Birmingham City FC vs Queens Park Rangers FC, Championship 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2023-24

Birmingham City FC

0 – 0

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Queens Park Rangers FC

Fri 22 Sep 2023 · 19:00 UTC St Andrew's Ground HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 45' Sam Field

Juninho Bacuna 54' Y

Y 61' Paul Smyth

Dion Sanderson 67' Y

Jay Stansfield 90' Y

Overview

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Birmingham City FC vs Queens Park Rangers FC — Championship at St Andrew's Ground.

Birmingham City FC 8 games · 11 pts (2026/27)
Queens Park Rangers FC 8 games · 13 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Matt Donohue
Assistant 1 Paul Hodskinson
Assistant 2 Sam Lewis (England)

4 games this season 🟨 3.3/game ⚽ 11.0 goals/game

Standings

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

Head-to-Head

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

Last 5 meetings

2023-09-22 Birmingham City FC 0–0 Queens Park Rangers FC 2023-03-18 Queens Park Rangers FC 0–1 Birmingham City FC 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

Recent Form

Birmingham City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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
26 Aug	Plymouth Argyle FC	H	2–1	W
19 Aug	Bristol City FC	A	2–0	W

Queens Park Rangers FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Sep	Birmingham City FC	A	0–0	D
19 Sep	Swansea City AFC	H	1–1	D
16 Sep	Sunderland AFC	H	1–3	L
02 Sep	Middlesbrough FC	A	2–0	W
26 Aug	Southampton FC	A	1–2	L
19 Aug	Ipswich Town FC	H	0–1	L

Season Stats

Birmingham City FC		Queens Park Rangers FC
#10	Position	#6
11	Points	13
8	Played	8
2 / 5 / 1	W / D / L	3 / 4 / 1
12	Scored	10
11	Conceded	7
+1	GD	+3
1.38	PPG	1.63
25%	Win %	38%

Key Stats

43% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)

43% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

13% Clean Sheets
Birmingham City FC this season

25% Clean Sheets
Queens Park Rangers FC this season

Birmingham City FC are 10th (11 pts). Queens Park Rangers FC are 6th (13 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Birmingham City FC

0-15

1/1

16-30

1/1

31-45

1/6

46-60

2/1

61-75

3/–

76+

1/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Queens Park Rangers FC

0-15

–/2

16-30

–/2

31-45

4/1

46-60

2/1

61-75

2/1

76+

1/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Birmingham City FC

Phil Neumann	2 G
Demarai Gray	1 G

Queens Park Rangers FC

Ilias Chair	2 G	1 A
Rumarn Burrell	2 G	1 A
Koki Saito	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' And we are off! Birmingham City FC vs Queens Park Rangers FC — let the football do the talking.
5' The home supporters are growing impatient. Birmingham City FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
10' 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.
15' Both keepers have barely been tested. Birmingham City FC and Queens Park Rangers FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
20' With 0 assists to his name this season, Keshi Anderson is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Queens Park Rangers FC.
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.
30' 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.
35' Birmingham City FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
40' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
43' The Birmingham City FC bench stirs into life. Keshi Anderson is withdrawn and Oliver Burke gets his opportunity.
45' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Sam Field.
50' Paul Smyth needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
54' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Juninho Bacuna on 54 minutes.
59' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
61' Queens Park Rangers FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 61.
65' Another change for Queens Park Rangers FC made on 65 minute. Paul Smyth leaves to be changed by Albert Adomah.
67' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Dion Sanderson on 67 minutes.
71' The supporters are chanting for Siriki Dembele. He replaces Koji Miyoshi on 71 minute.
75' Another change for Queens Park Rangers FC made on 75 minute. Sinclair Armstrong leaves to be changed by Chris Willock.
80' It’s high time Gareth Ainsworth made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
85' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
90' It’s a booking for Birmingham City FC player. Jay Stansfield gets a Yellow card.
0-0 the final result. will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Birmingham City FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach John Eustace

Queens Park Rangers FC Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

8
Sam Field
1
Asmir Begovic
5
Steve Cook
17
Andre Dozzell
15
Morgan Fox
2
Osman Kakay
10
Ilias Chair
11
Paul Smyth ↓ Albert Adomah 65'
22
Kenneth Paal
9
Lyndon Dykes
30
Sinclair Armstrong ↓ Chris Willock 75'

Bench

Coach Gareth Ainsworth

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Che Adams	3
Scott Hogan	2
Ilias Chair	2
Matt Smith	2
Bright Osayi-Samuel	1
Auston Trusty	1
Emmanuel Longelo	1
Marc Pugh	1

Head to Head

Birmingham City FC Form

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 2023-08-26 Birmingham City FC 2–1 Plymouth Argyle FC W 2023-08-19 Bristol City FC 0–2 Birmingham City FC W

Queens Park Rangers FC Form

2023-09-22 Birmingham City FC 0–0 Queens Park Rangers FC D 2023-09-19 Queens Park Rangers FC 1–1 Swansea City AFC D 2023-09-16 Queens Park Rangers FC 1–3 Sunderland AFC L 2023-09-02 Middlesbrough FC 0–2 Queens Park Rangers FC W 2023-08-26 Southampton FC 2–1 Queens Park Rangers FC L 2023-08-19 Queens Park Rangers FC 0–1 Ipswich Town FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

0.89 Birmingham City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.95 Queens Park Rangers FC xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 72% + Birmingham City FC or Draw 69%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Birmingham City FC36% Draw33% Queens Park Rangers FC31%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes37% 0% No63%

Avg goals/match: 1.84

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	81%	19%
± 1.5	55%	45%
± 2.5	28%	72%
± 3.5	12%	88%
± 4.5	4%	96%

Double Chance

Birmingham City FC or Draw

69%

Draw or Queens Park Rangers FC

64%

Birmingham City FC or Queens Park Rangers FC

67%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Birmingham City FC20% Draw57% Queens Park Rangers FC23%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 0

Actual

1 – 1

14.4%

0 – 1

13.7%

1 – 0

12.7%

0 – 2

6.8%

1 – 2

6.2%

2 – 0

5.9%

2 – 1

5.8%

2 – 2

2.9%

0 – 3

2.1%

1 – 3

3 – 1

1.8%

Asian Handicap — Birmingham City FC

Handicap	Birmingham City FC covers	Push	Queens Park Rangers FC covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	8%	89%
-1.5	11%	—	89%
-1	11%	20%	70%
-0.5	30%	—	70%
+0.5	66%	—	34%
+1	66%	21%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	9%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet

39% ✗

Queens Park Rangers FC keeps clean sheet

42% ✗

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