Peterborough United believe to get a lot of fans in for this game despite that the season has been back-breaking up to now with 4 points and a 23rd spot in the Championship table. Visiting Birmingham City are in 10th place with 11 pts.
- Peterborough United have the the worst goal difference (-10) in Championship
- Birmingham City have not yet lost a game away.
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.
Peterborough United form and stats
The story so far in the Championship for Peterborough United at their home stadium (Weston Homes Stadium) is 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Peterborough with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Cardiff City game, 31 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
The fans are hoping that Peterborough United will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the Championship game against Reading (placed 18th). Midfielder Oliver Norburn was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.41 (out of ten) in that game. Norburn had 51 successful passes (of 59 total).
Prior to that, an away loss at Sheffield United.The Peterborough United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches. Peterborough United's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Birmingham City form and stats
Birmingham City are happy with their away performances in the Championship so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels.
The manager L. Bowyer was unhappy after their last game, a Championship match played at their home ground St. Andrew's Stadium. Birmingham City suffered a 1-4 loss to Fulham (placed 1st). The attacker Lukas Jutkiewicz got a match rating of 7.82 in that game. Jutkiewicz hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times. Birmingham goalkeeper Matija Šarkić took pride in a brilliant day's work vs Fulham, but even with achieving six saves the defeat could not be avoided.
Before that, Birmingham secured a home win against Derby County with the score 2-0.Birmingham have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 7 goals from 3 away matches. Birmingham City are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 1 away goal have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Previous four meetings featuring these sides: Peterborough United won zero, Birmingham City triumphed in two and we saw two draws. zero games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Hogan 3 goals |   H. Burrows 2 goals | S. Dembele 2 goals |
Peterborough United missing players
Birmingham City missing players
| Peterborough United | Birmingham City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 17 | 4 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 71% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 43% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 57% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 67% | 57% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3 | 4.6 |
| 6 | 5.3 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 3.7 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.1 | 7.7 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 14 | 13 |
| 2.6 | 2.3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 5 | 4.1 |
| 39% | 57% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 47% | 34% |
- Birmingham City have not yet lost a game away.
- Birmingham City have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Birmingham City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Peterborough United have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Peterborough United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Peterborough United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Peterborough United have the most conceded goals in the second half (14) in Championship
- Peterborough United have the the worst goal difference (-10) in Championship
- Peterborough United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | Coventry City | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Stoke City | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Huddersfield Town | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 7 | Queens Park Rangers | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | Cardiff City | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 10 | Birmingham City | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 11 | Bristol City | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 12 | Middlesbrough | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 13 | Luton Town | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 14 | Preston North End | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 15 | Millwall | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 16 | Derby County | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 17 | Barnsley | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 18 | Reading | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 7 |
| 19 | Sheffield United | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 20 | Swansea City | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 21 | Hull City | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -5 | 5 |
| 22 | Blackpool | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 5 |
| 23 | Peterborough United | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -10 | 4 |
| 24 | Nottingham Forest | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -7 | 1 |