Birmingham City FC vs Huddersfield Town AFC, Championship 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2023-24

Birmingham City FC

4 – 1

Full Time

Huddersfield Town AFC

Tue 3 Oct 2023 · 18:45 UTC St Andrew's Ground HT 45' · FT 45'

Siriki Dembele 3' 1–0

Koji Miyoshi 23' 2–0

Siriki Dembele 64' 3–0

3–1 90+2' Michal Helik

Jordan James 90+6' 4–1

Jay Stansfield 34' Y

Y 55' Matty Pearson

Juninho Bacuna 58' Y

Kevin Long 74' Y

Overview

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Birmingham City FC vs Huddersfield Town AFC — Championship at St Andrew's Ground.

Birmingham City FC 15 games · 29 pts (2026/27)
Huddersfield Town AFC 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Samuel Allison
Assistant 1 Blake Antrobus (England)
Assistant 2

5 games this season 🟨 3.6/game ⚽ 13.0 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Birmingham City FC	15	29
2	Middlesbrough FC	15	29
3	Stoke City FC	15	29
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	15	28
5	West Bromwich Albion FC	15	28
6	Swansea City AFC	15	26
7	Southampton FC	15	24
8	Queens Park Rangers FC	15	24
9	West Ham United FC	15	23
10	Sheffield United FC	15	22
11	Portsmouth FC	15	22
12	Norwich City FC	15	21
13	Blackburn Rovers FC	15	21
14	Cardiff City FC	15	18
15	Wrexham AFC	15	18
16	Millwall FC	15	18
17	Bristol City FC	15	18
18	Bolton Wanderers FC	15	17
19	Charlton Athletic FC	15	17
20	Watford FC	15	15
21	Lincoln City FC	15	15
22	Burnley FC	15	10
23	Derby County FC	15	10
24	Preston North End FC	15	8

Head-to-Head

Birmingham City FC 12 games · Avg 2.3 goals Huddersfield Town AFC

Last 5 meetings

2023-10-03 Birmingham City FC 4–1 Huddersfield Town AFC 2023-02-18 Huddersfield Town AFC 2–1 Birmingham City FC 2022-08-05 Birmingham City FC 2–1 Huddersfield Town AFC 2022-02-26 Birmingham City FC 0–2 Huddersfield Town AFC 2021-10-20 Huddersfield Town AFC 0–0 Birmingham City FC

Recent Form

Birmingham City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 Oct	Huddersfield Town AFC	H	4–1	W
30 Sep	Norwich City FC	A	0–2	L
22 Sep	Queens Park Rangers FC	H	0–0	D
19 Sep	Preston North End FC	A	1–2	L
16 Sep	Watford FC	A	0–2	L
02 Sep	Millwall FC	H	1–1	D

Huddersfield Town AFC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 Oct	Birmingham City FC	A	1–4	L
30 Sep	Ipswich Town FC	H	1–1	D
25 Sep	Coventry City FC	A	1–1	D
20 Sep	Stoke City FC	H	2–2	D
16 Sep	Rotherham United FC	H	2–0	W
02 Sep	West Bromwich Albion FC	A	2–1	W

Key Stats

58% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)

42% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

33% Clean Sheets
Birmingham City FC this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Birmingham City FC

0-15

2/1

16-30

6/1

31-45

4/7

46-60

4/1

61-75

4/1

76+

4/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Birmingham City FC

August Priske	6 G	1 A
Liam Millar	4 G	3 A
Jay Stansfield	4 G	1 A
Demarai Gray	3 G
Phil Neumann	2 G

