Swansea City know they are going on a gruelling journey to Birmingham City and their St. Andrew's Stadium. This guide has all the details you need before the fixture.
- Birmingham City have the the worst goal difference (-6) at home in Championship
- Swansea City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) 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 and Swansea City.
Birmingham City form and stats
Birmingham City's struggle is real here at St. Andrew's Stadium with only 5 points collected from 6 Championship games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-3.
Stress levels are on the rise for Birmingham City's attacking players as they have now played 543 minutes without scoring in a league game. T. Deeney was their last goal scorer.
Birmingham travelled for their previous game, a trip to Huddersfield Town that ended 0-0. Gary Gardner (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.34/10.
Heartbreak before that as Birmingham City lost 0-1 at West Bromwich Albion's place.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Birmingham City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 17 matches with the results: Won three, drawn six and lost eight.
Birmingham City have scored 3 goals here in 6 league matches, a depressing statistic. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Birmingham City defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Swansea City form and stats
Swansea City have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Championship, after 1-2-3 (6 played).
Swansea City go into this game after a win, the home game against West Bromwich Albion that ended 2-1. Attacker Jamie Paterson got a player rating of 8.35 in the game. "Man of the match" Paterson scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 32 successful passes (of 36 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Cardiff City.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Swansea City playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were five Swansea City wins, four draws and three defeats.
Swansea find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Swansea City have conceded 11 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Birmingham two wins, four draws and Swansea City four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Piroe 7 goals |  J. Paterson 5 goals |   S. Hogan 3 goals |
Birmingham City missing players
Swansea City missing players
| Birmingham City | Swansea City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 16 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 15 |
| 77% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 83% | 69% |
| 62% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 54% |
| 31% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 54% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 31% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 46% |
| 46% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 54% |
| 62% | 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 17% | 31% |
| 4.3 | 5.7 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.8 | 4.5 |
| 4.2 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.5 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
| 1.8 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.2 | 12.3 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.7 | 9.8 |
| 3.6 | 3.8 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| 21% | 13% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 47% | 41% |
- 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.
- Birmingham City have the the worst goal difference (-6) at home in Championship
- Birmingham City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Swansea City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Swansea City have scored at least twice as many goals away as Birmingham City have scored home.
- Swansea City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Championship
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AFC Bournemouth | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 31 |
| 2 | Fulham | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 26 |
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 25 |
| 4 | Coventry City | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 23 |
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 21 |
| 6 | Huddersfield Town | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | Stoke City | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 21 |
| 8 | Reading | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 19 |
| 9 | Luton Town | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 18 |
| 10 | Middlesbrough | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| 11 | Millwall | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 18 |
| 12 | Blackpool | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -3 | 18 |
| 13 | Blackburn Rovers | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 17 |
| 14 | Nottingham Forest | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| 15 | Swansea City | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 17 |
| 16 | Bristol City | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | -2 | 16 |
| 17 | Sheffield United | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 15 |
| 18 | Preston North End | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 15 |
| 19 | Birmingham City | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -6 | 13 |
| 20 | Peterborough United | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 19 | -12 | 11 |
| 21 | Cardiff City | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 11 |
| 22 | Hull City | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -10 | 9 |
| 23 | Barnsley | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -10 | 8 |
| 24 | Derby County | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
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- Birmingham Mail - (local newspaper)
- Swansea City
- Wales Online - (local newspaper)