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Birmingham v Blackburn, EFL Championship, Sat, 1 Apr 2023: statistics and head to head

2022-23. Sat, 1 Apr 2023

10Full time, half-time 0–0

Birmingham won by 1 goal.

LWLLLLeague form, oldest to newestDDLDW

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 19 scored home results and Blackburn 19 scored away results stored in 2022-23. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Birmingham at home: 1.21 points per match (19 measured matches); Blackburn away: 1.11 points per match (19 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Birmingham scored 1.16 per home match (19 measured matches); Blackburn scored 0.95 away (19). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.21 per club appearance across 912 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 16 of 38 pooled club appearances (42.1%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 9. Birmingham: 1 wins; Blackburn: 5 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 half00
Second half10

The match in numbers

BirminghamBlackburn
  • 10Shots17
  • 3Shots on target8
  • 4Corners7
  • 3Fouls7
  • 3Yellow cards3
  • 0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Birmingham

  • Shots10
  • On target3
  • Goals1

30% of shots on target, 33% of those scored.

Blackburn

  • Shots17
  • On target8
  • Goals0

47% of shots on target, 0% 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.

9 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.

1
Birmingham wins
3
Draws
5
Blackburn wins
Goals / meeting
3.33
30 goals in 9 meetings
Both scored
67%
6 of 9 meetings
Over 1.5
89%
8 of 9 meetings
Over 2.5
67%
6 of 9 meetings
Over 3.5
44%
4 of 9 meetings
Birmingham clean sheets
11%
1 of 9 meetings
Blackburn clean sheets
22%
2 of 9 meetings
Corners / meeting
9.00
9 with corner data
Cards / meeting
2.89
9 with card data
  1. Blackburn v BirminghamSat, 22 Oct 2022 · EFL Championship 2022-232–1HT 2–0
  2. Birmingham v BlackburnSat, 7 May 2022 · EFL Championship 2021-221–2HT 0–2
  3. Blackburn v BirminghamSat, 18 Dec 2021 · EFL Championship 2021-224–0HT 1–0
  4. Blackburn v BirminghamSat, 8 May 2021 · EFL Championship 2020-215–2HT 2–1
  5. Birmingham v BlackburnSat, 2 Jan 2021 · EFL Championship 2020-210–2HT 0–1
  6. Blackburn v BirminghamThu, 26 Dec 2019 · EFL Championship 2019-201–1HT 0–0
  7. Birmingham v BlackburnTue, 22 Oct 2019 · EFL Championship 2019-201–0HT 1–0
  8. Birmingham v BlackburnSat, 23 Feb 2019 · EFL Championship 2018-192–2HT 1–0
  9. 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.

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.

Birmingham at home, Blackburn away
  • 44%
    Both teams scored
    League 48%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 94%
    Over 0.5 goals
    League 91%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 70%
    Over 1.5 goals
    League 70%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 43%
    Over 2.5 goals
    League 44%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 17%
    Over 3.5 goals
    League 22%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 7%
    Over 4.5 goals
    League 10%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 2.3
    Avg total goals
    League 2.43
    23 + 23 matches
  • 54%
    1st half over 0.5
    League 68%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 28%
    1st half over 1.5
    League 29%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 10.2
    Corners per match
    League 10.01
    23 + 23 matches
  • 65%
    Corners over 8.5
    League 66%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 54%
    Corners over 9.5
    League 54%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 41%
    Corners over 10.5
    League 41%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 4.3
    Cards per match
    League 3.91
    23 + 23 matches
  • 59%
    Cards over 3.5
    League 56%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 41%
    Cards over 4.5
    League 37%
    23 + 23 matches

Stored season context, 2022-23

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, 2022-23

Birmingham at home, Blackburn away
Birmingham (home)Blackburn (away)
17Position7
WWDLLLast 5, oldest to newestLLDDW
23Played23
1.17Points per match1.13
30%Win %30%
1.04Scored / match1.09
1.04Conceded / match1.52
2.09Avg total goals2.61
44%Both scored44%
35%Clean sheets17%
35%Failed to score39%
–xG for–
–xG against–

Half by half

BirminghamBlackburn
  • 0.611st half scored / match0.48
  • 0.221st half conceded / match0.61
  • 0.432nd half scored / match0.61
  • 0.832nd half conceded / match0.91
  • 30%Leading at half-time30%
  • 44%1st half over 0.565%
  • 30%1st half over 1.526%
  • 78%2nd half over 0.583%
  • 30%2nd half over 1.552%
  • 13%Scored in both halves17%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Birmingham at home, Blackburn away, this season.

Goals

BirminghamBlackburn
  • 1.04Scored / match1.09
  • 1.04Conceded / match1.52
  • 2.09Match total / match2.61
  • 65%Scored 1+61%
  • 30%Scored 2+30%
  • 65%Conceded 1+83%
  • 35%Conceded 2+39%
  • 65%Match over 1.574%
  • 39%Match over 2.548%
  • 13%Match over 3.522%

Shots and xG

BirminghamBlackburn
  • 10.96Shots for8.87
  • 11.70Shots against12.91
  • 3.35On target for3.61
  • 3.39On target against4.70
  • 10%Shot conversion12%

Corners

BirminghamBlackburn
  • 5.22Corners for3.61
  • 5.83Corners against5.74
  • 11.04Match total9.35
  • 91%Over 7.570%
  • 78%Over 8.552%
  • 70%Over 9.539%
  • 57%Over 10.526%
  • 39%Over 11.522%

Cards

BirminghamBlackburn
  • 1.96Cards for2.17
  • 2.22Cards against2.17
  • 4.17Match total4.35
  • 78%Over 2.591%
  • 57%Over 3.561%
  • 44%Over 4.539%
  • 30%Over 5.530%
  • 11.61Fouls committed10.43
Referee this season
A Davies
Matches
18
Cards / match
3.83
18 matches
Over 3.5 cards
44%
18 matches
Over 4.5 cards
28%
18 matches
Fouls / match
17.22
18 matches

The table, 2022-23

#ClubPGDPts
5Coventry461270
6Sunderland461369
7Blackburn46-269
8Millwall46768
9West Brom46666
15Hull46-1058
16Stoke46153
17Birmingham46-1153
18Huddersfield46-1553
19Rotherham46-1150
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