Championship fixture lowdown: Blackpool against Birmingham City

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Mon 18.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bloomfield Road (12555 seats)

With their 8 point dominance in the league table, Blackpool followers long to see their adored players get full points from this game versus Birmingham City.

Insights:
  • Blackpool have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Birmingham City have the fewest points from losing position (4) in Championship

It's no vacation for neither Blackpool nor Birmingham 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.

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Blackpool form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Blackpool have managed 10 wins, 3 draws and suffered 8 defeats from 21 games.

Blackpool faced defeat in their previous match, away at West Bromwich Albion (1-2). Heartbreak for Blackpool in their last match as West Bromwich Albion's Grant scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Midfield player Connolly got a match rating of 7.4 in that game, the max score being 10. Connolly hit one key pass.

Before that, Blackpool played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Blackburn Rovers.

Blackpool has scored 23 league goals at home this season, in 21 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Blackpool have conceded 23 goals.

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Birmingham City form and stats

Birmingham City have only collected 19 points from their away games in the Championship, after 4-7-10 (21 played).

Birmingham failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Coventry City (placed 9th) that ended with defeat 2-4. A huge disappointment for Birmingham City in their last match (vs Coventry City). Leading 2-0 the victory seemed almost certain, but a fascinating collapse turned everything around and in the end all was lost in a 2-4 defeat. Midfielder Gardner was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.84. Gardner scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 34 successful passes (of 40 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Nottingham Forest's place.

As for defending, Birmingham City rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 35 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Birmingham City - Blackpool 1-0 was the scoreline in these squads' previous H2H fixture, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - four - four (Blackpool wins - draws - Birmingham City wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Birmingham CityS. Hogan
S. Hogan
10 goals
BlackpoolG. Madine
G. Madine
8 goals
BlackpoolS. Lavery
S. Lavery
8 goals

Blackpool missing players

Birmingham City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Blackpool Birmingham City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
41 21 6 Played P 7 21 42
14 10 5 Won W 0 4 11
11 3 0 Drew D 4 7 12
16 8 1 Lost L 3 10 19
45 23 12 Scored S 4 21 45
49 23 5 Conceded C 9 35 64
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 71% 86% 86%
66% 57% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 57% 76% 76%
41% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 29% 48% 52%
17% 19% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 33% 26%
10% 10% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 10%
56% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 43% 43% 43%
24% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 29% 29% 33%
24% 33% 17% Failed to Score F T 57% 43% 38%
 
4 4.8 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.9 4 4.2
4.9 4.6 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.8 5.2
1.6 1.4 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2 1.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
10.3 11.3 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.4 11.9 11.5
3.3 3.7 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 3.7 3.4
33% 29% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 27% 31%
 
12.4 12.4 12 Shots against (avg) S A 12.9 12.5 10.9
3.9 3.9 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 4.2 4
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Birmingham City have the fewest points from losing position (4) in Championship
  • Blackpool 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 Fulham 41 25 8 8 95 37 20 12 4 4 46 19 21 13 4 4 49 18 58 83
2 AFC Bournemouth 40 21 11 8 62 35 20 11 6 3 38 20 20 10 5 5 24 15 27 74
3 Huddersfield Town 42 19 13 10 56 45 21 11 6 4 31 22 21 8 7 6 25 23 11 70
4 Luton Town 42 19 11 12 60 47 21 11 6 4 35 21 21 8 5 8 25 26 13 68
5 Nottingham Forest 40 19 10 11 61 37 21 11 4 6 34 21 19 8 6 5 27 16 24 67
6 Sheffield United 42 18 11 13 54 43 21 11 5 5 33 15 21 7 6 8 21 28 11 65
7 Middlesbrough 41 18 9 14 52 42 20 12 2 6 29 18 21 6 7 8 23 24 10 63
8 Blackburn Rovers 42 17 12 13 53 44 21 12 5 4 36 22 21 5 7 9 17 22 9 63
9 Coventry City 42 17 11 14 58 53 21 10 5 6 31 21 21 7 6 8 27 32 5 62
10 Millwall 42 16 14 12 46 41 21 11 6 4 27 15 21 5 8 8 19 26 5 62
11 West Bromwich Albion 42 16 12 14 47 41 21 11 7 3 29 16 21 5 5 11 18 25 6 60
12 Queens Park Rangers 42 17 9 16 57 55 21 9 6 6 28 22 21 8 3 10 29 33 2 60
13 Preston North End 42 14 16 12 44 47 21 8 10 3 28 23 21 6 6 9 16 24 -3 58
14 Swansea City 41 16 10 15 49 54 20 9 6 5 26 22 21 7 4 10 23 32 -5 58
15 Stoke City 42 15 10 17 53 48 21 9 4 8 28 22 21 6 6 9 25 26 5 55
16 Blackpool 41 14 11 16 45 49 21 10 3 8 23 23 20 4 8 8 22 26 -4 53
17 Cardiff City 41 14 7 20 48 63 21 7 3 11 21 27 20 7 4 9 27 36 -15 49
18 Bristol City 42 13 9 20 53 73 21 7 7 7 27 28 21 6 2 13 26 45 -20 48
19 Hull City 42 13 8 21 36 46 21 6 3 12 18 27 21 7 5 9 18 19 -10 47
20 Birmingham City 42 11 12 19 45 64 21 7 5 9 24 29 21 4 7 10 21 35 -19 45
21 Reading 42 13 7 22 50 78 21 7 4 10 29 39 21 6 3 12 21 39 -28 40
22 Derby County 42 13 13 16 42 48 21 11 7 3 29 18 21 2 6 13 13 30 -6 31
23 Peterborough United 42 7 10 25 36 83 21 5 7 9 22 32 21 2 3 16 14 51 -47 31
24 Barnsley 41 6 12 23 31 60 20 5 7 8 17 22 21 1 5 15 14 38 -29 30

