Stoke City manager O'Neill looking for three points in Birmingham City showdown

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 19.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bet365 Stadium (30089 seats)

On paper it looks like advantage Stoke City in this match versus Birmingham City, but the guests will battle to the finish. Here's the Tipsway match preview!

Insights:
  • Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Birmingham City have the fewest points from losing position (3) in Championship

This has all the signs of an appealing match with lots of action and energy as both participants are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Get ready!

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Stoke City form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Stoke City have managed 7 wins, 3 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 15 games.

The home team returns to Bet365 Stadium after drawing with Nottingham Forest (placed 7th) on their last time out; the game ended 2-2. Midfield player Baker got a match rating of 8.21 in that game, the max score being 10. Baker scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 57 successful passes (of 61 total).

Ahead of that match, Stoke City won a home game hosting Swansea City (3-0).

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Stoke City's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played six games, won four matches, drawn one and lost one.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Stoke, as the Championship home game vs Luton Town is only four days away.

Stoke City has scored 22 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Stoke City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Birmingham City form and stats

There's been little loot from Birmingham City's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 16 away games in the Championship. Birmingham City only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 5 draws.

The club members enjoyed Birmingham City's previous fixture versus Luton Town (placed 10th), a 3-0 win played at home. Taylor, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.31. Taylor scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Prior to that match, the Birmingham manager Bowyer faced defeat when travelling to AFC Bournemouth and losing 1-3.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Birmingham City when being an outsider away as they are today, we find five matches with the visitors losing four times, drawing zero and winning one game.

The schedule is very tough for Birmingham City now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Reading is waiting in only three days.

Birmingham struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 28 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides faced each other before this season: Birmingham City - Stoke City 0-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Stoke 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

Birmingham CityS. Hogan
S. Hogan
10 goals
Stoke CityJ. Brown
J. Brown
8 goals
Stoke CityN. Powell
N. Powell
5 goals

Stoke City missing players

Birmingham City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Stoke City Birmingham City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 6 Played P 5 16 32
12 7 3 Won W 2 3 9
7 3 2 Drew D 2 5 9
11 5 1 Lost L 1 8 14
38 22 12 Scored S 8 16 37
32 16 8 Conceded C 4 28 49
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 88% 88%
67% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 75% 78%
43% 47% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 44% 56%
17% 20% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 38% 28%
10% 20% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 12% 9%
47% 47% 67% BTTS BTTS 40% 38% 44%
37% 40% 33% Clean Sheets C S 60% 31% 34%
23% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 44% 34%
 
5.3 5.1 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.8 4
5.4 5 6.2 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6.4 5.4
2.3 2.2 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.2 1.9
3 2 2 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
12.2 10.9 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 13.6 11.6 11.6
4.2 4.1 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 3.5 3.5
30% 36% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 29% 33%
 
10.1 9.2 11.2 Shots against (avg) S A 14.4 13 11.2
3.2 2.9 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4.4 4.1
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Birmingham City have the fewest points from losing position (3) in Championship
  • Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 +/- P
1 Fulham 30 19 7 4 78 26 16 10 4 2 40 13 14 9 3 2 38 13 52 64
2 AFC Bournemouth 30 17 7 6 49 26 14 8 3 3 29 15 16 9 4 3 20 11 23 58
3 Blackburn Rovers 32 15 9 8 45 33 16 10 3 3 31 19 16 5 6 5 14 14 12 54
4 Queens Park Rangers 30 15 7 8 46 34 16 8 5 3 23 13 14 7 2 5 23 21 12 52
5 Huddersfield Town 32 13 11 8 40 34 16 8 5 3 22 16 16 5 6 5 18 18 6 50
6 Middlesbrough 30 14 7 9 38 29 16 10 2 4 25 14 14 4 5 5 13 15 9 49
7 Nottingham Forest 31 13 8 10 43 33 16 6 4 6 21 20 15 7 4 4 22 13 10 47
8 West Bromwich Albion 31 12 10 9 34 26 15 8 6 1 21 8 16 4 4 8 13 18 8 46
9 Sheffield United 29 13 7 9 39 33 12 6 2 4 19 11 17 7 5 5 20 22 6 46
10 Luton Town 30 12 9 9 41 36 15 7 5 3 24 17 15 5 4 6 17 19 5 45
11 Preston North End 32 11 12 9 35 35 15 5 8 2 20 17 17 6 4 7 15 18 0 45
12 Coventry City 29 12 8 9 39 34 15 8 3 4 23 14 14 4 5 5 16 20 5 44
13 Stoke City 30 12 7 11 38 32 15 7 3 5 22 16 15 5 4 6 16 16 6 43
14 Blackpool 31 11 8 12 34 37 17 8 2 7 17 18 14 3 6 5 17 19 -3 41
15 Millwall 30 10 10 10 31 33 15 7 5 3 18 13 15 3 5 7 13 20 -2 40
16 Swansea City 30 10 8 12 32 39 15 7 4 4 19 14 15 3 4 8 13 25 -7 38
17 Bristol City 32 10 7 15 42 58 16 6 5 5 20 20 16 4 2 10 22 38 -16 37
18 Birmingham City 32 9 9 14 37 49 16 6 4 6 21 21 16 3 5 8 16 28 -12 36
19 Hull City 31 9 5 17 26 36 16 5 3 8 15 18 15 4 2 9 11 18 -10 32
20 Cardiff City 30 9 5 16 36 50 14 4 1 9 15 20 16 5 4 7 21 30 -14 32
21 Reading 30 8 4 18 36 60 16 4 4 8 23 34 14 4 0 10 13 26 -24 22
22 Peterborough United 29 5 5 19 23 60 14 4 4 6 15 18 15 1 1 13 8 42 -37 20
23 Derby County 31 9 12 10 32 35 15 7 6 2 21 14 16 2 6 8 11 21 -3 18
24 Barnsley 30 3 8 19 19 45 15 3 4 8 9 17 15 0 4 11 10 28 -26 17

