The gaffer da Silva looking to whip up Fulham triumph against Birmingham City

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 18.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Craven Cottage (25700 seats)

A win is the only result that will be enough for the Fulham fans in this Craven Cottage duel with Birmingham City, having a solid lead on their opponents in the Championship table.

Insights:
  • Fulham have the most scored goals (64) in Championship
  • Birmingham City have the fewest points from losing position (2) 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.

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Fulham form and stats

Fulham have performed here at Craven Cottage this season with 8 wins from 13 Championship matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 2.

Fulham's previous game was a Championship match also played at home, ending 6-2 versus Bristol City (placed 16th). The home side are looking to build on that result. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Fulham played a great game against Bristol City and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Mitrović was absolutely essential when Fulham beat Bristol City 6-2, scoring three goals. Mitrović, a natural forward, was the champion player for the side in that fixture, earning a rating of 9.5 (out of 10). Mitrović scored three goals, served one assist and hit two key passes.

Before that match, a win away at Reading.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Fulham home games with this odds we find six games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in four wins, one draw and one defeat. Looking at the victories, four matches were won by at least two goals.

The manager da Silva will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Stoke City in only four days.

Fulham can score goals in their home matches. After 13 league matches they have found the net 30 times. Fulham have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Birmingham City form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Birmingham City so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-6 (win-draw-lose).

Birmingham City are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Preston North End (placed 15th). The draw against Preston North End came from a losing position. The Birmingham manager Bowyer brought on Hogan as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Defender Roberts was the best team player with a rating of 7.83. Roberts won 7 of 8 duels.

The game before that, in the FA Cup, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Plymouth Argyle (after extra-time).

You'll want to know how Birmingham City managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found one similar match resulting in zero away wins, zero draws and one home win.

A new game in only four days for Birmingham City, the Championship home match versus Barnsley. Busy days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Birmingham City as they have only managed to score 11 times from 13 away games in the league. 17 goals have been conceded by Birmingham City in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last head to head encounter ended Birmingham City - Fulham 1-4, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (Fulham 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

FulhamA. Mitrović
A. Mitrović
27 goals
FulhamH. Wilson
H. Wilson
8 goals
FulhamN. Kebano
N. Kebano
7 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
25 13 6 Played P 6 13 25
15 8 4 Won W 1 3 7
6 3 1 Drew D 2 4 7
4 2 1 Lost L 3 6 11
64 30 12 Scored S 2 11 24
21 10 4 Conceded C 7 17 33
96% 92% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 85% 84%
84% 85% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 69% 72%
56% 54% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 31% 44%
40% 31% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 23% 20%
32% 23% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 8%
56% 54% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 23% 32%
36% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 38% 40%
12% 15% 17% Failed to Score F T 83% 54% 44%
 
6.1 6.8 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 2.2 3.2 4
3.8 3.5 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 6.5 5.4
1.4 1 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2 1.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
16 17.1 18.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 11.4 11.7
6 5.8 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 3.2 3.2
43% 39% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 27% 30%
 
