Birmingham City FC vs Queens Park Rangers FC, Championship 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2022-23

Birmingham City FC

2 – 0

Full Time

Queens Park Rangers FC

Fri 28 Oct 2022 · 19:00 UTC St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Hannibal Mejbri 7' Y

Auston Trusty 35' Y

Y 53' Rob Dickie

Krystian Bielik 55' Y

Y 60' Leon Balogun

Y 71' Tim Iroegbunam

Emmanuel Longelo 79' Y

Overview

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Birmingham City FC vs Queens Park Rangers FC — Championship at St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium.

Birmingham City FC 46 games · 64 pts (2026/27)
Queens Park Rangers FC 46 games · 58 pts (2026/27)

Standings

#	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

Birmingham City FC 14 games · Avg 2.2 goals Queens Park Rangers FC

Last 5 meetings

2022-10-28 Birmingham City FC 2–0 Queens Park Rangers FC 2022-01-02 Birmingham City FC 1–2 Queens Park Rangers FC 2021-09-28 Queens Park Rangers FC 2–0 Birmingham City FC 2021-02-27 Birmingham City FC 2–1 Queens Park Rangers FC 2020-10-24 Queens Park Rangers FC 0–0 Birmingham City FC

Recent Form

Birmingham City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Oct	Queens Park Rangers FC	H	2–0	W
22 Oct	Blackburn Rovers FC	A	1–2	L
19 Oct	Burnley FC	H	1–1	D
16 Oct	Hull City AFC	A	2–0	W
08 Oct	Bristol City FC	H	3–0	W
05 Oct	Middlesbrough FC	A	0–1	L

Queens Park Rangers FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Oct	Birmingham City FC	A	0–2	L
22 Oct	Wigan Athletic FC	H	2–1	W
19 Oct	Cardiff City FC	H	3–0	W
15 Oct	Luton Town FC	A	1–3	L
07 Oct	Reading FC	H	2–1	W
04 Oct	Sheffield United FC	A	1–0	W

Season Stats

Birmingham City FC		Queens Park Rangers FC
#10	Position	#15
64	Points	58
46	Played	46
17 / 13 / 16	W / D / L	16 / 10 / 20
57	Scored	61
56	Conceded	73
+1	GD	-12
1.39	PPG	1.26
37%	Win %	35%

Key Stats

43% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)

43% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Birmingham City FC are 10th (64 pts). Queens Park Rangers FC are 15th (58 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' What a night it is going to be! Birmingham City FC welcome Queens Park Rangers FC for this crunch clash at St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium.
4' Auston Trusty doubles the advantage! 1-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
7' It’s a booking for Birmingham City FC player. Hannibal Mejbri gets a Yellow card.
12' Queens Park Rangers FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 12.
17' Leon Balogun needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
21' Rob Dickie gets the nod from Queens Park Rangers FC. He replaces Jake Clarke-Salter and will look to change the dynamic.
26' Tyler Roberts is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Queens Park Rangers FC tonight.
27' The Queens Park Rangers FC manager makes a substitution. Tyler Roberts departs to be replaced by Sinclair Armstrong.
28' Another substitution for Queens Park Rangers FC to replace Tyler Roberts by Sinclair Armstrong on 28 minute.
29' Emmanuel Longelo doubles the advantage! 2-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
34' Sam Field has been relatively quiet despite scoring 12 goals in his last 377 appearances.
35' The referee shows Birmingham City FC player a Yellow card on 35.
40' Queens Park Rangers FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
45' Birmingham City FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
46' A tactical swap from Queens Park Rangers FC — Luke Amos on, Stefan Johansen off on 46 minutes.
51' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
53' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Rob Dickie.
54' Birmingham City FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Juninho Bacuna is hanging Hannibal Mejbri on the field on 54 minute.
55' The referee calls foul for Krystian Bielik. He receives a Yellow card.
60' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Leon Balogun.
65' Queens Park Rangers FC is showing some good football. However, Queens Park Rangers FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
70' Birmingham City FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
71' Tim Iroegbunam picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
76' It looks like no one’s ball. Queens Park Rangers FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
79' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Emmanuel Longelo.
81' A tactical swap from Birmingham City FC — Lukas Jutkiewicz on, Troy Deeney off on 81 minutes.
86' Birmingham City FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
88' The whistle greets Scott Hogan as he departs to be replaced by Jordan James.
Game over. The scoreline of 2-0 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Birmingham City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach John Eustace

