Championship match prediction: Little separates Birmingham City and Queens Park Rangers in quality

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 27.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. Andrew's Stadium (30009 seats)

Birmingham City hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 31 points and a 21st position in the Championship table. Visiting Queens Park Rangers holds 13th place with 40 pts.

Insights:
  • Birmingham City has the fewest points (9) at home in Championship

It's no vacation for neither Birmingham nor Queens Park Rangers 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.

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Birmingham City form and stats

Birmingham City's struggle is real here at St. Andrew's Stadium with only 9 points collected from 16 Championship games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-11. With twelve home Championship games in a row without a win, the Birmingham City fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Huddersfield Town game long ago, can be stopped today.

The Birmingham City crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Norwich City here at St. Andrew's Stadium in a Championship match. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Sheffield Wednesday.

The manager A. Karanka de la Hoz will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Huddersfield Town in only three days.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Birmingham City here at St. Andrew's Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 16 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 27 goals have been conceded.

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Queens Park Rangers form and stats

4 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Queens Park Rangers playing as the away team in the Championship this season. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Huddersfield Town game have they lost an away game, meaning QPR has taken points from seven away matches in a row.

QPR has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Preston North End for a Championship game that ended a draw (0-0). A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs AFC Bournemouth.

A new game in only four days for Queens Park Rangers, the Championship home match versus Barnsley. Busy days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting QPR as they have only managed to score 14 times from 15 away games in the league. As opposed to that, QPR have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Queens Park Rangers - Birmingham City 0-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Birmingham City, four draws and five wins for Queens Park Rangers. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

Birmingham CityS. Hogan
S. Hogan
6 goals
Queens Park RangersI. Chair
I. Chair
5 goals
Queens Park RangersL. Dykes
L. Dykes
5 goals

Birmingham City missing players

Queens Park Rangers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Birmingham City Queens Park Rangers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 6 15 30
7 2 0 Won W 2 4 10
10 3 1 Drew D 2 6 10
15 11 3 Lost L 2 5 10
23 10 1 Scored S 7 14 30
40 27 7 Conceded C 7 18 34
81% 94% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 87%
53% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 73% 70%
34% 44% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 33% 33%
19% 25% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 13% 13%
9% 6% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 7% 10%
44% 50% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 53% 50%
31% 12% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 30%
44% 44% 75% Failed to Score F T 17% 27% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.8 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 2.1 1.9
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
9.5 9.4 7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 10.8 11.4
2.5 2.2 1.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 4 3.4
28% 29% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 23% 29%
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 (27) at home in Championship
  • Birmingham City has the the worst goal difference (-17) 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.

  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 32 20 7 5 45 25 16 10 5 1 22 9 16 10 2 4 23 16 20 67
2 Brentford 32 17 9 6 59 34 16 9 5 2 32 17 16 8 4 4 27 17 25 60
3 Watford 32 17 9 6 43 23 16 12 2 2 32 12 16 5 7 4 11 11 20 60
4 Swansea City 30 17 8 5 38 19 16 10 5 1 20 6 14 7 3 4 18 13 19 59
5 Reading 32 15 6 11 44 37 16 9 0 7 24 20 16 6 6 4 20 17 7 51
6 Cardiff City 32 14 7 11 48 34 16 6 3 7 27 19 16 8 4 4 21 15 14 49
7 AFC Bournemouth 32 13 10 9 46 32 16 9 3 4 27 16 16 4 7 5 19 16 14 49
8 Barnsley 31 14 6 11 36 35 15 8 3 4 20 16 16 6 3 7 16 19 1 48
9 Middlesbrough 32 13 7 12 37 34 16 8 2 6 19 17 16 5 5 6 18 17 3 46
10 Stoke City 32 11 12 9 37 35 16 7 4 5 22 19 16 4 8 4 15 16 2 45
11 Millwall 32 9 16 7 31 28 16 3 10 3 15 13 16 6 6 4 16 15 3 43
12 Bristol City 32 13 3 16 32 43 16 7 2 7 14 16 16 6 1 9 18 27 -11 42
13 Queens Park Rangers 30 10 10 10 30 34 15 6 4 5 16 16 15 4 6 5 14 18 -4 40
14 Preston North End 32 12 4 16 34 42 16 4 3 9 11 16 16 8 1 7 23 26 -8 40
15 Blackburn Rovers 31 11 6 14 45 37 15 6 4 5 23 18 16 5 2 9 22 19 8 39
16 Nottingham Forest 32 10 9 13 27 31 16 5 6 5 15 14 16 5 3 8 12 17 -4 39
17 Luton Town 31 10 8 13 24 35 15 5 6 4 17 17 16 5 2 9 7 18 -11 38
18 Derby County 31 10 7 14 24 32 16 5 4 7 11 16 15 5 3 7 13 16 -8 37
19 Huddersfield Town 32 10 6 16 38 47 16 8 2 6 24 17 16 2 4 10 14 30 -9 36
20 Coventry City 32 8 10 14 29 43 16 6 6 4 17 17 16 2 4 10 12 26 -14 34
21 Birmingham City 32 7 10 15 23 40 16 2 3 11 10 27 16 5 7 4 13 13 -17 31
22 Rotherham United 30 8 5 17 33 41 15 4 3 8 20 21 15 4 2 9 13 20 -8 29
23 Sheffield Wednesday 31 9 7 15 21 35 15 6 5 4 12 9 16 3 2 11 9 26 -14 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 31 5 8 18 23 51 16 3 5 8 10 19 15 2 3 10 13 32 -28 23