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  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 41 25 8 8 95 37 20 12 4 4 46 19 21 13 4 4 49 18 58 83
2 AFC Bournemouth 40 21 11 8 62 35 20 11 6 3 38 20 20 10 5 5 24 15 27 74
3 Huddersfield Town 42 19 13 10 56 45 21 11 6 4 31 22 21 8 7 6 25 23 11 70
4 Luton Town 42 19 11 12 60 47 21 11 6 4 35 21 21 8 5 8 25 26 13 68
5 Nottingham Forest 40 19 10 11 61 37 21 11 4 6 34 21 19 8 6 5 27 16 24 67
6 Sheffield United 42 18 11 13 54 43 21 11 5 5 33 15 21 7 6 8 21 28 11 65
7 Middlesbrough 41 18 9 14 52 42 20 12 2 6 29 18 21 6 7 8 23 24 10 63
8 Blackburn Rovers 42 17 12 13 53 44 21 12 5 4 36 22 21 5 7 9 17 22 9 63
9 Coventry City 42 17 11 14 58 53 21 10 5 6 31 21 21 7 6 8 27 32 5 62
10 Millwall 42 16 14 12 46 41 21 11 6 4 27 15 21 5 8 8 19 26 5 62
11 West Bromwich Albion 42 16 12 14 47 41 21 11 7 3 29 16 21 5 5 11 18 25 6 60
12 Queens Park Rangers 42 17 9 16 57 55 21 9 6 6 28 22 21 8 3 10 29 33 2 60
13 Preston North End 42 14 16 12 44 47 21 8 10 3 28 23 21 6 6 9 16 24 -3 58
14 Swansea City 41 16 10 15 49 54 20 9 6 5 26 22 21 7 4 10 23 32 -5 58
15 Stoke City 42 15 10 17 53 48 21 9 4 8 28 22 21 6 6 9 25 26 5 55
16 Blackpool 41 14 11 16 45 49 21 10 3 8 23 23 20 4 8 8 22 26 -4 53
17 Cardiff City 41 14 7 20 48 63 21 7 3 11 21 27 20 7 4 9 27 36 -15 49
18 Bristol City 42 13 9 20 53 73 21 7 7 7 27 28 21 6 2 13 26 45 -20 48
19 Hull City 42 13 8 21 36 46 21 6 3 12 18 27 21 7 5 9 18 19 -10 47
20 Birmingham City 42 11 12 19 45 64 21 7 5 9 24 29 21 4 7 10 21 35 -19 45
21 Reading 42 13 7 22 50 78 21 7 4 10 29 39 21 6 3 12 21 39 -28 40
22 Derby County 42 13 13 16 42 48 21 11 7 3 29 18 21 2 6 13 13 30 -6 31
23 Peterborough United 42 7 10 25 36 83 21 5 7 9 22 32 21 2 3 16 14 51 -47 31
24 Barnsley 41 6 12 23 31 60 20 5 7 8 17 22 21 1 5 15 14 38 -29 30

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