Stoke City fights Birmingham City in Championship battle

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sun 04.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bet365 Stadium (30089 seats)

The Stoke City manager M. O'Neill attacks this game with the team placed 15th so far. In the visitors dressing room Birmingham City and their manager A. Karanka de la Hoz are in 8th place before this match.

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Carabao Cup match only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Aston Villa.

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Stoke City form and stats

Stoke City's first Championship home game here at Bet365 Stadium ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 11 wins, 3 draws and 9 defeats from 23 matches.

A strong away win for Stoke City against Aston Villa the last match, as Sam Vokes were on target. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Preston North End.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Stoke City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won two, drawn three and lost three.

Stoke City has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Birmingham City form and stats

One match played away so far in the Championship for Birmingham City and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 6 wins, 7 draws and 10 losses from 23 games.

Birmingham delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Rotherham United (placed 14th) in their previous match; a Championship game. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Swansea City that ended 0-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Birmingham playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were four Birmingham City wins, two draws and three defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Birmingham City has managed 0 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Stoke City won two, Birmingham City won six and two draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

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Total First Half Second Half
Stoke City Birmingham City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 1 Played P 0 1 3
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
1 1 1 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
2 2 2 Conceded C 0 0 1
67% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 67%
33% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
67% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 67%
67% 100% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
38 9 9 Total Shots T S 0 10 33
8 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 3 10
12% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 20%
Stoke City Last season Birmingham City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
16 11   Won W   6 12
8 3   Drew D   7 14
22 9   Lost L   10 20
62 36   Scored S   21 54
68 26   Conceded C   33 75
91% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 96%
78% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   65% 76%
54% 52%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   39% 48%
30% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   22% 28%
17% 13%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 17%
48% 39%   BTTS BTTS   43% 59%
26% 39%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 15%
35% 30%   Failed to Score F T   43% 30%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.4 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 1.9
2 2   Red cards R C   2 2
 
534 310   Total Shots T S   240 550
165 95   Shots on Target S O   67 162
38% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 33%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bristol City 3 3 0 0 6 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 9
2 Reading 3 3 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 5 9
3 Swansea City 3 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 7
4 AFC Bournemouth 3 2 1 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 7
5 Watford 3 2 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 7
6 Blackburn Rovers 3 2 0 1 11 3 1 1 0 0 5 0 2 1 0 1 6 3 8 6
7 Luton Town 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 6
8 Birmingham City 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
9 Millwall 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 5
10 Brentford 3 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 4
11 Queens Park Rangers 3 1 1 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 4
12 Coventry City 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 4
13 Norwich City 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 4
14 Rotherham United 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 4
15 Stoke City 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 -1 4
16 Cardiff City 3 1 0 2 3 4 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 -1 3
17 Huddersfield Town 3 1 0 2 1 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 3
18 Middlesbrough 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 2
19 Preston North End 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -2 1
20 Barnsley 3 0 1 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 1
21 Nottingham Forest 3 0 0 3 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 -5 0
22 Derby County 3 0 0 3 1 8 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 -7 0
23 Wycombe Wanderers 3 0 0 3 0 8 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 5 -8 0
24 Sheffield Wednesday 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 -8
Last season 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 46 28 9 9 77 35 23 15 5 3 40 14 23 13 4 6 37 21 42 93
2 West Bromwich Albion 46 22 17 7 77 45 23 10 10 3 44 27 23 12 7 4 33 18 32 83
3 Brentford 46 24 9 13 80 38 23 14 5 4 44 18 23 10 4 9 36 20 42 81
4 Fulham 46 23 12 11 64 48 23 15 2 6 40 26 23 8 10 5 24 22 16 81
5 Cardiff City 46 19 16 11 68 58 23 11 9 3 35 21 23 8 7 8 33 37 10 73
6 Swansea City 46 18 16 12 62 53 23 10 5 8 27 23 23 8 11 4 35 30 9 70
7 Nottingham Forest 46 18 16 12 58 50 23 10 5 8 27 27 23 8 11 4 31 23 8 70
8 Millwall 46 17 17 12 57 51 23 10 8 5 33 25 23 7 9 7 24 26 6 68
9 Preston North End 46 18 12 16 59 54 23 12 4 7 39 29 23 6 8 9 20 25 5 66
10 Derby County 46 17 13 16 62 64 23 11 8 4 33 21 23 6 5 12 29 43 -2 64
11 Blackburn Rovers 46 17 12 17 66 63 23 10 9 4 33 24 23 7 3 13 33 39 3 63
12 Bristol City 46 17 12 17 60 65 23 8 7 8 30 33 23 9 5 9 30 32 -5 63
13 Queens Park Rangers 46 16 10 20 67 76 23 9 5 9 42 42 23 7 5 11 25 34 -9 58
14 Reading 46 15 11 20 59 58 23 7 4 12 26 34 23 8 7 8 33 24 1 56
15 Stoke City 46 16 8 22 62 68 23 11 3 9 36 26 23 5 5 13 26 42 -6 56
16 Sheffield Wednesday 46 15 11 20 58 66 23 7 7 9 19 30 23 8 4 11 39 36 -8 56
17 Middlesbrough 46 13 14 19 48 61 23 6 8 9 20 29 23 7 6 10 28 32 -13 53
18 Huddersfield Town 46 13 12 21 52 70 23 8 6 9 26 30 23 5 6 12 26 40 -18 51
19 Luton Town 46 14 9 23 54 82 23 8 7 8 33 37 23 6 2 15 21 45 -28 51
20 Birmingham City 46 12 14 20 54 75 23 6 7 10 33 42 23 6 7 10 21 33 -21 50
21 Barnsley 46 12 13 21 49 69 23 7 9 7 29 33 23 5 4 14 20 36 -20 49
22 Charlton Athletic 46 12 12 22 50 65 23 8 6 9 28 27 23 4 6 13 22 38 -15 48
23 Wigan Athletic 46 15 14 17 57 56 23 10 7 6 33 23 23 5 7 11 24 33 1 47
24 Hull City 46 12 9 25 57 87 23 7 3 13 29 37 23 5 6 12 28 50 -30 45

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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 Bristol City 3 3 0 0 6 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 9
2 Reading 3 3 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 5 9
3 Swansea City 3 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 7
4 AFC Bournemouth 3 2 1 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 7
5 Watford 3 2 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 7
6 Blackburn Rovers 3 2 0 1 11 3 1 1 0 0 5 0 2 1 0 1 6 3 8 6
7 Luton Town 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 6
8 Birmingham City 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
9 Millwall 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 5
10 Brentford 3 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 4
11 Queens Park Rangers 3 1 1 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 4
12 Coventry City 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 4
13 Norwich City 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 4
14 Rotherham United 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 4
15 Stoke City 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 -1 4
16 Cardiff City 3 1 0 2 3 4 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 -1 3
17 Huddersfield Town 3 1 0 2 1 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 3
18 Middlesbrough 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 2
19 Preston North End 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -2 1
20 Barnsley 3 0 1 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 1
21 Nottingham Forest 3 0 0 3 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 -5 0
22 Derby County 3 0 0 3 1 8 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 -7 0
23 Wycombe Wanderers 3 0 0 3 0 8 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 5 -8 0
24 Sheffield Wednesday 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 -8

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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.