Birmingham vs Blackburn stats and head-to-head

2020-21. Sat, 2 Jan 2021

BirminghamHome

02Full time, half-time 0–1

BlackburnAway

Blackburn won by 2 goals.

WDWLLLeague form, oldest to newestWLWDW

Restored from the 11 October backup. Current updates are not connected.

St Andrew's. Photo: Bruker:TuborgLight, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped and resized.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Birmingham have 11 scored home results and Blackburn 11 scored away results stored in 2020-21. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Birmingham at home: 0.73 points per match (11 measured matches); Blackburn away: 1.00 points per match (11 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Birmingham scored 0.73 per home match (11 measured matches); Blackburn scored 1.64 away (11). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.11 per club appearance across 522 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 11 of 22 pooled club appearances (50.0%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 4. Birmingham: 1 wins; Blackburn: 0 wins; draws: 3.

Only scored source results before the recorded kickoff enter this statistical brief; same-day records with unknown kickoff order are excluded.

A plain reading of the stored figures. No verified written preview is current for this match.

How the goals came

No timeline: goal minutes, cards and substitutions are not stored for this match. The goals are shown by half instead.

First half01

Second half01

The match in numbers

BirminghamBlackburn

7Shots11
1Shots on target6
7Corners3
13Fouls9
1Yellow cards3
0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Birmingham

Shots7
On target1
Goals0

14% of shots on target, 0% of those scored.

Blackburn

Shots11
On target6
Goals2

55% of shots on target, 33% of those scored.

Counts only. Shot positions are not stored, so no shot map is drawn.

Prediction

Prototype model, not yet validated

No prediction is shown for a finished match. The model keeps no figure from before kick-off, so showing one now would be written with the result already known.

How the model works

Head to head

Meetings before this match. Same-day meetings qualify only when both recorded kickoff times establish an earlier start.

4 valid scored meetings from a bounded window of up to 10 stored meetings, any competition. Clean sheets count each named club separately; a 0–0 gives both clubs a clean sheet.

Birmingham wins

Draws

Blackburn wins

Goals / meeting

2.75

11 goals in 4 meetings

Both scored

75%

3 of 4 meetings

Over 1.5

75%

3 of 4 meetings

Over 2.5

50%

2 of 4 meetings

Over 3.5

50%

2 of 4 meetings

Birmingham clean sheets

25%

1 of 4 meetings

Blackburn clean sheets

0 of 4 meetings

Corners / meeting

8.25

4 with corner data

Cards / meeting

3.50

4 with card data

Blackburn v BirminghamThu, 26 Dec 2019 · EFL Championship 2019-201–1HT 0–0
Birmingham v BlackburnTue, 22 Oct 2019 · EFL Championship 2019-201–0HT 1–0
Birmingham v BlackburnSat, 23 Feb 2019 · EFL Championship 2018-192–2HT 1–0
Blackburn v BirminghamSat, 15 Dec 2018 · EFL Championship 2018-192–2HT 1–0

Latest stored form

These are the clubs’ latest stored results across competitions, independent of this fixture’s date.

Home and away All matches

Birmingham at homeWDLDDD

Sat, 19 Septv Middlesbrough2–2C 5–3 · Y 2–0
Sun, 6 Septv Wolves2–2C 8–4 · Y 2–1
Tue, 1 Septv Southampton1–1C 3–5 · Y 3–2
Tue, 25 Augv Brentford1–6C ––– · Y –––
Sat, 22 Augv Bristol City2–2C 7–3 · Y 2–1
Sat, 25 Aprv Bristol City2–1C 6–5 · Y 3–1

Blackburn awayWWDDLD

Sat, 19 Sept@ Portsmouth2–2C 7–9 · Y 1–2
Sat, 5 Sept@ Preston1–2C 11–3 · Y 2–4
Tue, 1 Sept@ Lincoln0–0C 7–5 · Y 5–1
Fri, 14 Aug@ Wolves2–2C 5–5 · Y 3–1
Sat, 8 Aug@ Burton2–1C ––– · Y –––
Wed, 22 Apr@ Sheffield United3–1C 4–2 · Y 4–2

Any competition, newest first. The form chips read oldest to newest. C = corners, Y = cards (for and against).

