Betting preview: Derby County vs Birmingham City should be interesting

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 24.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Pride Park Stadium (33597 seats)

Derby County are welcoming Birmingham City for another important game after their 0-3 result against 14th-placed Preston North End.

Insights:
  • Derby County have the fewest scored goals (31) in Championship

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

County are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Birmingham are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Derby County form and stats

6 victories, 6 draws and 9 defeats. That’s what Derby County, who have the fewest scored goals (31) in Championship, have to build on here at Pride Park Stadium in the Championship. It's trouble wherever Derby County are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

County are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Preston North End. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Blackburn Rovers (1-2).

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 County have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 17 matches with the results: Won five, drawn seven and lost five.

Derby County aren't scoring a lot here at Pride Park Stadium in the league, with only 16 goals from 21 games. 21 goals have been conceded.

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Birmingham City form and stats

6 wins, 9 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Birmingham City playing as the away team in the Championship this season.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Birmingham goalkeeper Neil Leonard Dula Etheridge is eager to challenge this, with his 370 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Rotherham United with the score of 1-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Birmingham in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Birmingham City, six draws and two defeats.

The attacking power of Birmingham when travelling is not overwhelming with 15 goals scored from 21 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Birmingham are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 18 times in 21 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Birmingham City - County 0-4. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): County seven wins, two draws and Birmingham City one victory. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Derby CountyC. Kazim-Richards
C. Kazim-Richards
7 goals
Birmingham CityS. Hogan
S. Hogan
7 goals
Birmingham CityL. Jutkiewicz
L. Jutkiewicz
5 goals

Derby County missing players

Birmingham City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Derby County Birmingham City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
43 21 5 Played P 6 21 43
11 6 1 Won W 2 6 12
10 6 3 Drew D 4 9 13
22 9 1 Lost L 0 6 18
31 16 5 Scored S 3 15 32
51 21 4 Conceded C 1 18 50
93% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 71% 81%
56% 57% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 17% 43% 53%
30% 14% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 24% 35%
12% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 14%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 7%
30% 29% 60% BTTS BTTS 17% 33% 40%
28% 29% 20% Clean Sheets C S 83% 48% 35%
49% 48% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 48% 44%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.7 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.6 1.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
10.1 10.2 10.6 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 9.7 9.6
2.9 3.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.6 2.5
25% 23% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 16% 28% 30%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Derby County have the fewest scored goals (31) 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 Norwich City 43 27 9 7 66 32 22 13 6 3 35 14 21 14 3 4 31 18 34 90
2 Watford 43 25 10 8 60 28 21 17 2 2 41 12 22 8 8 6 19 16 32 85
3 AFC Bournemouth 43 22 11 10 73 42 21 13 3 5 40 21 22 9 8 5 33 21 31 77
4 Swansea City 43 22 10 11 52 34 22 11 6 5 25 15 21 11 4 6 27 19 18 76
5 Brentford 42 20 15 7 72 41 21 10 9 2 36 20 21 10 6 5 36 21 31 75
6 Barnsley 42 21 8 13 54 46 21 11 5 5 27 20 21 10 3 8 27 26 8 71
7 Reading 42 19 10 13 57 46 21 12 2 7 33 23 21 7 8 6 24 23 11 67
8 Queens Park Rangers 43 17 11 15 51 51 21 10 4 7 28 23 22 7 7 8 23 28 0 62
9 Cardiff City 43 16 13 14 59 47 21 7 5 9 34 24 22 9 8 5 25 23 12 61
10 Middlesbrough 43 17 9 17 51 48 21 10 4 7 27 21 22 7 5 10 24 27 3 60
11 Millwall 43 14 17 12 42 44 22 6 10 6 20 23 21 8 7 6 22 21 -2 59
12 Stoke City 42 14 14 14 45 47 21 9 5 7 27 23 21 5 9 7 18 23 -2 56
13 Luton Town 41 16 8 17 36 46 20 8 6 6 24 22 21 8 2 11 12 24 -10 56
14 Preston North End 43 15 7 21 44 55 22 6 5 11 19 24 21 9 2 10 25 31 -11 52
15 Bristol City 42 15 6 21 42 56 21 7 3 11 15 24 21 8 3 10 26 32 -14 51
16 Blackburn Rovers 43 13 11 19 54 49 21 7 7 7 27 24 22 6 4 12 27 25 5 50
17 Nottingham Forest 42 12 13 17 34 41 21 6 7 8 19 21 21 6 6 9 15 20 -7 49
18 Coventry City 42 12 12 18 40 56 21 9 7 5 24 20 21 3 5 13 15 36 -16 48
19 Birmingham City 42 12 12 18 32 50 21 6 3 12 17 32 21 6 9 6 15 18 -18 48
20 Huddersfield Town 42 12 11 19 45 62 21 8 6 7 27 21 21 4 5 12 18 41 -17 47
21 Derby County 43 11 10 22 31 51 21 6 6 9 16 21 22 5 4 13 15 30 -20 43
22 Rotherham United 41 11 6 24 42 56 22 5 3 14 25 34 19 6 3 10 17 22 -14 39
23 Sheffield Wednesday 43 12 9 22 36 55 22 8 7 7 22 17 21 4 2 15 14 38 -19 39
24 Wycombe Wanderers 42 8 10 24 32 67 21 5 5 11 14 27 21 3 5 13 18 39 -35 34