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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 30 19 7 4 78 26 16 10 4 2 40 13 14 9 3 2 38 13 52 64
2 AFC Bournemouth 30 17 7 6 49 26 14 8 3 3 29 15 16 9 4 3 20 11 23 58
3 Blackburn Rovers 32 15 9 8 45 33 16 10 3 3 31 19 16 5 6 5 14 14 12 54
4 Queens Park Rangers 30 15 7 8 46 34 16 8 5 3 23 13 14 7 2 5 23 21 12 52
5 Huddersfield Town 32 13 11 8 40 34 16 8 5 3 22 16 16 5 6 5 18 18 6 50
6 Middlesbrough 30 14 7 9 38 29 16 10 2 4 25 14 14 4 5 5 13 15 9 49
7 Nottingham Forest 31 13 8 10 43 33 16 6 4 6 21 20 15 7 4 4 22 13 10 47
8 West Bromwich Albion 31 12 10 9 34 26 15 8 6 1 21 8 16 4 4 8 13 18 8 46
9 Sheffield United 29 13 7 9 39 33 12 6 2 4 19 11 17 7 5 5 20 22 6 46
10 Luton Town 30 12 9 9 41 36 15 7 5 3 24 17 15 5 4 6 17 19 5 45
11 Preston North End 32 11 12 9 35 35 15 5 8 2 20 17 17 6 4 7 15 18 0 45
12 Coventry City 29 12 8 9 39 34 15 8 3 4 23 14 14 4 5 5 16 20 5 44
13 Stoke City 30 12 7 11 38 32 15 7 3 5 22 16 15 5 4 6 16 16 6 43
14 Blackpool 31 11 8 12 34 37 17 8 2 7 17 18 14 3 6 5 17 19 -3 41
15 Millwall 30 10 10 10 31 33 15 7 5 3 18 13 15 3 5 7 13 20 -2 40
16 Swansea City 30 10 8 12 32 39 15 7 4 4 19 14 15 3 4 8 13 25 -7 38
17 Bristol City 32 10 7 15 42 58 16 6 5 5 20 20 16 4 2 10 22 38 -16 37
18 Birmingham City 32 9 9 14 37 49 16 6 4 6 21 21 16 3 5 8 16 28 -12 36
19 Hull City 31 9 5 17 26 36 16 5 3 8 15 18 15 4 2 9 11 18 -10 32
20 Cardiff City 30 9 5 16 36 50 14 4 1 9 15 20 16 5 4 7 21 30 -14 32
21 Reading 30 8 4 18 36 60 16 4 4 8 23 34 14 4 0 10 13 26 -24 22
22 Peterborough United 29 5 5 19 23 60 14 4 4 6 15 18 15 1 1 13 8 42 -37 20
23 Derby County 31 9 12 10 32 35 15 7 6 2 21 14 16 2 6 8 11 21 -3 18
24 Barnsley 30 3 8 19 19 45 15 3 4 8 9 17 15 0 4 11 10 28 -26 17

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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.