Rotherham United fights Birmingham City in Championship battle

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Mon 22.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: AESSEAL New York Stadium (12021 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 22nd and the visitors in 18th place.

It's no vacation for neither Rotherham United 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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Rotherham United form and stats

The story so far for Rotherham United, who have the most conceded goals (76) in Championship, at their home stadium (AESSEAL New York Stadium) is 7 wins, 8 draws and 6 defeats.

The fans are hoping that Rotherham United will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 3-4 away loss in the Championship game against Swansea City. Before that, Rotherham United played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Stoke City.

Rotherham United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 30 goals in 21 matches. Rotherham United have conceded 33 from these games.

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Birmingham City form and stats

As the visiting team Birmingham City have produced an overall stat of 6-7-8 so far. The last three matches for Birmingham City have all ended in a draw.

Birmingham City delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Derby County in their previous match; a Championship game. A 1-1 draw at Ipswich Town's stadium before that.

Birmingham City have scored 30 goals on their travels this season, 21 away games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Birmingham City have conceded 33 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Birmingham City - Rotherham United 3-1. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: 1 - 2 - 4 (Rotherham United wins - draws - Birmingham City wins).

Rotherham United missing players

Birmingham City missing players

Rotherham United Birmingham City
Total Home Statistic Away Total
43 21 Played 21 43
49 30 Scored 30 60
76 33 Conceded 33 56
93% 95% Over 0.5 95% 91%
77% 81% Over 1.5 76% 72%
56% 67% Over 2.5 52% 49%
37% 38% Over 3.5 38% 35%
14% 14% Over 4.5 19% 12%
67% 76% Both teams to score 62% 56%
14% 19% Clean Sheet 19% 26%
26% 10% Failed To Score 24% 28%
 
5.1 5.4 Corners For (avg) 5.2 5.7
5.4 4.9 Corners Against (avg) 5.4 4.6
1.6 1.7 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.5 1.9
3 0 Red Cards (total) 3 3
Key stats this season:
  • Birmingham City is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Rotherham United is involved in more matches over 2.5 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 D P
1 Norwich City 43 25 12 6 87 53 22 14 4 4 49 33 21 11 8 2 38 20 34 87
2 Sheffield United 43 24 10 9 71 39 22 14 4 4 40 17 21 10 6 5 31 22 32 82
3 Leeds United 43 25 7 11 70 44 22 14 3 5 37 20 21 11 4 6 33 24 26 82
4 West Bromwich Albion 43 22 10 11 84 58 22 11 7 4 51 30 21 11 3 7 33 28 26 76
5 Aston Villa 43 19 15 9 79 58 21 10 8 3 48 34 22 9 7 6 31 24 21 72
6 Middlesbrough 43 18 13 12 45 36 22 9 6 7 21 16 21 9 7 5 24 20 9 67
7 Bristol City 42 18 12 12 56 47 22 8 8 6 28 24 20 10 4 6 28 23 9 66
8 Derby County 42 17 13 12 61 52 21 11 7 3 35 19 21 6 6 9 26 33 9 64
9 Preston North End 43 16 12 15 64 59 22 8 9 5 38 27 21 8 3 10 26 32 5 60
10 Hull City 43 17 9 17 63 62 21 11 5 5 36 20 22 6 4 12 27 42 1 60
11 Sheffield Wednesday 43 15 15 13 54 57 21 9 8 4 31 25 22 6 7 9 23 32 -3 60
12 Swansea City 42 17 8 17 59 57 21 12 4 5 39 25 21 5 4 12 20 32 2 59
13 Nottingham Forest 43 14 15 14 56 54 21 11 4 6 30 21 22 3 11 8 26 33 2 57
14 Blackburn Rovers 43 15 11 17 59 65 21 9 6 6 28 19 22 6 5 11 31 46 -6 56
15 Brentford 43 14 13 16 67 59 21 12 4 5 45 23 22 2 9 11 22 36 8 55
16 Stoke City 43 11 19 13 41 48 21 8 7 6 22 20 22 3 12 7 19 28 -7 52
17 Queens Park Rangers 43 13 9 21 51 67 22 9 3 10 33 30 21 4 6 11 18 37 -16 48
18 Birmingham City 43 13 17 13 60 56 22 7 10 5 30 23 21 6 7 8 30 33 4 47
19 Reading 43 10 15 18 48 64 21 8 4 9 29 31 22 2 11 9 19 33 -16 45
20 Wigan Athletic 43 11 12 20 47 63 21 9 8 4 26 20 22 2 4 16 21 43 -16 45
21 Millwall 42 10 13 19 47 60 21 7 8 6 25 25 21 3 5 13 22 35 -13 43
22 Rotherham United 43 8 16 19 49 76 21 7 8 6 30 33 22 1 8 13 19 43 -27 40
23 Bolton Wanderers 43 8 8 27 29 74 22 4 4 14 13 34 21 4 4 13 16 40 -45 32
24 Ipswich Town 43 4 16 23 33 72 21 2 11 8 19 28 22 2 5 15 14 44 -39 28

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