Championship preview of Swansea City - Birmingham City: Visitors believed to win Delightful dogfight as daring Swansea City duel with determined Birmingham City

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 04.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Swansea.com Stadium (20827 seats)

Swansea City have achieved 6 home triumphs so far, Birmingham City have won 4 away. Which team improves their results after this meeting?

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  • Swansea City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a FA Cup game only four days ago.

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Swansea City form and stats

The overall Championship statistics playing at home this season for Swansea City are 6-2-5 (wins-draws-losses).

An away draw last time out for Swansea City, facing Queens Park Rangers in a game that ended 1-1. Defender Manning got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.4/10. Manning hit six key passes and won 7 of 11 duels.

Ahead of that game, a home loss in the FA Cup against Bristol City (after extra-time). The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Swansea City handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.

The Swansea fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 13 league matches. Swansea 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

4 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Birmingham City playing as the away team in the Championship this season. With the Birmingham City losing streak of five defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

This match can not go any worse than the previous one, a FA Cup home defeat versus Blackburn Rovers with 0-1 on the scoreboard.

Before that, 2-2 away against Blackburn Rovers in the FA Cup. We have checked recent matches where Birmingham have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 12 games were 3 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 8 of this club's 10 most recent league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.

The attacking power of Birmingham City when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 13 league matches away. 17 goals have been conceded by Birmingham in these games.

Head 2 Head

Birmingham City have won at least one point in the last 5 matches (2-3-0) versus Swansea City.

The previous H2H match ended Birmingham City - Swansea City 2-2, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

SwanseaJ. Piroe
J. Piroe
9 goals
Birmingham CityS. Hogan
S. Hogan
9 goals
Birmingham CityT. Deeney
T. Deeney
6 goals

Swansea City missing players

Birmingham City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Swansea City Birmingham City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 13 2 Played P 3 13 28
10 6 1 Won W 3 4 8
9 2 1 Drew D 0 3 8
9 5 0 Lost L 0 6 12
40 20 4 Scored S 6 12 30
38 16 2 Conceded C 2 17 35
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 86%
79% 77% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 62% 68%
57% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 38% 46%
32% 31% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 15% 18%
11% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 15% 11%
57% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 38% 50%
21% 31% 50% Clean Sheets C S 67% 31% 29%
25% 31% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 46% 36%
 
5.9 6 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4.2 4.9
4.5 3.5 2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 4.5 4.9
2.4 2.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.4 2.1
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.6 13.1 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 9.4 10.2
4.3 4.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.7 3
33% 35% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 34% 35%
 
9.4 7.4 4 Shots against (avg) S A 13.7 12.9 12
3.6 2.7 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 4.1 3.6
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Swansea City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Swansea City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 28 18 8 2 55 26 15 11 4 0 32 12 13 7 4 2 23 14 29 62
2 Sheffield United 28 17 6 5 48 24 14 9 3 2 30 13 14 8 3 3 18 11 24 57
3 Middlesbrough 29 13 6 10 44 35 14 7 5 2 20 12 15 6 1 8 24 23 9 45
4 Luton Town 28 12 9 7 36 29 14 4 7 3 19 16 14 8 2 4 17 13 7 45
5 Watford 29 12 8 9 34 31 14 7 3 4 20 13 15 5 5 5 14 18 3 44
6 Blackburn Rovers 28 14 1 13 31 35 13 9 0 4 20 13 15 5 1 9 11 22 -4 43
7 Norwich City 28 12 6 10 40 31 14 5 4 5 19 16 14 7 2 5 21 15 9 42
8 Millwall 27 12 6 9 33 27 13 8 3 2 20 8 14 4 3 7 13 19 6 42
9 Sunderland 28 11 8 9 41 32 14 5 4 5 19 16 14 6 4 4 22 16 9 41
10 West Bromwich Albion 28 11 8 9 38 30 14 6 4 4 20 14 14 5 4 5 18 16 8 41
11 Preston North End 28 11 7 10 26 31 14 3 4 7 8 18 14 8 3 3 18 13 -5 40
12 Swansea City 28 10 9 9 40 38 13 6 2 5 20 16 15 4 7 4 20 22 2 39
13 Coventry City 28 10 8 10 31 31 15 7 4 4 19 14 13 3 4 6 12 17 0 38
14 Queens Park Rangers 29 10 8 11 31 37 14 5 4 5 17 18 15 5 4 6 14 19 -6 38
15 Hull City 29 10 7 12 36 44 15 5 3 7 17 23 14 5 4 5 19 21 -8 37
16 Reading 28 11 4 13 31 42 13 8 2 3 20 14 15 3 2 10 11 28 -11 37
17 Bristol City 28 8 9 11 37 38 15 5 4 6 19 17 13 3 5 5 18 21 -1 33
18 Stoke City 28 9 6 13 33 37 14 4 3 7 17 18 14 5 3 6 16 19 -4 33
19 Birmingham City 28 8 8 12 30 35 15 4 5 6 18 18 13 4 3 6 12 17 -5 32
20 Rotherham United 28 7 10 11 33 40 13 5 4 4 24 17 15 2 6 7 9 23 -7 31
21 Cardiff City 29 7 8 14 21 32 15 4 5 6 11 13 14 3 3 8 10 19 -11 29
22 Huddersfield Town 27 7 5 15 25 35 14 5 2 7 13 14 13 2 3 8 12 21 -10 26
23 Blackpool 27 6 8 13 28 40 13 3 3 7 14 19 14 3 5 6 14 21 -12 26
24 Wigan Athletic 28 6 7 15 27 49 15 2 3 10 11 30 13 4 4 5 16 19 -22 25

