Championship: Two sides in fair shape get together for this fixture. Queens Park Rangers could have a wee edge with their 1st place in the league table?
- Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Queens Park Rangers have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Championship
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Birmingham City form and stats
Birmingham City have played 7 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
In their previous game, the manager Eustace led his Birmingham City to a defeat away at Blackburn Rovers. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at St. Andrew's Stadium. The first setback in the shape of a loss after collecting points in three league matches. Midfield player Bacuna got a match rating of 8.11 in that game, the max score being 10. Bacuna hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 5 times and had 40 successful passes (of 49 total).
In the match before that, Birmingham City hosted Burnley and drew the game 1-1.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 as a small favourite), we find 12 games. Birmingham City has won 3 of these, drawn 4 and lost 5.
Birmingham City has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. From these home matches, Birmingham City have conceded only 6 goals.
Queens Park Rangers form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
QPR are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the match against Wigan Athletic (placed 19th). Clarke-Salter, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.62. Clarke-Salter hit two key passes and won 13 of 15 duels.
That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Cardiff City.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Queens Park Rangers in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Queens Park Rangers, 0 draws and 5 defeats.
QPR have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. 10 goals have been conceded by Queens Park Rangers in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Birmingham wins - draws - Queens Park Rangers wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Hogan 7 goals |   C. Willock 6 goals |  L. Dykes 5 goals |
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| Birmingham City | Queens Park Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 7 | 11 | 25 |
| 15 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 10 | 17 |
| 88% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 62% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 62% | 69% |
| 31% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 50% | 56% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 38% | 31% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 12% | 12% |
| 44% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 50% | 56% |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 38% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 25% | 25% |
| 5.3 | 6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
| 5.1 | 5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 6 | 5.1 |
| 2.1 | 1.6 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.5 | 11.7 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 11.6 | 12.9 |
| 3.1 | 3.4 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.4 |
| 32% | 33% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 44% | 36% |
| 12.3 | 10.4 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.2 | 14.1 | 11.6 |
| 3.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.3 |
- Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Queens Park Rangers have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Championship
- Queens Park Rangers 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 | Queens Park Rangers | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 30 |
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 30 |
| 3 | Burnley | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 29 |
| 4 | Sheffield United | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 26 |
| 5 | Millwall | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 26 |
| 6 | Norwich City | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 25 |
| 7 | Reading | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -4 | 25 |
| 8 | Luton Town | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 |
| 9 | Swansea City | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 24 |
| 10 | Preston North End | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 22 |
| 11 | Rotherham United | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 21 |
| 12 | Bristol City | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 21 |
| 13 | Sunderland | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 20 |
| 14 | Birmingham City | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 15 | Watford | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 20 |
| 16 | Hull City | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -11 | 20 |
| 17 | Stoke City | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 19 |
| 18 | Blackpool | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 19 | Wigan Athletic | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | -7 | 19 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 18 |
| 21 | Middlesbrough | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 17 |
| 22 | Coventry City | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 16 |
| 23 | West Bromwich Albion | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 14 |
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 12 |
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