Birmingham City FC vs Sheffield Wednesday FC, Championship 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

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Sat 17 Oct 2020 · 14:00 UTC St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium HT 45+12' · FT 45+7'

Gary Gardner 66' Y

Y 74' Elias Kachunga

Overview

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Birmingham City FC vs Sheffield Wednesday FC — Championship at St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium.

Birmingham City FC 15 games · 29 pts (2026/27)
Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 games · 0 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Ross Joyce
Referee Tim Wood
Referee James Mainwaring
Referee Graham Scott

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 10 games · Avg 2.7 goals Sheffield Wednesday FC

Last 5 meetings

2020-10-17 Birmingham City FC 0–1 Sheffield Wednesday FC 2020-02-22 Birmingham City FC 3–3 Sheffield Wednesday FC 2019-11-27 Sheffield Wednesday FC 1–1 Birmingham City FC 2019-01-01 Sheffield Wednesday FC 1–1 Birmingham City FC 2018-10-27 Birmingham City FC 3–1 Sheffield Wednesday FC

Recent Form

Birmingham City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Oct	Sheffield Wednesday FC	H	0–1	L
04 Oct	Stoke City FC	A	1–1	D
26 Sep	Rotherham United FC	H	1–1	D
19 Sep	Swansea City AFC	A	0–0	D
12 Sep	Brentford FC	H	1–0	W
22 Jul	Derby County FC	H	1–3	L

Sheffield Wednesday FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Oct	Birmingham City FC	A	1–0	W
03 Oct	Queens Park Rangers FC	H	1–1	D
27 Sep	Bristol City FC	A	0–2	L
19 Sep	Watford FC	H	0–0	D
12 Sep	Cardiff City FC	A	2–0	W
22 Jul	Middlesbrough FC	H	1–2	L

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)

40% 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' What a night it is going to be! Birmingham City FC welcome Sheffield Wednesday FC for this crunch clash at St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium.
5' Netherlands international Joost van Aken has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
10' Sheffield Wednesday FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
15' Over 15 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
20' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 20 minutes.
25' Josh Windass needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 1 Red cards this season.
30' Birmingham City FC is showing some good football. However, Birmingham City 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' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Birmingham City FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
40' It looks surprising Birmingham City FC does not make any changes. Jeremie Bela has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
45' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
49' The deadlock is broken! Barry Bannan gets on the scoresheet on 49 minutes.
54' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
58' Time for substitution for Birmingham City FC. Daniel Crowley is replaced by Riley McGree.
63' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
66' Gary Gardner picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
68' The Birmingham City FC manager makes a substitution. Jeremie Bela departs to be replaced by Jonathan Leko.
73' It is a cagey affair so far. Birmingham City FC in their trying to find a way past Sheffield Wednesday FC's compact .
74' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Elias Kachunga.
77' Another change for Sheffield Wednesday FC made on 77 minute. Josh Windass leaves to be changed by Jack Marriott.
82' Marc Roberts has so much to prove this time. He replaces Gary Gardner on 82 minute.
84' Fisayo Dele-Bashiru is replacing Elias Kachunga for the Sheffield Wednesday FC side.
89' 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.
90' Joey Pelupessy gets the nod from Sheffield Wednesday FC. He replaces Callum Paterson and will look to change the dynamic.
It finishes all square. Birmingham City FC and Sheffield Wednesday FC share the spoils 0-1.

Lineups

Birmingham City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

14
Jonathan Leko ↑ 68'
25
Josh Cogley
4
Marc Roberts ↑ 82'
19
San Jose
1
Andres Prieto
34
Ivan Sunjic
18
Riley McGree ↑ 58'

Coach Karanka

Sheffield Wednesday FC Lineups

Starting XI

45
Elias Kachunga ↓ Fisayo Dele-Bashiru 84'
5
Callum Paterson ↓ Joey Pelupessy 90'
7
Kadeem Harris
10
Barry Bannan C
11
Adam Reach
4
Joost van Aken
25
Cameron Dawson
21
Massimo Luongo
22
Moses Odubajo
6
Aden Flint
18
Josh Windass ↓ Jack Marriott 77'

Bench

Coach Garry Monk

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Steven Fletcher	2
Che Adams	2
Lukas Jutkiewicz	2
Ike Ugbo	2
Jacob Murphy	2
Barry Bannan	2
Scott Hogan	2
Juninho Bacuna	1

Head to Head

Birmingham City FC Form

2020-10-17 Birmingham City FC 0–1 Sheffield Wednesday FC L 2020-10-04 Stoke City FC 1–1 Birmingham City FC D 2020-09-26 Birmingham City FC 1–1 Rotherham United FC D 2020-09-19 Swansea City AFC 0–0 Birmingham City FC D 2020-09-12 Birmingham City FC 1–0 Brentford FC W 2020-07-22 Birmingham City FC 1–3 Derby County FC L

Sheffield Wednesday FC Form

2020-10-17 Birmingham City FC 0–1 Sheffield Wednesday FC W 2020-10-03 Sheffield Wednesday FC 1–1 Queens Park Rangers FC D 2020-09-27 Bristol City FC 2–0 Sheffield Wednesday FC L 2020-09-19 Sheffield Wednesday FC 0–0 Watford FC D 2020-09-12 Cardiff City FC 0–2 Sheffield Wednesday FC W 2020-07-22 Sheffield Wednesday FC 1–2 Middlesbrough FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.17 Birmingham City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.14 Sheffield Wednesday FC xG

I would bet for: Birmingham City FC or Sheffield Wednesday FC 69% + Under 2.5 goals 60%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Birmingham City FC36% Draw31% Sheffield Wednesday FC33%

Actual: Sheffield Wednesday FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes48% 0% No52%

Avg goals/match: 2.31

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	88%	12%
± 1.5	67%	33%
± 2.5	40%	60%
± 3.5	21%	79%
± 4.5	9%	91%

Double Chance

Birmingham City FC or Draw

66%

Draw or Sheffield Wednesday FC

64%

Birmingham City FC or Sheffield Wednesday FC

69%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Birmingham City FC25% Draw51% Sheffield Wednesday FC24%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

14.2%

0 – 0

12.2%

1 – 0

10.4%

0 – 1

Actual

2 – 1

7.5%

1 – 2

7.3%

2 – 0

6.6%

0 – 2

6.2%

2 – 2

4.4%

3 – 1

1 – 3

2.8%

3 – 0

2.5%

Asian Handicap — Birmingham City FC

Handicap	Birmingham City FC covers	Push	Sheffield Wednesday FC covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	10%	85%
-1.5	15%	—	85%
-1	15%	20%	65%
-0.5	35%	—	65%
+0.5	67%	—	33%
+1	67%	19%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	10%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet

33% ✓

Sheffield Wednesday FC keeps clean sheet

32% ✗

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