9.1 8.2 8.7 Shots against (avg) S A 12.3 12.8 11.2
2.9 2.8 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 3.7 3.7
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Birmingham City have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Birmingham City have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Championship
  • Birmingham City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Fulham have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Fulham have scored more than double the goals of Birmingham City.
  • Fulham have the most scored goals (64) in Championship
  • Fulham have the most scored goals in the first half (32) in Championship
  • Fulham have the most scored goals in the second half (32) in Championship
  • Fulham have the the best goal difference (+20) at home in Championship
  • Fulham have the the best goal difference (+43) 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 Fulham 25 15 6 4 64 21 13 8 3 2 30 10 12 7 3 2 34 11 43 51
2 AFC Bournemouth 26 14 7 5 43 23 12 7 3 2 26 13 14 7 4 3 17 10 20 49
3 Blackburn Rovers 26 14 7 5 44 28 14 9 3 2 30 17 12 5 4 3 14 11 16 49
4 Queens Park Rangers 25 13 5 7 38 30 13 7 3 3 17 11 12 6 2 4 21 19 8 44
5 West Bromwich Albion 26 11 9 6 31 20 12 7 5 0 18 6 14 4 4 6 13 14 11 42
6 Middlesbrough 26 12 6 8 31 25 14 8 2 4 20 13 12 4 4 4 11 12 6 42
7 Huddersfield Town 27 11 8 8 33 30 13 7 3 3 19 15 14 4 5 5 14 15 3 41
8 Coventry City 24 10 7 7 33 28 12 7 2 3 20 11 12 3 5 4 13 17 5 37
9 Nottingham Forest 26 10 7 9 33 28 13 4 3 6 14 17 13 6 4 3 19 11 5 37
10 Stoke City 24 10 5 9 28 25 13 6 3 4 17 13 11 4 2 5 11 12 3 35
11 Millwall 25 8 9 8 27 28 12 5 4 3 14 12 13 3 5 5 13 16 -1 33
12 Blackpool 26 9 6 11 27 32 14 6 2 6 12 15 12 3 4 5 15 17 -5 33
13 Luton Town 23 8 8 7 34 29 12 5 4 3 20 15 11 3 4 4 14 14 5 32
14 Sheffield United 23 9 5 9 29 30 10 4 2 4 15 11 13 5 3 5 14 19 -1 32
15 Preston North End 24 8 8 8 27 30 12 5 5 2 16 13 12 3 3 6 11 17 -3 32
16 Bristol City 26 8 6 12 32 45 14 4 5 5 15 17 12 4 1 7 17 28 -13 30
17 Swansea City 23 7 7 9 27 32 11 4 4 3 14 12 12 3 3 6 13 20 -5 28
18 Birmingham City 25 7 7 11 24 33 12 4 3 5 13 16 13 3 4 6 11 17 -9 28
19 Hull City 24 6 5 13 20 29 11 3 3 5 11 14 13 3 2 8 9 15 -9 23
20 Cardiff City 25 6 5 14 26 44 12 2 1 9 9 19 13 4 4 5 17 25 -18 23
21 Reading 25 8 4 13 30 45 13 4 4 5 18 25 12 4 0 8 12 20 -15 22
22 Peterborough United 24 5 4 15 21 48 12 4 4 4 15 15 12 1 0 11 6 33 -27 19
23 Derby County 26 8 11 7 25 24 13 6 5 2 16 11 13 2 6 5 9 13 1 14
24 Barnsley 24 2 8 14 16 36 12 2 4 6 8 15 12 0 4 8 8 21 -20 14

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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 Fulham 25 15 6 4 64 21 13 8 3 2 30 10 12 7 3 2 34 11 43 51
2 AFC Bournemouth 26 14 7 5 43 23 12 7 3 2 26 13 14 7 4 3 17 10 20 49
3 Blackburn Rovers 26 14 7 5 44 28 14 9 3 2 30 17 12 5 4 3 14 11 16 49
4 Queens Park Rangers 25 13 5 7 38 30 13 7 3 3 17 11 12 6 2 4 21 19 8 44
5 West Bromwich Albion 26 11 9 6 31 20 12 7 5 0 18 6 14 4 4 6 13 14 11 42
6 Middlesbrough 26 12 6 8 31 25 14 8 2 4 20 13 12 4 4 4 11 12 6 42
7 Huddersfield Town 27 11 8 8 33 30 13 7 3 3 19 15 14 4 5 5 14 15 3 41
8 Coventry City 24 10 7 7 33 28 12 7 2 3 20 11 12 3 5 4 13 17 5 37
9 Nottingham Forest 26 10 7 9 33 28 13 4 3 6 14 17 13 6 4 3 19 11 5 37
10 Stoke City 24 10 5 9 28 25 13 6 3 4 17 13 11 4 2 5 11 12 3 35
11 Millwall 25 8 9 8 27 28 12 5 4 3 14 12 13 3 5 5 13 16 -1 33
12 Blackpool 26 9 6 11 27 32 14 6 2 6 12 15 12 3 4 5 15 17 -5 33
13 Luton Town 23 8 8 7 34 29 12 5 4 3 20 15 11 3 4 4 14 14 5 32
14 Sheffield United 23 9 5 9 29 30 10 4 2 4 15 11 13 5 3 5 14 19 -1 32
15 Preston North End 24 8 8 8 27 30 12 5 5 2 16 13 12 3 3 6 11 17 -3 32
16 Bristol City 26 8 6 12 32 45 14 4 5 5 15 17 12 4 1 7 17 28 -13 30
17 Swansea City 23 7 7 9 27 32 11 4 4 3 14 12 12 3 3 6 13 20 -5 28
18 Birmingham City 25 7 7 11 24 33 12 4 3 5 13 16 13 3 4 6 11 17 -9 28
19 Hull City 24 6 5 13 20 29 11 3 3 5 11 14 13 3 2 8 9 15 -9 23
20 Cardiff City 25 6 5 14 26 44 12 2 1 9 9 19 13 4 4 5 17 25 -18 23
21 Reading 25 8 4 13 30 45 13 4 4 5 18 25 12 4 0 8 12 20 -15 22
22 Peterborough United 24 5 4 15 21 48 12 4 4 4 15 15 12 1 0 11 6 33 -27 19
23 Derby County 26 8 11 7 25 24 13 6 5 2 16 11 13 2 6 5 9 13 1 14
24 Barnsley 24 2 8 14 16 36 12 2 4 6 8 15 12 0 4 8 8 21 -20 14

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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.