Both these teams have had their share of problems so far, but a win in this vital game would certainly help. Let's hear it for Birmingham City - Peterborough United!
- Birmingham City have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Championship
- Peterborough United have the the worst goal difference (-30) 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 City and Peterborough United.
Birmingham City form and stats
When playing at home in the Championship, Birmingham City have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 13 games. When Birmingham City hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Cardiff City, Birmingham City, Hull City, Barnsley, Reading, Derby County and Swansea City), they have won 3 of 5 matches!
Birmingham City's last game was hosting Barnsley (placed 24th) and winning 2-1. A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Birmingham City, who played 2-1 against Barnsley. That match was also played at this venue (St. Andrew's Stadium). The Birmingham club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at St. Andrew's Stadium: A 2-1 defeat against Barnsley (placed 24th). Jutkiewicz, a natural forward, was the highest rated performer for the team in that match, scoring a rating of 8.15 (out of 10). Jutkiewicz served one assist and hit two key passes.
Before that match, a win away at Fulham. Before that, Birmingham City played out a draw 2-6 when visiting Fulham. Heartbreak before that as Birmingham City lost 2-6 at Fulham's place.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Birmingham City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won four times, drawn two and lost four.
The Birmingham City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 13 matches. Birmingham have conceded 17 in these home matches.
Peterborough United form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Peterborough United so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 1-0-12 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Peterborough United as they have lost six games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Hull City match.
It's the second away game in a row for Peterborough United, but there's smiles all around after the 0-3 victory versus West Bromwich Albion (placed 5th) last time out. It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to West Bromwich Albion (placed 5th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-3. Peterborough United lost away at West Bromwich Albion (0-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-4 vs Coventry City. Preceding that match was the 1-4 draw at home vs Coventry City. A 1-4 loss hosting Coventry City before that.Peterborough United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, zero draws and six defeats. From a total of seven matches.
A new game in only four days for Peterborough United, the Championship home match versus Sheffield United. Busy days.
Goals are few and far between in Peterborough United's away league games. Only 6 goals from 13 travels. Peterborough United are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 6 goals in these matches. When Peterborough is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Cardiff City, Hull City, Barnsley, Reading, Derby County, Swansea City and Peterborough United.
Head 2 Head
Peterborough United - Birmingham City 3-0 was the scoreline in these contenders' latest h2h match, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Birmingham City two wins, two draws and Peterborough United one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Hogan 8 goals |   S. Dembele 5 goals |  T. Deeney 4 goals |
Birmingham City missing players
Peterborough United missing players
| Birmingham City | Peterborough United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 12 | 16 |
| 28 | 15 | 9 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 21 |
| 40 | 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 7 | 36 | 51 |
| 85% | 85% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 74% | 77% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 80% |
| 48% | 62% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 69% | 64% |
| 22% | 15% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 31% | 28% |
| 11% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 37% | 46% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 31% | 44% |
| 37% | 38% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 41% | 31% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 69% | 52% |
| 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
| 5.3 | 4.1 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.9 | 5.6 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.8 | 12 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7.1 | 8.8 |
| 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2 | 2.8 |
| 30% | 33% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 23% | 30% |
| 11.3 | 9.3 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.7 | 15.9 | 14.4 |
| 4 | 3.7 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5 |
- Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Birmingham City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Peterborough United have scored away.
- Birmingham City have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Championship
- Birmingham City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Peterborough United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Peterborough United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Peterborough United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Peterborough United have the fewest points (3) away in Championship
- Peterborough United have the fewest scored goals (6) away in Championship
- Peterborough United have the most conceded goals (36) away in Championship
- Peterborough United have the the worst goal difference (-30) away in Championship
- Peterborough United have the the worst goal difference (-30) in Championship
- Peterborough United haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Fulham | 27 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 73 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 13 | 48 | 57 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 27 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 43 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 49 |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 27 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 44 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 49 |
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 47 |
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 34 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 45 |
| 6 | Huddersfield Town | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 37 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 44 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 42 |
| 8 | Nottingham Forest | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 40 |
| 9 | Stoke City | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 38 |
| 10 | Coventry City | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 37 |
| 11 | Sheffield United | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 1 | 36 |
| 12 | Blackpool | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -4 | 36 |
| 13 | Luton Town | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 35 |
| 14 | Millwall | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 17 | -2 | 33 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 29 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -4 | 33 |
| 16 | Bristol City | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 35 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 28 | -12 | 33 |
| 17 | Swansea City | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -4 | 31 |
| 18 | Birmingham City | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -12 | 31 |
| 19 | Hull City | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 15 | -8 | 29 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 28 | 47 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 28 | -19 | 23 |
| 21 | Reading | 27 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 33 | 51 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -18 | 22 |
| 22 | Peterborough United | 25 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 51 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 36 | -30 | 19 |
| 23 | Derby County | 27 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 14 |
| 24 | Barnsley | 25 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 38 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 23 | -21 | 14 |