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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 32 20 7 5 45 25 16 10 5 1 22 9 16 10 2 4 23 16 20 67
2 Brentford 32 17 9 6 59 34 16 9 5 2 32 17 16 8 4 4 27 17 25 60
3 Watford 32 17 9 6 43 23 16 12 2 2 32 12 16 5 7 4 11 11 20 60
4 Swansea City 30 17 8 5 38 19 16 10 5 1 20 6 14 7 3 4 18 13 19 59
5 Reading 32 15 6 11 44 37 16 9 0 7 24 20 16 6 6 4 20 17 7 51
6 Cardiff City 32 14 7 11 48 34 16 6 3 7 27 19 16 8 4 4 21 15 14 49
7 AFC Bournemouth 32 13 10 9 46 32 16 9 3 4 27 16 16 4 7 5 19 16 14 49
8 Barnsley 31 14 6 11 36 35 15 8 3 4 20 16 16 6 3 7 16 19 1 48
9 Middlesbrough 32 13 7 12 37 34 16 8 2 6 19 17 16 5 5 6 18 17 3 46
10 Stoke City 32 11 12 9 37 35 16 7 4 5 22 19 16 4 8 4 15 16 2 45
11 Millwall 32 9 16 7 31 28 16 3 10 3 15 13 16 6 6 4 16 15 3 43
12 Bristol City 32 13 3 16 32 43 16 7 2 7 14 16 16 6 1 9 18 27 -11 42
13 Queens Park Rangers 30 10 10 10 30 34 15 6 4 5 16 16 15 4 6 5 14 18 -4 40
14 Preston North End 32 12 4 16 34 42 16 4 3 9 11 16 16 8 1 7 23 26 -8 40
15 Blackburn Rovers 31 11 6 14 45 37 15 6 4 5 23 18 16 5 2 9 22 19 8 39
16 Nottingham Forest 32 10 9 13 27 31 16 5 6 5 15 14 16 5 3 8 12 17 -4 39
17 Luton Town 31 10 8 13 24 35 15 5 6 4 17 17 16 5 2 9 7 18 -11 38
18 Derby County 31 10 7 14 24 32 16 5 4 7 11 16 15 5 3 7 13 16 -8 37
19 Huddersfield Town 32 10 6 16 38 47 16 8 2 6 24 17 16 2 4 10 14 30 -9 36
20 Coventry City 32 8 10 14 29 43 16 6 6 4 17 17 16 2 4 10 12 26 -14 34
21 Birmingham City 32 7 10 15 23 40 16 2 3 11 10 27 16 5 7 4 13 13 -17 31
22 Rotherham United 30 8 5 17 33 41 15 4 3 8 20 21 15 4 2 9 13 20 -8 29
23 Sheffield Wednesday 31 9 7 15 21 35 15 6 5 4 12 9 16 3 2 11 9 26 -14 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 31 5 8 18 23 51 16 3 5 8 10 19 15 2 3 10 13 32 -28 23

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