Home advantage could prove decisive in Fulham - Birmingham City battle

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 04.July
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Craven Cottage (25700 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Fulham leading Birmingham City by 18 points.

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 Fulham and Birmingham City.

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Fulham form and stats

12 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Fulham have to build on here at Craven Cottage in the Championship.

Fulham enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Queens Park Rangers's place. The match ended 2-1 with Cyrus Christie and Harry Arter scoring. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Leeds United (0-3).

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Fulham's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won two matches, drawn zero and lost one.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Fulham as they are travelling to their away game against Nottingham Forest in the Championship. That match is three days after this one.

A decent goal production from Fulham in their home games so far, with 32 goals from 20 league matches. 23 goals have been conceded.

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Birmingham City form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 6 wins, 7 draws and 7 defeats. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Hull City game have they lost an away game, meaning Birmingham has taken points from eight away matches in a row.

Home advantage was not enough for Birmingham in their previous game, as they lost their Championship-match, hosting Huddersfield Town, 0-3. A 3-3 draw was the result before that, hosting Hull City.

After this away game Birmingham return home for a Championship game against Swansea City. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Birmingham are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 21 away goals from 20 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Birmingham have seen the ball go into their own net 28 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Fulham - Birmingham City 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Fulham victories, two draws and four Birmingham City wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FulhamA. Mitrović
A. Mitrović
23 goals
Birmingham CityL. Jutkiewicz
L. Jutkiewicz
12 goals
FulhamT. Cairney
T. Cairney
8 goals

Fulham missing players

Birmingham City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Fulham Birmingham City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
40 20 7 Played P 7 20 40
19 12 4 Won W 1 6 12
10 2 1 Drew D 2 7 13
11 6 2 Lost L 4 7 15
54 32 10 Scored S 5 21 51
44 23 12 Conceded C 11 28 63
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 71% 90% 95%
75% 85% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 43% 65% 75%
48% 60% 71% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 45% 50%
15% 20% 43% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 25% 28%
10% 10% 29% Over 4.5 O 4.5 29% 15% 20%
50% 45% 43% BTTS BTTS 29% 50% 60%
32% 40% 29% Clean Sheets C S 43% 25% 18%
22% 15% 29% Failed to Score F T 57% 35% 28%
 
5.8 7 5.9 Corners for (avg) C F 4.9 4.2 5
4.6 4 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 6.6 5.7
1.8 1.9 1.9 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.8
4 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
529 295 108 Total Shots T S 78 214 472
182 99 34 Shots on Target S O 19 62 144
30% 32% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 34% 35%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Fulham have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fulham have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Fulham haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leeds United 40 22 9 9 60 33 20 12 5 3 30 14 20 10 4 6 30 19 27 75
2 West Bromwich Albion 40 20 14 6 67 38 19 8 8 3 36 23 21 12 6 3 31 15 29 74
3 Brentford 40 20 9 11 70 33 19 11 5 3 37 15 21 9 4 8 33 18 37 69
4 Nottingham Forest 40 18 13 9 53 40 20 10 4 6 24 20 20 8 9 3 29 20 13 67
5 Fulham 40 19 10 11 54 44 20 12 2 6 32 23 20 7 8 5 22 21 10 67
6 Cardiff City 40 15 16 9 57 51 20 9 9 2 28 17 20 6 7 7 29 34 6 61
7 Derby County 40 16 12 12 55 52 20 11 7 2 30 14 20 5 5 10 25 38 3 60
8 Millwall 41 14 17 10 48 44 20 8 8 4 28 22 21 6 9 6 20 22 4 59
9 Swansea City 40 14 15 11 50 47 20 8 5 7 24 21 20 6 10 4 26 26 3 57
10 Preston North End 40 16 9 15 52 50 21 11 3 7 36 28 19 5 6 8 16 22 2 57
11 Blackburn Rovers 40 15 11 14 55 50 20 9 8 3 27 17 20 6 3 11 28 33 5 56
12 Bristol City 40 15 10 15 53 59 19 7 5 7 26 29 21 8 5 8 27 30 -6 55
13 Sheffield Wednesday 40 14 10 16 49 54 20 7 6 7 17 25 20 7 4 9 32 29 -5 52
14 Wigan Athletic 40 13 11 16 45 50 20 8 6 6 23 22 20 5 5 10 22 28 -5 50
15 Queens Park Rangers 40 14 8 18 59 66 21 8 5 8 38 36 19 6 3 10 21 30 -7 50
16 Reading 40 13 10 17 48 48 20 7 3 10 24 28 20 6 7 7 24 20 0 49
17 Birmingham City 40 12 13 15 51 63 20 6 6 8 30 35 20 6 7 7 21 28 -12 49
18 Charlton Athletic 41 12 10 19 46 55 21 8 5 8 26 24 20 4 5 11 20 31 -9 46
19 Hull City 40 12 9 19 54 68 21 7 3 11 29 35 19 5 6 8 25 33 -14 45
20 Huddersfield Town 40 12 9 19 49 63 20 7 5 8 24 27 20 5 4 11 25 36 -14 45
21 Middlesbrough 40 10 14 16 40 52 20 6 8 6 18 22 20 4 6 10 22 30 -12 44
22 Stoke City 40 12 7 21 50 61 20 8 3 9 29 26 20 4 4 12 21 35 -11 43
23 Barnsley 40 10 11 19 45 62 21 6 8 7 28 33 19 4 3 12 17 29 -17 41
24 Luton Town 40 11 7 22 46 73 19 7 5 7 28 28 21 4 2 15 18 45 -27 40