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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 Burnley 28 18 8 2 55 26 15 11 4 0 32 12 13 7 4 2 23 14 29 62
2 Sheffield United 28 17 6 5 48 24 14 9 3 2 30 13 14 8 3 3 18 11 24 57
3 Middlesbrough 29 13 6 10 44 35 14 7 5 2 20 12 15 6 1 8 24 23 9 45
4 Luton Town 28 12 9 7 36 29 14 4 7 3 19 16 14 8 2 4 17 13 7 45
5 Watford 29 12 8 9 34 31 14 7 3 4 20 13 15 5 5 5 14 18 3 44
6 Blackburn Rovers 28 14 1 13 31 35 13 9 0 4 20 13 15 5 1 9 11 22 -4 43
7 Norwich City 28 12 6 10 40 31 14 5 4 5 19 16 14 7 2 5 21 15 9 42
8 Millwall 27 12 6 9 33 27 13 8 3 2 20 8 14 4 3 7 13 19 6 42
9 Sunderland 28 11 8 9 41 32 14 5 4 5 19 16 14 6 4 4 22 16 9 41
10 West Bromwich Albion 28 11 8 9 38 30 14 6 4 4 20 14 14 5 4 5 18 16 8 41
11 Preston North End 28 11 7 10 26 31 14 3 4 7 8 18 14 8 3 3 18 13 -5 40
12 Swansea City 28 10 9 9 40 38 13 6 2 5 20 16 15 4 7 4 20 22 2 39
13 Coventry City 28 10 8 10 31 31 15 7 4 4 19 14 13 3 4 6 12 17 0 38
14 Queens Park Rangers 29 10 8 11 31 37 14 5 4 5 17 18 15 5 4 6 14 19 -6 38
15 Hull City 29 10 7 12 36 44 15 5 3 7 17 23 14 5 4 5 19 21 -8 37
16 Reading 28 11 4 13 31 42 13 8 2 3 20 14 15 3 2 10 11 28 -11 37
17 Bristol City 28 8 9 11 37 38 15 5 4 6 19 17 13 3 5 5 18 21 -1 33
18 Stoke City 28 9 6 13 33 37 14 4 3 7 17 18 14 5 3 6 16 19 -4 33
19 Birmingham City 28 8 8 12 30 35 15 4 5 6 18 18 13 4 3 6 12 17 -5 32
20 Rotherham United 28 7 10 11 33 40 13 5 4 4 24 17 15 2 6 7 9 23 -7 31
21 Cardiff City 29 7 8 14 21 32 15 4 5 6 11 13 14 3 3 8 10 19 -11 29
22 Huddersfield Town 27 7 5 15 25 35 14 5 2 7 13 14 13 2 3 8 12 21 -10 26
23 Blackpool 27 6 8 13 28 40 13 3 3 7 14 19 14 3 5 6 14 21 -12 26
24 Wigan Athletic 28 6 7 15 27 49 15 2 3 10 11 30 13 4 4 5 16 19 -22 25

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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.