Birmingham vs Sunderland stats and head-to-head

2017-18. Tue, 30 Jan 2018

BirminghamHome

31Full time, half-time 2–0

SunderlandAway

Birmingham won by 2 goals.

LLWLWLeague form, oldest to newestDDLLW

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 14 scored home results and Sunderland 14 scored away results stored in 2017-18. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Birmingham at home: 1.21 points per match (14 measured matches); Sunderland away: 1.00 points per match (14 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Birmingham scored 0.57 per home match (14 measured matches); Sunderland scored 1.14 away (14). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.25 per club appearance across 680 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 10 of 28 pooled club appearances (35.7%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 1. Birmingham: 0 wins; Sunderland: 0 wins; draws: 1.

This fixture has no recorded kickoff time. All results on its calendar date are excluded from this statistical brief.

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 half20

Second half11

The match in numbers

BirminghamSunderland

13Shots14
5Shots on target4
3Corners5
11Fouls9
3Yellow cards3
0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Birmingham

Shots13
On target5
Goals3

38% of shots on target, 60% of those scored.

Sunderland

Shots14
On target4
Goals1

29% of shots on target, 25% 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. This match has no recorded kickoff time, so meetings on its date are excluded.

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

Birmingham wins

Draws

Sunderland wins

Goals / meeting

2.00

2 goals in 1 meeting · small sample

Both scored

100%

1 of 1 meeting · small sample

Over 1.5

100%

1 of 1 meeting · small sample

Over 2.5

0 of 1 meeting · small sample

Over 3.5

0 of 1 meeting · small sample

Birmingham clean sheets

0 of 1 meeting · small sample

Sunderland clean sheets

0 of 1 meeting · small sample

Corners / meeting

8.00

1 with corner data · small sample

Cards / meeting

4.00

1 with card data · small sample

Sunderland v BirminghamSat, 23 Dec 2017 · EFL Championship 2017-181–1HT 1–1

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

Sunderland awayLDWLDL

Sun, 20 Sept@ Man City3–5C 5–6 · Y 1–0
Sat, 5 Sept@ Brentford1–1C 3–4 · Y 2–3
Sat, 22 Aug@ Ipswich1–2C 5–3 · Y 3–0
Sun, 17 May@ Everton3–1C 2–3 · Y 0–3
Sat, 2 May@ Wolves1–1C 3–6 · Y 5–0
Sun, 19 Apr@ Aston Villa3–4C 5–4 · Y 3–1

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, Sunderland away

46%
Both teams scored
League 50%
23 + 23 matches
94%
Over 0.5 goals
League 91%
23 + 23 matches
67%
Over 1.5 goals
League 73%
23 + 23 matches
46%
Over 2.5 goals
League 48%
23 + 23 matches
26%
Over 3.5 goals
League 25%
23 + 23 matches
9%
Over 4.5 goals
League 11%
23 + 23 matches
2.5
Avg total goals
League 2.55
23 + 23 matches
72%
1st half over 0.5
League 70%
23 + 23 matches
26%
1st half over 1.5
League 32%
23 + 23 matches
10.1
Corners per match
League 10.29
23 + 23 matches
65%
Corners over 8.5
League 70%
23 + 23 matches
61%
Corners over 9.5
League 57%
23 + 23 matches
46%
Corners over 10.5
League 45%
23 + 23 matches
3.5
Cards per match
League 3.63
23 + 23 matches
48%
Cards over 3.5
League 49%
23 + 23 matches
30%
Cards over 4.5
League 33%
23 + 23 matches

Stored season context, 2017-18

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, 2017-18

Home and away Overall

Birmingham at home, Sunderland away

Birmingham (home)		Sunderland (away)
19	Position	24
WWDWW	Last 5, oldest to newest	LWDDL
23	Played	23
1.43	Points per match	0.91
43%	Win %	17%
0.91	Scored / match	1.26
1.04	Conceded / match	1.78
1.96	Avg total goals	3.04
30%	Both scored	61%
35%	Clean sheets	13%
44%	Failed to score	30%
–	xG for	–
–	xG against	–

Half by half

BirminghamSunderland

0.481st half scored / match0.57
0.391st half conceded / match0.74
0.432nd half scored / match0.70
0.652nd half conceded / match1.04
30%Leading at half-time35%
65%1st half over 0.578%
22%1st half over 1.530%
65%2nd half over 0.583%
39%2nd half over 1.557%
22%Scored in both halves17%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Birmingham at home, Sunderland away, this season.

Goals

BirminghamSunderland

0.91Scored / match1.26
1.04Conceded / match1.78
1.96Match total / match3.04
57%Scored 1+70%
22%Scored 2+35%
65%Conceded 1+87%
30%Conceded 2+48%
57%Match over 1.578%
35%Match over 2.557%
13%Match over 3.539%

Shots and xG

BirminghamSunderland

13.13Shots for9.96
11.87Shots against14.04
3.70On target for3.13
3.74On target against4.87
7%Shot conversion13%

Corners

BirminghamSunderland

5.39Corners for4.35
5.00Corners against5.52
10.39Match total9.87
74%Over 7.570%
65%Over 8.565%
65%Over 9.557%
52%Over 10.539%
39%Over 11.526%

Cards

BirminghamSunderland

1.61Cards for2.26
1.65Cards against1.52
3.26Match total3.78
78%Over 2.574%
39%Over 3.557%
26%Over 4.535%
9%Over 5.526%
11.70Fouls committed11.83

Referee this season

D Bond

Matches

Cards / match

3.21

29 matches

Over 3.5 cards

45%

29 matches

Over 4.5 cards

24%

29 matches

Fouls / match

22.24

29 matches

The table, 2017-18

#	Club	P	GD	Pts
17	Nott'm Forest	46	-14	53
18	Hull	46	0	49
19	Birmingham	46	-30	46
20	Reading	46	-22	44
21	Bolton	46	-35	43
22	Barnsley	46	-24	41
23	Burton	46	-43	41
24	Sunderland	46	-28	37

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