Aston Villa FC vs Birmingham City FC, Championship 2018-19 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Aston Villa FC vs Birmingham City FC — Championship .
- Aston Villa FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Birmingham City FC 46 games · 64 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Robert Jones
- Referee Michael George
- Referee Darren England
- Referee Adam Matthews
22 games this season 🟨 1.0/game ⚽ 5.5 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Coventry City FC 46 95 2 Ipswich Town FC 46 84 3 Millwall FC 46 83 4 Southampton FC 46 80 5 Middlesbrough FC 46 80 6 Hull City AFC 46 73 7 Wrexham AFC 46 71 8 Derby County FC 46 69 9 Norwich City FC 46 65 10 Birmingham City FC 46 64 11 Swansea City AFC 46 64 12 Bristol City FC 46 62 13 Sheffield United FC 46 60 14 Preston North End FC 46 60 15 Queens Park Rangers FC 46 58 16 Watford FC 46 57 17 Stoke City FC 46 55 18 Portsmouth FC 46 55 19 Charlton Athletic FC 46 53 20 Blackburn Rovers FC 46 52 21 West Bromwich Albion FC 46 51 22 Oxford United FC 46 47 23 Leicester City FC 46 46 24 Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 0 Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 25 Nov Birmingham City FC H 4–2 W 10 Nov Derby County FC A 3–0 W 02 Nov Bolton Wanderers FC H 2–0 W 26 Oct Queens Park Rangers FC A 0–1 L 23 Oct Norwich City FC A 1–2 L 20 Oct Swansea City AFC H 1–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 25 Nov Aston Villa FC A 2–4 L 10 Nov Hull City AFC H 3–3 D 03 Nov Derby County FC A 1–3 L 27 Oct Sheffield Wednesday FC H 3–1 W 23 Oct Reading FC H 2–1 W 20 Oct Stoke City FC A 1–0 W Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history22% Clean Sheets
Birmingham City FC this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Birmingham City FC0-152/116-303/231-451/246-601/–61-751/176+1/1■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Aston Villa FC and Birmingham City FC has kicked off!
- 5' Aston Villa FC is showing some good football. However, Aston Villa FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 10' Birmingham City FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 15' Aston Villa FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 20' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 25' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 28' GOAL! Lukas Jutkiewicz scores on 28. Assisted by Connor Mahoney
- 33' Charlie Lakin has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 47 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 37' GOAL! Jonathan Kodjia scores on 37.
- 39' Sensational shot from Jack Grealish. Aston Villa FC is back in the lead.
- 41' Albert Adomah is having his name booked by the referee on 41.
- 46' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Aston Villa FC that had 337 games and scored 373 goals.
- 51' Goal! Tammy Abraham scores his 86 goal in 337 matches.
- 56' It’s high time Dean Smith made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 57' GOAL! Kristian Pedersen scores on 57. Assisted by Che Adams
- 62' Wes Harding is having his name booked by the referee on 62.
- 65' Yannick Bolasie is replacing Albert Adomah for the Aston Villa FC side.
- 67' The Birmingham City FC manager makes a substitution. Connor Mahoney departs to be replaced by Jacques Maghoma.
- 69' It is a substitution in Aston Villa FC team. Glenn Whelan is replaced by Henri Lansbury on 69 minute.
- 74' Birmingham City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 74.
- 76' GOAL! Alan Hutton scores on 76.
- 77' The referee shows Aston Villa FC player a Yellow card on 77.
- 77' Another substitution for Aston Villa FC to replace Henri Lansbury by Ahmed El Mohamady on 77 minute.
- 78' The supporters are chanting for Charlie Lakin. He replaces Craig Gardner on 78 minute.
- 83' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Maxime Colin suffering a number of foals already.
- 88' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 89' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Lukas Jutkiewicz.
- 89' Omar Bogle has so much to prove this time. He replaces Lukas Jutkiewicz on 89 minute.
- 90' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Maikel Kieftenbeld.
- Another three points for Aston Villa FC.
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Lineups
Aston Villa FC Lineups
Starting XI
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- 21
- 5
- 3
- 4
- 10
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Albert Adomah ↓ Yannick Bolasie 65'
- 14
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6
Glenn Whelan ↓ Henri Lansbury 69'
- 26
- 1
Bench
- 27
- 31
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8
Henri Lansbury ↑ 69'
- 9
- 38
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Yannick Bolasie ↑ 65'
- 22
Coach Dean SmithBirmingham City FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 1
- 28
- 45
- 5
- 6
- 9
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8
Craig Gardner ↓ Charlie Lakin 78'
- 12
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10
Lukas Jutkiewicz ↓ Omar Bogle 89'
- 7
- 3
Bench
- 27
- 25
- 4
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19
Jacques Maghoma ↑ 67'
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Charlie Lakin ↑ 78'
- 30
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Omar Bogle ↑ 89'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Jack Grealish 2 Lukas Jutkiewicz 1 Kristian Pedersen 1 Tammy Abraham 1 Alan Hutton 1 Jonathan Kodjia 1 Head to Head
Aston Villa FC Form
2018-11-25 Aston Villa FC 4–2 Birmingham City FC W 2018-11-10 Derby County FC 0–3 Aston Villa FC W 2018-11-02 Aston Villa FC 2–0 Bolton Wanderers FC W 2018-10-26 Queens Park Rangers FC 1–0 Aston Villa FC L 2018-10-23 Norwich City FC 2–1 Aston Villa FC L 2018-10-20 Aston Villa FC 1–0 Swansea City AFC WBirmingham City FC Form
2018-11-25 Aston Villa FC 4–2 Birmingham City FC L 2018-11-10 Birmingham City FC 3–3 Hull City AFC D 2018-11-03 Derby County FC 3–1 Birmingham City FC L 2018-10-27 Birmingham City FC 3–1 Sheffield Wednesday FC W 2018-10-23 Birmingham City FC 2–1 Reading FC W 2018-10-20 Stoke City FC 0–1 Birmingham City FC W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 42.33 Aston Villa FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.3 Birmingham City FC xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 69% + Both teams to score 65%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Aston Villa FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.63Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 96% 4% ± 1.5 87% 13% ± 2.5 69% 31% ± 3.5 48% 52% ± 4.5 30% 70% Double Chance
Aston Villa FC or Draw 79%Draw or Birmingham City FC 42%Aston Villa FC or Birmingham City FC 78%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Aston Villa FC win at HTCorrect Score
✗ 4–2 not predicted4 – 2Actual2 – 1 9.1%1 – 1 8.9%2 – 0 7.2%3 – 1 6.9%2 – 2 5.8%1 – 0 5.7%3 – 0 5.4%1 – 2 5.1%3 – 2 4.5%4 – 1 4.1%0 – 0 3.9%4 – 0 3.2%Asian Handicap — Aston Villa FC
Handicap Aston Villa FC covers Push Birmingham City FC covers -2.5 21% — 79% -2 21% 18% 62% -1.5 38% — 62% -1 38% 21% 41% -0.5 59% — 41% +0.5 80% — 20% +1 80% 11% 8% +1.5 92% — 8% +2 92% 6% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
Aston Villa FC keeps clean sheet 28% ✓Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet 11% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.