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at St Andrew's Ground. Birmingham City FC are looking to make home advantage count against Huddersfield Town AFC.
3' GOAL! Siriki Dembele fires home to make it 1-0!
8' Sorba Thomas needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
13' It is a cagey affair so far. Birmingham City FC in their 4-2-3-1 trying to find a way past Huddersfield Town AFC's compact 3-5-2.
18' The energy levels are beginning to show. John Eustace might look to freshen things up shortly.
23' What composure from Koji Miyoshi! The Japan international strokes it home. 2-0.
28' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Birmingham City FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
33' Huddersfield Town AFC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
34' Jay Stansfield picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
39' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
44' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Birmingham City FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
46' Huddersfield Town AFC ring the changes. Josh Ruffels has done his job and it is now time for Jaheim Headley to step up.
51' John Ruddy has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
55' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Matty Pearson.
58' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Juninho Bacuna.
59' Juninho Bacuna catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 59.
61' Thomas Edwards has so much to prove this time. He replaces Ben Jackson on 61 minute.
64' GOAL! Siriki Dembele scores on 64. Assisted by Koji Miyoshi
69' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
71' Huddersfield Town AFC ring the changes. Tom Lees has done his job and it is now time for Kian Harratt to step up.
74' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Kevin Long.
75' Time for substitution for Birmingham City FC. Koji Miyoshi is replaced by Oliver Burke.
76' It is a substitution in Birmingham City FC team. Siriki Dembele is replaced by Jordan James on 76 minute.
81' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
86' Birmingham City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 86.
88' Time for substitution for Birmingham City FC. Juninho Bacuna is replaced by Brandon Khela.
Another three points for Birmingham City FC.

Lineups

Birmingham City FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

45
Oliver Burke ↑ 75'
1
Neil Etheridge
4
Marc Roberts
10
Lukas Jutkiewicz
20
Gary Gardner
9
Scott Hogan ↑ 76'
44
Emanuel Aiwu ↑ 88'
19
Jordan James ↑ 76'
27
Brandon Khela ↑ 88'

Coach John Eustace

Huddersfield Town AFC Lineups

3-5-2

Starting XI

Bench

10
Josh Koroma ↑ 46'
16
Thomas Edwards ↑ 61'
12
Chris Maxwell
2
Rarmani Edmonds-Green
22
Kian Harratt ↑ 71'
15
Jaheim Headley ↑ 46'
27
Kyle Hudlin
11
Brahima Diarra ↑ 46'
26
Patrick Jones

Coach Darren Moore

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Fraizer Campbell	3
Siriki Dembele	2
Koji Miyoshi	2
Marc Roberts	2
Troy Deeney	1
Elias Kachunga	1
Jaheim Headley	1
Karlan Ahearne-Grant	1

Head to Head

Birmingham City FC Form

2023-10-03 Birmingham City FC 4–1 Huddersfield Town AFC W 2023-09-30 Norwich City FC 2–0 Birmingham City FC L 2023-09-22 Birmingham City FC 0–0 Queens Park Rangers FC D 2023-09-19 Preston North End FC 2–1 Birmingham City FC L 2023-09-16 Watford FC 2–0 Birmingham City FC L 2023-09-02 Birmingham City FC 1–1 Millwall FC D

Huddersfield Town AFC Form

2023-10-03 Birmingham City FC 4–1 Huddersfield Town AFC L 2023-09-30 Huddersfield Town AFC 1–1 Ipswich Town FC D 2023-09-25 Coventry City FC 1–1 Huddersfield Town AFC D 2023-09-20 Huddersfield Town AFC 2–2 Stoke City FC D 2023-09-16 Huddersfield Town AFC 2–0 Rotherham United FC W 2023-09-02 West Bromwich Albion FC 1–2 Huddersfield Town AFC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.63 Birmingham City FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.07 Huddersfield Town AFC xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct

Birmingham City FC49% Draw27% Huddersfield Town AFC24%

Actual: Birmingham City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes53% 0% No47%

Avg goals/match: 2.7

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	75%	25%
± 2.5	50%	50%
± 3.5	29%	71%
± 4.5	14%	86%

Double Chance

Birmingham City FC or Draw

75%

Draw or Huddersfield Town AFC

51%

Birmingham City FC or Huddersfield Town AFC

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Birmingham City FC35% Draw46% Huddersfield Town AFC19%

Actual: Birmingham City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–1 not predicted

4 – 1

Actual

1 – 1

12.6%

1 – 0

10.1%

2 – 1

9.2%

2 – 0

8.7%

0 – 0

8.7%

0 – 1

6.2%

1 – 2

3 – 1

2 – 2

3 – 0

4.7%

0 – 2

3.8%

3 – 2

2.8%

Asian Handicap — Birmingham City FC

Handicap	Birmingham City FC covers	Push	Huddersfield Town AFC covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	15%	74%
-1.5	26%	—	74%
-1	26%	23%	51%
-0.5	49%	—	51%
+0.5	76%	—	24%
+1	76%	14%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet

35% ✓

Huddersfield Town AFC keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.