Delightful dogfight as daring Swansea City duel with determined Birmingham City

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Swansea.com Stadium (20827 seats)

Get ready for Swansea City - Birmingham City! Never mind the highs and lows so far, this game could be cracking!

Insights:
  • Swansea City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Birmingham City have the fewest points from losing position (4) in Championship

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Swansea City and Birmingham City.

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Swansea City form and stats

Swansea City have played 17 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-4-5 (wins-draws-losses).

Swansea City enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Peterborough United's place. The match ended 3-2 with Piroe and Obafemi (2) scoring. Obafemi, who plays in attack, was the declared top performer for the team in that match, receiving a rating of 7.8 (out of 10). Obafemi scored two goals.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Blackpool (0-1).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Swansea handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, three draws and five defeats.

Swansea City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 23 goals in 17 games. On the other hand, Swansea have conceded 20 goals.

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Birmingham City form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Birmingham City so far with only 18 points returning home. The records show 4-6-9 (win-draw-lose).

Gordon was the last player to score for the away team. Birmingham City haven't scored a league goal in the last 257 minutes.

Birmingham City might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Middlesbrough proved too strong as Birmingham City slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at St. Andrew's Stadium. Midfield player Woods was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.33/10. Woods hit three key passes and had 42 successful passes (of 50 total).

A draw for Birmingham before that, at their own venue hosting Hull City (0-0).

Birmingham City are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is five wins, three draws and five defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Birmingham have scored 21 goals in 19 league games away. Birmingham City's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 33 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Birmingham City - Swansea City 2-1 was the score in these teams' previous H2H game, earlier this season. Swansea-Birmingham City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Swansea City four wins, Birmingham City three wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Swansea CityJ. Piroe
J. Piroe
15 goals
Birmingham CityS. Hogan
S. Hogan
10 goals
Swansea CityJ. Paterson
J. Paterson
9 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
36 17 5 Played P 6 19 38
13 8 3 Won W 1 4 10
8 4 1 Drew D 3 6 11
15 5 1 Lost L 2 9 17
41 23 11 Scored S 5 21 42
52 20 4 Conceded C 7 33 58
86% 82% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 89% 87%
67% 59% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 79% 79%
53% 53% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 53% 55%
33% 35% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 37% 26%
14% 18% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 8%
44% 47% 40% BTTS BTTS 50% 47% 45%
36% 47% 60% Clean Sheets C S 33% 26% 32%
33% 24% 20% Failed to Score F T 33% 37% 37%
 
4 4.1 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.8 4.1
4.4 4.6 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 8 5.8 5.2
1.9 1.7 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 1.8
4 2 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
10.5 10.5 15.4 Shots (avg) S ( 11.3 11.8 11.7
3.5 3.6 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.8 3.5
33% 38% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 29% 31%
 
10.3 9.5 7.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13.8 12.6 10.9
3.9 3.4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.2 4.1
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Birmingham City have the fewest points from losing position (4) in Championship
  • Swansea 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 37 23 8 6 90 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 18 11 4 3 45 16 58 77
2 AFC Bournemouth 35 19 9 7 56 31 18 10 5 3 35 18 17 9 4 4 21 13 25 66
3 Huddersfield Town 38 17 12 9 51 40 18 10 5 3 27 17 20 7 7 6 24 23 11 63
4 Blackburn Rovers 38 17 10 11 49 38 20 12 4 4 35 21 18 5 6 7 14 17 11 61
5 Luton Town 37 17 9 11 53 41 19 10 5 4 32 19 18 7 4 7 21 22 12 60
6 Queens Park Rangers 37 17 8 12 53 45 19 9 6 4 27 17 18 8 2 8 26 28 8 59
7 Middlesbrough 37 17 8 12 48 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 19 5 6 8 19 24 8 59
8 Nottingham Forest 36 16 10 10 53 35 19 9 4 6 30 21 17 7 6 4 23 14 18 58
9 Sheffield United 37 16 10 11 50 40 17 9 4 4 29 13 20 7 6 7 21 27 10 58
10 Millwall 37 15 12 10 39 34 19 10 6 3 23 13 18 5 6 7 16 21 5 57
11 Coventry City 37 15 9 13 48 45 20 10 4 6 29 19 17 5 5 7 19 26 3 54
12 West Bromwich Albion 37 14 11 12 40 34 18 9 7 2 24 12 19 5 4 10 16 22 6 53
13 Blackpool 37 14 10 13 42 41 20 10 3 7 22 19 17 4 7 6 20 22 1 52
14 Preston North End 38 12 15 11 40 44 18 6 9 3 24 21 20 6 6 8 16 23 -4 51
15 Swansea City 36 13 8 15 41 52 17 8 4 5 23 20 19 5 4 10 18 32 -11 47
16 Stoke City 37 12 10 15 46 44 18 7 4 7 25 21 19 5 6 8 21 23 2 46
17 Cardiff City 38 13 7 18 45 56 20 7 3 10 21 23 18 6 4 8 24 33 -11 46
18 Bristol City 38 12 7 19 47 67 19 7 5 7 24 25 19 5 2 12 23 42 -20 43
19 Hull City 38 11 8 19 32 41 18 5 3 10 15 22 20 6 5 9 17 19 -9 41
20 Birmingham City 38 10 11 17 42 58 19 6 5 8 21 25 19 4 6 9 21 33 -16 41
21 Reading 37 10 6 21 43 73 18 5 4 9 25 36 19 5 2 12 18 37 -30 30
22 Barnsley 37 6 10 21 28 52 19 5 6 8 16 21 18 1 4 13 12 31 -24 28
23 Derby County 38 11 12 15 37 44 18 9 6 3 25 16 20 2 6 12 12 28 -7 24
24 Peterborough United 37 5 8 24 29 75 18 4 6 8 19 26 19 1 2 16 10 49 -46 23