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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 Leeds United 40 22 9 9 60 33 20 12 5 3 30 14 20 10 4 6 30 19 27 75
2 West Bromwich Albion 40 20 14 6 67 38 19 8 8 3 36 23 21 12 6 3 31 15 29 74
3 Brentford 40 20 9 11 70 33 19 11 5 3 37 15 21 9 4 8 33 18 37 69
4 Nottingham Forest 40 18 13 9 53 40 20 10 4 6 24 20 20 8 9 3 29 20 13 67
5 Fulham 40 19 10 11 54 44 20 12 2 6 32 23 20 7 8 5 22 21 10 67
6 Cardiff City 40 15 16 9 57 51 20 9 9 2 28 17 20 6 7 7 29 34 6 61
7 Derby County 40 16 12 12 55 52 20 11 7 2 30 14 20 5 5 10 25 38 3 60
8 Millwall 41 14 17 10 48 44 20 8 8 4 28 22 21 6 9 6 20 22 4 59
9 Swansea City 40 14 15 11 50 47 20 8 5 7 24 21 20 6 10 4 26 26 3 57
10 Preston North End 40 16 9 15 52 50 21 11 3 7 36 28 19 5 6 8 16 22 2 57
11 Blackburn Rovers 40 15 11 14 55 50 20 9 8 3 27 17 20 6 3 11 28 33 5 56
12 Bristol City 40 15 10 15 53 59 19 7 5 7 26 29 21 8 5 8 27 30 -6 55
13 Sheffield Wednesday 40 14 10 16 49 54 20 7 6 7 17 25 20 7 4 9 32 29 -5 52
14 Wigan Athletic 40 13 11 16 45 50 20 8 6 6 23 22 20 5 5 10 22 28 -5 50
15 Queens Park Rangers 40 14 8 18 59 66 21 8 5 8 38 36 19 6 3 10 21 30 -7 50
16 Reading 40 13 10 17 48 48 20 7 3 10 24 28 20 6 7 7 24 20 0 49
17 Birmingham City 40 12 13 15 51 63 20 6 6 8 30 35 20 6 7 7 21 28 -12 49
18 Charlton Athletic 41 12 10 19 46 55 21 8 5 8 26 24 20 4 5 11 20 31 -9 46
19 Hull City 40 12 9 19 54 68 21 7 3 11 29 35 19 5 6 8 25 33 -14 45
20 Huddersfield Town 40 12 9 19 49 63 20 7 5 8 24 27 20 5 4 11 25 36 -14 45
21 Middlesbrough 40 10 14 16 40 52 20 6 8 6 18 22 20 4 6 10 22 30 -12 44
22 Stoke City 40 12 7 21 50 61 20 8 3 9 29 26 20 4 4 12 21 35 -11 43
23 Barnsley 40 10 11 19 45 62 21 6 8 7 28 33 19 4 3 12 17 29 -17 41
24 Luton Town 40 11 7 22 46 73 19 7 5 7 28 28 21 4 2 15 18 45 -27 40

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