FA Cup betting previews: Predictions and stats for the Forest Green Rovers - Birmingham City game

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Competition: England FA Cup
Competition: Tue 17.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The New Lawn (5147 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Forest Green Rovers & Birmingham City face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Forest Green Rovers form and stats

This is not the first game this season in the FA Cup for Forest Green Rovers, as the manager Burchnall led his troops to eliminate South Shields and Alvechurch, and reach the 3rd Round. Forest Green Rovers participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the 1st round.

Forest Green Rovers's struggle is real here at The New Lawn with only 12 points collected from 13 League One games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 4-0-9.

The Forest Green Rovers manager Burchnall and his crew return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Exeter City. Midfielder Stevenson was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.45 (out of ten) in that game. Stevenson had 18 successful passes (of 22 total).

Preceding that match was the home League One game against Port Vale that was lost 1-3.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Rovers as they have a new game in only four days, a League One match thankfully also at home. Milton Keynes Dons are visiting.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Forest Green Rovers here at The New Lawn in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 13 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Forest Green Rovers defense is not exactly impregnable. 23 goals conceded from 13 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Birmingham City form and stats

They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.

4-3-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Birmingham City in their Championship matches away.

Birmingham City lost away at Bristol City (2-4) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. As you can tell from the result, the match against Bristol City was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? Trusty, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.04. Trusty won 9 of 11 duels.

A 1-3 loss hosting Middlesbrough before that.

A new game in only four days for Birmingham, the Championship home match versus Preston North End. Busy days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Birmingham City as they have only managed to score 12 times from 13 away games in the league. Birmingham City have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Birmingham CityS. Hogan
S. Hogan
9 goals
Birmingham CityT. Deeney
T. Deeney
6 goals
Forest Green RoversJ. March
J. March
4 goals

Forest Green Rovers missing players

Birmingham City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Forest Green Rovers Birmingham City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   12 25
8 6   Won W   4 7
6 1   Drew D   2 7
11 6   Lost L   6 11
29 16   Scored S   12 27
40 19   Conceded C   17 32
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 88%
84% 77%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 68%
52% 62%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 44%
28% 23%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 20%
12% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 12%
64% 62%   BTTS BTTS   42% 48%
12% 15%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 28%
24% 23%   Failed to Score F T   42% 36%
 
4.4 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 4.8
6.4 5.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 4.8
2.4 2.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.1
2 2   Red cards R C   0 0
 
9.7 10.7   Shots (avg) S (   9.2 9.8
3.1 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.7 2.9
37% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 38%
 
13.4 11.1   Shots against (avg) S A   12.8 12.2
3.5 2.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4 3.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Plymouth Argyle 27 17 7 3 47 27 13 12 0 1 25 9 14 5 7 2 22 18 20 58
2 Sheffield Wednesday 26 16 7 3 46 18 13 8 4 1 30 11 13 8 3 2 16 7 28 55
3 Ipswich Town 26 14 9 3 48 26 13 7 5 1 23 10 13 7 4 2 25 16 22 51
4 Derby County 25 12 8 5 36 19 12 8 2 2 23 10 13 4 6 3 13 9 17 44
5 Bolton Wanderers 26 12 8 6 33 20 14 8 4 2 19 8 12 4 4 4 14 12 13 44
6 Barnsley 24 12 4 8 30 23 12 7 1 4 17 13 12 5 3 4 13 10 7 40
7 Wycombe Wanderers 26 11 5 10 33 27 13 6 3 4 19 13 13 5 2 6 14 14 6 38
8 Bristol Rovers 27 10 7 10 42 45 13 5 4 4 21 22 14 5 3 6 21 23 -3 37
9 Peterborough United 24 11 2 11 39 31 12 8 1 3 24 9 12 3 1 8 15 22 8 35
10 Exeter City 26 9 8 9 39 37 13 5 4 4 19 17 13 4 4 5 20 20 2 35
11 Port Vale 24 10 5 9 27 32 11 5 3 3 13 11 13 5 2 6 14 21 -5 35
12 Charlton Athletic 26 8 10 8 40 36 14 6 5 3 26 17 12 2 5 5 14 19 4 34
13 Oxford United 25 8 8 9 31 28 12 4 3 5 16 13 13 4 5 4 15 15 3 32
14 Shrewsbury Town 25 9 5 11 27 29 13 5 2 6 13 17 12 4 3 5 14 12 -2 32
15 Portsmouth 23 7 10 6 29 30 12 3 7 2 17 15 11 4 3 4 12 15 -1 31
16 Lincoln City 25 6 12 7 24 30 12 2 10 0 13 10 13 4 2 7 11 20 -6 30
17 Fleetwood Town 25 6 11 8 29 27 12 2 5 5 11 12 13 4 6 3 18 15 2 29
18 Cheltenham Town 25 8 4 13 21 30 12 5 1 6 13 16 13 3 3 7 8 14 -9 28
19 Accrington Stanley 24 6 7 11 23 38 12 3 5 4 16 18 12 3 2 7 7 20 -15 25
20 Morecambe 25 5 9 11 26 35 13 4 5 4 16 16 12 1 4 7 10 19 -9 24
21 Cambridge United 25 7 3 15 22 41 13 5 2 6 12 16 12 2 1 9 10 25 -19 24
22 Milton Keynes Dons 25 6 4 15 23 36 13 2 3 8 10 20 12 4 1 7 13 16 -13 22
23 Burton Albion 26 5 7 14 32 54 13 3 4 6 14 23 13 2 3 8 18 31 -22 22
24 Forest Green Rovers 26 5 6 15 22 50 13 4 0 9 10 23 13 1 6 6 12 27 -28 21
  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 27 17 8 2 53 25 14 10 4 0 30 11 13 7 4 2 23 14 28 59
2 Sheffield United 27 16 6 5 47 24 13 8 3 2 29 13 14 8 3 3 18 11 23 54
3 Watford 27 12 7 8 33 28 13 7 2 4 19 12 14 5 5 4 14 16 5 43
4 Middlesbrough 27 12 6 9 42 33 13 6 5 2 18 12 14 6 1 7 24 21 9 42
5 Blackburn Rovers 27 14 0 13 30 34 13 9 0 4 20 13 14 5 0 9 10 21 -4 42
6 West Bromwich Albion 27 11 8 8 37 28 14 6 4 4 20 14 13 5 4 4 17 14 9 41
7 Norwich City 27 11 6 10 36 29 14 5 4 5 19 16 13 6 2 5 17 13 7 39
8 Millwall 26 11 6 9 32 27 13 8 3 2 20 8 13 3 3 7 12 19 5 39
9 Luton Town 26 10 9 7 33 29 13 3 7 3 18 16 13 7 2 4 15 13 4 39
10 Sunderland 27 10 8 9 39 32 13 4 4 5 17 16 14 6 4 4 22 16 7 38
11 Swansea City 27 10 8 9 39 37 13 6 2 5 20 16 14 4 6 4 19 21 2 38
12 Queens Park Rangers 27 10 7 10 30 33 13 5 3 5 16 17 14 5 4 5 14 16 -3 37
13 Preston North End 27 10 7 10 24 30 14 3 4 7 8 18 13 7 3 3 16 12 -6 37
14 Reading 27 11 4 12 31 38 13 8 2 3 20 14 14 3 2 9 11 24 -7 37
15 Coventry City 26 9 8 9 27 27 13 6 4 3 15 10 13 3 4 6 12 17 0 35
16 Hull City 27 9 7 11 33 43 14 4 3 7 14 23 13 5 4 4 19 20 -10 34
17 Bristol City 27 8 8 11 36 37 14 5 3 6 18 16 13 3 5 5 18 21 -1 32
18 Birmingham City 27 8 8 11 29 33 14 4 5 5 17 16 13 4 3 6 12 17 -4 32
19 Rotherham United 27 7 9 11 32 39 13 5 4 4 24 17 14 2 5 7 8 22 -7 30
20 Stoke City 27 8 6 13 29 37 13 3 3 7 13 18 14 5 3 6 16 19 -8 30
21 Cardiff City 27 7 8 12 21 30 14 4 5 5 11 12 13 3 3 7 10 18 -9 29
22 Huddersfield Town 26 7 5 14 25 33 14 5 2 7 13 14 12 2 3 7 12 19 -8 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 27 6 7 14 27 47 14 2 3 9 11 28 13 4 4 5 16 19 -20 25

