Championship

Championship | Gameweek 31

Feb 10, 2023 at 8pm UK

St. Andrew's Stadium

Birmingham
2 - 0
West Brom

Mejbri (10'), Bielik (52')
Trusty (45+4'), Sanderson (45')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Yokuslu (45+4'), Molumby (90+5'), Wallace (90+2')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Friday's Championship clash between Birmingham City and West Bromwich Albion, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Birmingham City

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Swansea 3-4 Birmingham
Saturday, February 4 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

West Bromwich Albion

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: West Brom 1-0 Coventry
Friday, February 3 at 8pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Birmingham City 2-2 West Bromwich Albion

St Andrew's will be rocking on Friday night, and Birmingham will be hoping to earn back-to-back wins for the first time since October, but they can not afford to leak goals against a dangerous Albion attack. West Brom fans have been in a celebratory mood after news of Corberan's new contract broke, and their players have enough quality to keep that party going with maximum points against Blues, although local derbies are never straightforward affairs. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a West Bromwich Albion win with a probability of 45.62%. A win for Birmingham City had a probability of 27.5% and a draw had a probability of 26.9%.

The most likely scoreline for a West Bromwich Albion win was 0-1 with a probability of 12.38%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.9%) and 0-2 (8.68%). The likeliest Birmingham City win was 1-0 (9.05%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.68%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 4.6% likelihood.

Result
Birmingham City	Draw	West Bromwich Albion
27.5% ( -0.03)	26.87% ( -0)	45.62% ( 0.04)

Both teams to score 48.34% (

-0.02)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

43.74% (

-0.01)

56.27% (

0.02)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

22.7% (

-0.01)

77.31% (

0.01)

Birmingham City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

64.11% (

-0.03)

35.89% (

0.03)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

27.33% (

-0.03)

72.67% (

0.04)

West Bromwich Albion Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

75.4% (

0.01)

24.6% (

-0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

40.9% (

0.02)

59.1% (

-0.01)

Score Analysis

Birmingham City 27.51%

West Bromwich Albion 45.62%

Draw 26.87%

Birmingham City	Draw	West Bromwich Albion
1-0 @ 9.05% ( -0) 2-1 @ 6.5% ( -0.01) 2-0 @ 4.64% ( -0.01) 3-1 @ 2.22% ( -0) 3-0 @ 1.58% ( -0) 3-2 @ 1.56% ( -0) Other @ 1.96% Total : 27.51%	1-1 @ 12.68% 0-0 @ 8.83% ( 0.01) 2-2 @ 4.56% ( -0) Other @ 0.8% Total : 26.87%	0-1 @ 12.38% ( 0.01) 1-2 @ 8.9% ( 0) 0-2 @ 8.68% ( 0.01) 1-3 @ 4.16% ( 0) 0-3 @ 4.06% ( 0) 2-3 @ 2.13% ( -0) 1-4 @ 1.46% ( 0) 0-4 @ 1.42% ( 0) Other @ 2.43% Total : 45.62%