Stored season rate grid

Arithmetic averages of both clubs' stored whole-season rates, with each source sample shown. These aggregates can include results after this fixture.

Home and away Overall

Birmingham at home, Blackburn away

43%
Both teams scored
League 45%
23 + 23 matches
98%
Over 0.5 goals
League 90%
23 + 23 matches
67%
Over 1.5 goals
League 68%
23 + 23 matches
43%
Over 2.5 goals
League 41%
23 + 23 matches
24%
Over 3.5 goals
League 19%
23 + 23 matches
4%
Over 4.5 goals
League 9%
23 + 23 matches
2.4
Avg total goals
League 2.31
23 + 23 matches
65%
1st half over 0.5
League 66%
23 + 23 matches
26%
1st half over 1.5
League 28%
23 + 23 matches
8.6
Corners per match
League 9.41
23 + 23 matches
52%
Corners over 8.5
League 62%
23 + 23 matches
35%
Corners over 9.5
League 48%
23 + 23 matches
26%
Corners over 10.5
League 37%
23 + 23 matches
3.0
Cards per match
League 2.94
23 + 23 matches
39%
Cards over 3.5
League 33%
23 + 23 matches
17%
Cards over 4.5
League 20%
23 + 23 matches

Stored season context, 2020-21

Season figures include all stored results in this competition-season. Ratings use the latest stored calculation; these sections can include information after this fixture.

Season comparison, 2020-21

Home and away Overall

Birmingham at home, Blackburn away

Birmingham (home)		Blackburn (away)
18	Position	15
WWWDL	Last 5, oldest to newest	DLDLD
23	Played	23
0.96	Points per match	1.00
26%	Win %	26%
0.78	Scored / match	1.22
1.61	Conceded / match	1.13
2.39	Avg total goals	2.35
48%	Both scored	39%
17%	Clean sheets	26%
39%	Failed to score	35%
–	xG for	–
–	xG against	–

Half by half

BirminghamBlackburn

0.351st half scored / match0.52
0.701st half conceded / match0.43
0.432nd half scored / match0.70
0.912nd half conceded / match0.70
17%Leading at half-time26%
65%1st half over 0.565%
30%1st half over 1.522%
83%2nd half over 0.583%
48%2nd half over 1.539%
13%Scored in both halves35%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Birmingham at home, Blackburn away, this season.

Goals

BirminghamBlackburn

0.78Scored / match1.22
1.61Conceded / match1.13
2.39Match total / match2.35
61%Scored 1+65%
17%Scored 2+35%
83%Conceded 1+74%
39%Conceded 2+30%
70%Match over 1.565%
48%Match over 2.539%
22%Match over 3.526%

Shots and xG

BirminghamBlackburn

11.00Shots for14.30
10.52Shots against11.43
2.87On target for4.74
3.70On target against3.65
7%Shot conversion9%

Corners

BirminghamBlackburn

4.48Corners for4.26
4.00Corners against4.39
8.48Match total8.65
65%Over 7.561%
52%Over 8.552%
30%Over 9.539%
22%Over 10.530%
9%Over 11.522%

Cards

BirminghamBlackburn

1.65Cards for1.57
0.96Cards against1.87
2.61Match total3.43
52%Over 2.574%
26%Over 3.552%
13%Over 4.522%
0%Over 5.54%
14.83Fouls committed11.48

Referee this season

G Ward

Matches

Cards / match

3.46

26 matches

Over 3.5 cards

46%

26 matches

Over 4.5 cards

31%

26 matches

Fouls / match

27.12

26 matches

The table, 2020-21

#	Club	P	GD	Pts
13	Preston	46	-7	61
14	Stoke	46	-2	60
15	Blackburn	46	11	57
16	Coventry	46	-12	55
17	Nott'm Forest	46	-8	52
18	Birmingham	46	-24	52
19	Bristol City	46	-22	51
20	Huddersfield	46	-21	49

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