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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 43 27 9 7 66 32 22 13 6 3 35 14 21 14 3 4 31 18 34 90
2 Watford 43 25 10 8 60 28 21 17 2 2 41 12 22 8 8 6 19 16 32 85
3 AFC Bournemouth 43 22 11 10 73 42 21 13 3 5 40 21 22 9 8 5 33 21 31 77
4 Swansea City 43 22 10 11 52 34 22 11 6 5 25 15 21 11 4 6 27 19 18 76
5 Brentford 42 20 15 7 72 41 21 10 9 2 36 20 21 10 6 5 36 21 31 75
6 Barnsley 42 21 8 13 54 46 21 11 5 5 27 20 21 10 3 8 27 26 8 71
7 Reading 42 19 10 13 57 46 21 12 2 7 33 23 21 7 8 6 24 23 11 67
8 Queens Park Rangers 43 17 11 15 51 51 21 10 4 7 28 23 22 7 7 8 23 28 0 62
9 Cardiff City 43 16 13 14 59 47 21 7 5 9 34 24 22 9 8 5 25 23 12 61
10 Middlesbrough 43 17 9 17 51 48 21 10 4 7 27 21 22 7 5 10 24 27 3 60
11 Millwall 43 14 17 12 42 44 22 6 10 6 20 23 21 8 7 6 22 21 -2 59
12 Stoke City 42 14 14 14 45 47 21 9 5 7 27 23 21 5 9 7 18 23 -2 56
13 Luton Town 41 16 8 17 36 46 20 8 6 6 24 22 21 8 2 11 12 24 -10 56
14 Preston North End 43 15 7 21 44 55 22 6 5 11 19 24 21 9 2 10 25 31 -11 52
15 Bristol City 42 15 6 21 42 56 21 7 3 11 15 24 21 8 3 10 26 32 -14 51
16 Blackburn Rovers 43 13 11 19 54 49 21 7 7 7 27 24 22 6 4 12 27 25 5 50
17 Nottingham Forest 42 12 13 17 34 41 21 6 7 8 19 21 21 6 6 9 15 20 -7 49
18 Coventry City 42 12 12 18 40 56 21 9 7 5 24 20 21 3 5 13 15 36 -16 48
19 Birmingham City 42 12 12 18 32 50 21 6 3 12 17 32 21 6 9 6 15 18 -18 48
20 Huddersfield Town 42 12 11 19 45 62 21 8 6 7 27 21 21 4 5 12 18 41 -17 47
21 Derby County 43 11 10 22 31 51 21 6 6 9 16 21 22 5 4 13 15 30 -20 43
22 Rotherham United 41 11 6 24 42 56 22 5 3 14 25 34 19 6 3 10 17 22 -14 39
23 Sheffield Wednesday 43 12 9 22 36 55 22 8 7 7 22 17 21 4 2 15 14 38 -19 39
24 Wycombe Wanderers 42 8 10 24 32 67 21 5 5 11 14 27 21 3 5 13 18 39 -35 34

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.