Championship
Birmingham stand 2nd in the Championship, with 26 points from 14 league games. The fixtures ahead and the head to head with the rivals: the Birmingham picture before you place a bet, plus the markets worth a look.
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Birmingham play in the Championship, were founded in 1875 and answer to Blues.
A good run could take Birmingham to the top of the Championship: Middlesbrough are just two points ahead.
Also, defensively, Birmingham keep it tighter than the typical side: 0.9 conceded per game against 1.46.
In addition, the league average is 1.46 goals per team per game; Birmingham are scoring 1.9.
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| 2 | Birmingham | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 13 | +13 | 26 | – |
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| 3 | Stoke City | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 26 | 0 |
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| 4 | Swansea | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 26 | 0 |
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| 5 | West Brom | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 25 | −1 |
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| 6 | Southampton | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 14 | +15 | 24* | −2 |
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| 7 | Wolves | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 24 | −2 |
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League average this season: 1.46 goals scored per team per game, 2.9 per match (all 24 clubs' goals over their games played). * Points differ from three per win and one per draw: Southampton −4 (a points deduction or adjustment).
Against the top six, Birmingham have collected 4 points in two recent games (all competitions).
4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat from the last five: 12 points for Birmingham (all competitions).
| Date | Competition | H/A | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| Championship | H | Millwall (H) | 3–0 | W | |
| Championship | A | Lincoln (A) | 3–1 | W | |
| Championship | A | Cardiff (A) | 0–1 | L | |
| Championship | H | QPR (H) | 3–0 | W | |
| Championship | H | Preston (H) | 4–0 | W | |
| Championship | A | West Brom (A) | 1–0 | W | |
| Championship | H | Middlesbrough (H) | 2–2 | D | |
| Championship | A | Derby (A) | 2–1 | W | |
| Championship | A | Norwich (A) | 1–2 | L | |
| Championship | H | Wolves (H) | 2–2 | D |
All competitions. Scores are shown with the team in this guide first.
Birmingham are unbeaten in their last seven home games (league matches).
Venue makes little difference to Birmingham, who average 1.9 points at home and 1.9 on the road over 14 games (league matches).
Draws keep turning up for Birmingham: 4 in their last 7 home games (league matches).
| Venue | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts/game |
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| Home | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 1.86 |
| Away | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 1.86 |
| All | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 1.86 |
League matches only, the same games as the season table.
The goals have started to flow for Birmingham, with 2.6 per game across the last five against 1.5 earlier (all competitions).
Defensively Birmingham have turned a corner, allowing 0.4 a game in the last five against 1.3 earlier (all competitions).
| Measure | Last 20 | Last 5 | Before that (15) |
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| Goals scored per game | 1.8 | 2.6 | 1.5 |
| Goals conceded per game | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.3 |
| Total goals per game | 2.9 | 3.0 | 2.9 |
| Over 2.5 goals | 70% | 80% | 67% |
| Both teams scored | 55% | 20% | 67% |
| Clean sheets | 40% | 60% | 33% |
| Failed to score | 10% | 20% | 7% |
All competitions. "Last 20" is the team's last 20 finished matches; "Last 5" the latest 5; "Before that (15)" the 15 matches before the last 5. The Championship average this season is 2.9 goals per match. Across 165 finished Championship matches this season, 61% went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 62%. In Birmingham's 14 Championship matches, 71% went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 57%.
6 goals from 12 appearances is a strong return for August Priske at Birmingham (all competitions).
| Player | Apps | Goals | Assists | G+A |
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| August Priske | 12 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| L. Millar | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Demarai Gray | 12 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Alex Cochrane | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Jay Stansfield | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Carlos Vicente | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Patrick Roberts | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
All competitions since 14 August. Ranked by goals, then assists.
Swansea come into the game against Birmingham on the back of 3 defeats in their last 5 (league matches).
Still, the schedule gets tougher for Birmingham, with two of the next three against top-six opposition.
| Date | Competition | H/A | Opponent | Pos | Form |
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| Championship | H | Swansea (H) | 4th | WLLWL | |
| Championship | A | Stoke City (A) | 3rd | LWDWW | |
| Championship | A | Burnley (A) | 22nd | DLLDD | |
| Championship | H | Bolton (H) | 16th | WDLLW | |
| Championship | A | Charlton (A) | 21st | DLLLL |
Opponent position and form are from the league table.
| Market | Why |
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| Over 2.5 goals | Most recent matches went over 2.5 goals (figures in the goals profile above) |
| Win to nil, clean sheet | Clean sheets come often (goals profile above) |
| Draw cover | Draws are common in recent matches (home and away table above) |
Rules of thumb from recent results, not predictions. Prices are on the bookmaker sites.
Birmingham began life in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, playing from 1877 at Muntz Street. Professional status came in 1885, and three years on the club became football's first limited company, run by a board. In 1892 the side was invited into the new Football League Second Division, adopted the name Birmingham in 1905, and reached a first FA Cup final in 1931, losing 2–1 to West Bromwich Albion. The name Birmingham City came in 1943, and 1954–55 brought the second-tier title. The 1950s then made history: the club became the first English side in European competition, played in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, and were the first English club to reach a European final, losing to Barcelona in 1960 and to A.S. Roma in 1961. They also beat Internazionale home and away in the 1961 semi-final. The low point came in 1989, when the club slid into the Third Division for a first time, and the Kumar brothers bought it that April. In 2011 Birmingham beat favourites Arsenal 2–1 in the League Cup, through goals by Nikola Žigić and Obafemi Martins.
St Andrew's in Birmingham opened on Boxing Day 1906 and holds 29,409. It rose on the site of an old brickworks, ground that fell away to stagnant pools, and was completed in under twelve months. The attendance record dates from February 1939, when Everton visited in the fifth round of the FA Cup, recorded as either 66,844 or 67,341. Floodlights went in during 1956, and were switched on in 1957 for a friendly against Borussia Dortmund. After the last home game of 1993–94 the Kop and Tilton Road terraces came down, and supporters took pieces home as souvenirs. The Railway Stand followed in 1999, and was renamed the Gil Merrick Stand ten years later. Asbestos removal then shut the lower sections of both the Tilton and the Kop, and these reopened fully in November 2023.
Aston Villa are the great enemy. They are Birmingham's nearest neighbours, the fixture is the Second City derby, and the rivalry is long-standing and fierce. Birmingham supporters name Villa as their main rivals, and a 2003 Football Fans Census survey found Villa supporters returning the sentiment, though that was not always the case. The sweetest chapter came in 1963, when the two met in the League Cup final. Villa went in as pre-match favourites, yet Birmingham raised their game, won 3–1 on aggregate and lifted their first major trophy. Wolverhampton Wanderers and West Bromwich Albion, fellow West Midlands clubs, make up the lesser rivalries, but none of them carries the weight of a Villa fixture, and that cup final shows why Birmingham fans circle it.
Birmingham have won only 0 of 7 against Aston Villa, losing 5 (all competitions).
| Rival | P | W | D | L | Goals/game | Last met |
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| Aston Villa | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1.9 |
