoke City | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 18 | Middlesbrough | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 6 |
| 19 | Luton Town | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 20 | Wigan Athletic | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 6 |
| 21 | Birmingham City | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 22 | Swansea City | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -5 | 5 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 24 | Coventry City | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 1 |
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- Norwich Evening News - (local newspaper)