Birmingham City:
England:
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 27 17 8 2 53 25 14 10 4 0 30 11 13 7 4 2 23 14 28 59
2 Sheffield United 27 16 6 5 47 24 13 8 3 2 29 13 14 8 3 3 18 11 23 54
3 Watford 27 12 7 8 33 28 13 7 2 4 19 12 14 5 5 4 14 16 5 43
4 Middlesbrough 27 12 6 9 42 33 13 6 5 2 18 12 14 6 1 7 24 21 9 42
5 Blackburn Rovers 27 14 0 13 30 34 13 9 0 4 20 13 14 5 0 9 10 21 -4 42
6 West Bromwich Albion 27 11 8 8 37 28 14 6 4 4 20 14 13 5 4 4 17 14 9 41
7 Norwich City 27 11 6 10 36 29 14 5 4 5 19 16 13 6 2 5 17 13 7 39
8 Millwall 26 11 6 9 32 27 13 8 3 2 20 8 13 3 3 7 12 19 5 39
9 Luton Town 26 10 9 7 33 29 13 3 7 3 18 16 13 7 2 4 15 13 4 39
10 Sunderland 27 10 8 9 39 32 13 4 4 5 17 16 14 6 4 4 22 16 7 38
11 Swansea City 27 10 8 9 39 37 13 6 2 5 20 16 14 4 6 4 19 21 2 38
12 Queens Park Rangers 27 10 7 10 30 33 13 5 3 5 16 17 14 5 4 5 14 16 -3 37
13 Preston North End 27 10 7 10 24 30 14 3 4 7 8 18 13 7 3 3 16 12 -6 37
14 Reading 27 11 4 12 31 38 13 8 2 3 20 14 14 3 2 9 11 24 -7 37
15 Coventry City 26 9 8 9 27 27 13 6 4 3 15 10 13 3 4 6 12 17 0 35
16 Hull City 27 9 7 11 33 43 14 4 3 7 14 23 13 5 4 4 19 20 -10 34
17 Bristol City 27 8 8 11 36 37 14 5 3 6 18 16 13 3 5 5 18 21 -1 32
18 Birmingham City 27 8 8 11 29 33 14 4 5 5 17 16 13 4 3 6 12 17 -4 32
19 Rotherham United 27 7 9 11 32 39 13 5 4 4 24 17 14 2 5 7 8 22 -7 30
20 Stoke City 27 8 6 13 29 37 13 3 3 7 13 18 14 5 3 6 16 19 -8 30
21 Cardiff City 27 7 8 12 21 30 14 4 5 5 11 12 13 3 3 7 10 18 -9 29
22 Huddersfield Town 26 7 5 14 25 33 14 5 2 7 13 14 12 2 3 7 12 19 -8 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 27 6 7 14 27 47 14 2 3 9 11 28 13 4 4 5 16 19 -20 25

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