Queens Park Rangers FC Lineups

Starting XI

15
Sam Field ↓ Taylor Richards 81'
26
Leon Balogun
6
Stefan Johansen ↓ Luke Amos 46'
10
Ilias Chair
11
Tyler Roberts ↓ Sinclair Armstrong 27'
1
Seny Dieng
5
Jake Clarke-Salter ↓ Rob Dickie 21'
22
Kenneth Paal
9
Lyndon Dykes
27
Ethan Laird
47
Tim Iroegbunam

Bench

8
Luke Amos ↑ 46'
13
Jordan Archer
17
Andre Dozzell
2
Osman Kakay
4
Rob Dickie ↑ 21'
20
Taylor Richards ↑ 81'
30
Sinclair Armstrong ↑ 27'

Coach Michael Beale

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Che Adams	3
Scott Hogan	2
Ilias Chair	2
Matt Smith	2
Emmanuel Longelo	1
Marc Pugh	1
Tahith Chong	1
Jordan Hugill	1

Head to Head

Birmingham City FC Form

2022-10-28 Birmingham City FC 2–0 Queens Park Rangers FC W 2022-10-22 Blackburn Rovers FC 2–1 Birmingham City FC L 2022-10-19 Birmingham City FC 1–1 Burnley FC D 2022-10-16 Hull City AFC 0–2 Birmingham City FC W 2022-10-08 Birmingham City FC 3–0 Bristol City FC W 2022-10-05 Middlesbrough FC 1–0 Birmingham City FC L

Queens Park Rangers FC Form

2022-10-28 Birmingham City FC 2–0 Queens Park Rangers FC L 2022-10-22 Queens Park Rangers FC 2–1 Wigan Athletic FC W 2022-10-19 Queens Park Rangers FC 3–0 Cardiff City FC W 2022-10-15 Luton Town FC 3–1 Queens Park Rangers FC L 2022-10-07 Queens Park Rangers FC 2–1 Reading FC W 2022-10-04 Sheffield United FC 0–1 Queens Park Rangers FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.67 Birmingham City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.93 Queens Park Rangers FC xG

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

Match Result

✓ Correct

Birmingham City FC52% Draw26% Queens Park Rangers FC22%

Actual: Birmingham City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes50% 0% No50%

Avg goals/match: 2.6

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	73%	27%
± 2.5	48%	52%
± 3.5	27%	73%
± 4.5	13%	87%

Double Chance

Birmingham City FC or Draw

79%

Draw or Queens Park Rangers FC

48%

Birmingham City FC or Queens Park Rangers FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Birmingham City FC37% Draw47% Queens Park Rangers FC16%

Actual: Birmingham City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.4%

1 – 0

11.5%

2 – 0

Actual

0 – 0

9.4%

2 – 1

9.3%

0 – 1

5.9%

3 – 0

5.5%

3 – 1

5.2%

1 – 2

5.1%

2 – 2

4.4%

0 – 2

3.1%

3 – 2

2.5%

Asian Handicap — Birmingham City FC

Handicap	Birmingham City FC covers	Push	Queens Park Rangers FC covers
-2.5	13%	—	87%
-2	13%	17%	70%
-1.5	30%	—	70%
-1	30%	24%	47%
-0.5	53%	—	47%
+0.5	80%	—	20%
+1	80%	13%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet

40% ✗

Queens Park Rangers FC keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

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