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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 37 23 8 6 90 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 18 11 4 3 45 16 58 77
2 AFC Bournemouth 35 19 9 7 56 31 18 10 5 3 35 18 17 9 4 4 21 13 25 66
3 Huddersfield Town 38 17 12 9 51 40 18 10 5 3 27 17 20 7 7 6 24 23 11 63
4 Blackburn Rovers 38 17 10 11 49 38 20 12 4 4 35 21 18 5 6 7 14 17 11 61
5 Luton Town 37 17 9 11 53 41 19 10 5 4 32 19 18 7 4 7 21 22 12 60
6 Queens Park Rangers 37 17 8 12 53 45 19 9 6 4 27 17 18 8 2 8 26 28 8 59
7 Middlesbrough 37 17 8 12 48 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 19 5 6 8 19 24 8 59
8 Nottingham Forest 36 16 10 10 53 35 19 9 4 6 30 21 17 7 6 4 23 14 18 58
9 Sheffield United 37 16 10 11 50 40 17 9 4 4 29 13 20 7 6 7 21 27 10 58
10 Millwall 37 15 12 10 39 34 19 10 6 3 23 13 18 5 6 7 16 21 5 57
11 Coventry City 37 15 9 13 48 45 20 10 4 6 29 19 17 5 5 7 19 26 3 54
12 West Bromwich Albion 37 14 11 12 40 34 18 9 7 2 24 12 19 5 4 10 16 22 6 53
13 Blackpool 37 14 10 13 42 41 20 10 3 7 22 19 17 4 7 6 20 22 1 52
14 Preston North End 38 12 15 11 40 44 18 6 9 3 24 21 20 6 6 8 16 23 -4 51
15 Swansea City 36 13 8 15 41 52 17 8 4 5 23 20 19 5 4 10 18 32 -11 47
16 Stoke City 37 12 10 15 46 44 18 7 4 7 25 21 19 5 6 8 21 23 2 46
17 Cardiff City 38 13 7 18 45 56 20 7 3 10 21 23 18 6 4 8 24 33 -11 46
18 Bristol City 38 12 7 19 47 67 19 7 5 7 24 25 19 5 2 12 23 42 -20 43
19 Hull City 38 11 8 19 32 41 18 5 3 10 15 22 20 6 5 9 17 19 -9 41
20 Birmingham City 38 10 11 17 42 58 19 6 5 8 21 25 19 4 6 9 21 33 -16 41
21 Reading 37 10 6 21 43 73 18 5 4 9 25 36 19 5 2 12 18 37 -30 30
22 Barnsley 37 6 10 21 28 52 19 5 6 8 16 21 18 1 4 13 12 31 -24 28
23 Derby County 38 11 12 15 37 44 18 9 6 3 25 16 20 2 6 12 12 28 -7 24
24 Peterborough United 37 5 8 24 29 75 18 4 6 8 19 26 19 1 2 16 10 49 -46 23

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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.