Birmingham City have come here for an intriguing duel against the home side Rotherham United. Get smart on the match with this full Championship preview!
Not much time to rest for the hosts, as they had a Carabao Cup game only four days earlier. This match was also played here at AESSEAL New York Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Birmingham City have had more rest.
Rotherham United form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Rotherham United's two home games in the Championship so far this season, having collected 4 points here at AESSEAL New York Stadium.
The Rotherham followers got no joy from their last fixture, a Carabao Cup duel also played here at AESSEAL New York Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Morecambe. McCart, defender, was given a rating of 7.45/10 in that game, top of the team. McCart hit two key passes and won 13 of 14 duels.
A 1-1 draw away in the Championship before that, with Queens Park Rangers the opponent.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Rotherham United handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
There will be little rest for Rotherham after this match as they are travelling to Sunderland for a Championship game in only four days.
Rotherham United has scored 5 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Birmingham City form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Championship for Birmingham City with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Wigan Athletic with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Sanderson was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.32. The defender Sanderson won 5 of 7 duels.
A draw for Birmingham City before that, at their own venue hosting Watford (1-1).Birmingham are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 15 matches.
After this away game Birmingham City return home for a Championship game against Norwich City. That game is only three sleeps after this.
0 goals so far away for Birmingham City, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Birmingham City have managed a sequence of 7 consecutive games without defeat (4-3-0) when playing Rotherham.Top Goalscorers
  C. Ogbene 3 goals |  R. Wood 1 goals | J. Lindsay 1 goals |
Rotherham United missing players
Birmingham City missing players
| Rotherham United | Birmingham City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 50% | 80% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4 | 4.6 |
| 8 | 6.5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 5.5 | 5.2 |
| 1.5 | 0.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.5 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.5 | 10 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 8 | 10.2 |
| 3.5 | 6 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.5 | 3 |
| 43% | 42% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 15.8 | 13 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 14.5 | 12 |
| 5.2 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 3 | 2.8 |
| Rotherham United | Last season | Birmingham City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 46 | 23 | Played | P | 23 | 46 | ||
| 27 | 15 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 8 | 14 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 11 | 21 | ||
| 70 | 43 | Scored | S | 23 | 50 | ||
| 33 | 22 | Conceded | C | 42 | 75 | ||
| 91% | 96% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 87% | ||
| 67% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 78% | ||
| 33% | 52% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 48% | 54% | ||
| 15% | 26% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 35% | 28% | ||
| 11% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 11% | ||
| 33% | 52% | BTTS | BTTS | 48% | 48% | ||
| 50% | 35% | Clean Sheets | C S | 26% | 30% | ||
| 26% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 39% | 35% | ||
| 6.8 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.3 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 14.4 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.9 | 11.6 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.6 | ||
| 34% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 30% | ||
| 9 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.6 | 11.1 | ||
| 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sheffield United | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Watford | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Reading | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 9 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Hull City | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 7 | Bristol City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | Norwich City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Preston North End | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Millwall | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 11 | Blackpool | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 12 | Cardiff City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 13 | Rotherham United | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 14 | West Bromwich Albion | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 15 | Wigan Athletic | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 16 | Burnley | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 17 | Queens Park Rangers | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 18 | Birmingham City | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 19 | Luton Town | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 20 | Swansea City | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -4 | 5 |
| 21 | Stoke City | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 22 | Huddersfield Town | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 23 | Middlesbrough | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 3 |
| 24 | Coventry City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
