Birmingham City FC vs Southampton FC, Championship 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2023-24

Birmingham City FC

3 – 4

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Southampton FC

Sat 2 Mar 2024 · 15:00 UTC St Andrew's Ground HT 45' · FT 45'

Koji Miyoshi 2' 1–0

1–1 18' Adam Armstrong

Jay Stansfield 41' 2–1

2–2 55' David Brooks

2–3 59' Che Adams

Lee Buchanan 77' 3–3

3–4 90+6' Joe Aribo

Koji Miyoshi 24' Y

Dion Sanderson 62' R

Y 67' William Smallbone

Ivan Sunjic 87' Y

Ethan Laird 88' Y

Overview

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Birmingham City FC vs Southampton FC — Championship at St Andrew's Ground.

Birmingham City FC 15 games · 29 pts (2026/27)
Southampton FC 15 games · 24 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee James Bell
Assistant 1 Ian Cooper
Assistant 2 Craig Taylor

5 games this season 🟨 4.0/game ⚽ 8.2 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 5 games · Avg 3.8 goals Southampton FC

Last 5 meetings

2024-03-02 Birmingham City FC 3–4 Southampton FC 2023-10-28 Southampton FC 3–1 Birmingham City FC

Recent Form

Birmingham City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Mar	Southampton FC	H	3–4	L
24 Feb	Ipswich Town FC	A	1–3	L
17 Feb	Sunderland AFC	H	2–1	W
13 Feb	Blackburn Rovers FC	H	1–0	W
09 Feb	Sheffield Wednesday FC	A	0–2	L
03 Feb	West Bromwich Albion FC	A	0–1	L

Southampton FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Mar	Birmingham City FC	A	4–3	W
28 Feb	Liverpool FC	A	0–3	L
24 Feb	Millwall FC	H	1–2	L
20 Feb	Hull City AFC	H	1–2	L
16 Feb	West Bromwich Albion FC	A	2–0	W
13 Feb	Bristol City FC	A	1–3	L

Season Stats

Birmingham City FC		Southampton FC
#1	Position	#7
29	Points	24
15	Played	15
8 / 5 / 2	W / D / L	8 / 4 / 3
28	Scored	29
14	Conceded	15
+14	GD	+14
1.93	PPG	1.60
53%	Win %	53%

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)

60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

33% Clean Sheets
Birmingham City FC this season

20% Clean Sheets
Southampton FC this season

Birmingham City FC are 1st (29 pts). Southampton FC are 7th (24 pts).

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

Southampton FC

0-15

5/2

16-30

2/4

31-45

6/2

46-60

6/2

61-75

3/2

76+

7/2

■ 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

Southampton FC

Cyle Larin	7 G
Kuryu Matsuki	4 G	1 A
Finn Azaz	3 G	5 A
Leo Scienza	2 G	2 A

Events

Match Events

0' The game is set. Southampton FC kicks off things out of here…
2' Assisted by Juninho Bacuna with the perfectly-timed delivery and Koji Miyoshi makes no mistake. 1-0!
7' A quiet spell here at St Andrew's Ground. Birmingham City FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
12' Birmingham City FC have won 439 goals from 397 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
17' Southampton FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
18' Adam Armstrong adds to his 3 season tally! Southampton FC lead 1-1 — and this changes everything.
23' Joe Aribo is a natural central midfielder and has been asked to do a very specific job for Birmingham City FC tonight.
24' Koji Miyoshi is having his name booked by the referee on 24.
29' The energy levels are beginning to show. Russell Martin might look to freshen things up shortly.
34' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Southampton FC winning 0% of all matches.
39' Southampton FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 1 meetings.
41' Jay Stansfield is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 2 goals this season for the .
46' Sekou Mara has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
51' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
55' David Brooks doubles the advantage! 2-2 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
59' Che Adams is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 4 goals this season for the .
62' Dion Sanderson picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
64' Samuel Edozie has so much to prove this time. He replaces David Brooks on 64 minute.
67' William Smallbone was booked on 67.
68' The whistle greets Seung-Ho Paik as he departs to be replaced by Alex Pritchard.
70' Another substitution for Southampton FC to replace William Smallbone by Joe Aribo on 70 minute.
75' The 25-year-old Emanuel Aiwu has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
77' The deadlock is broken! Lee Buchanan gets on the scoresheet on 77 minutes.
80' Birmingham City FC ring the changes. Koji Miyoshi has done his job and it is now time for Ivan Sunjic to step up.
85' Another change for Southampton FC made on 85 minute. Flynn Downes leaves to be changed by Kamal Deen Sulemana.
87' The referee has no hesitation. Ivan Sunjic is booked for Birmingham City FC — card on 87.
88' The referee has no hesitation. Ethan Laird is booked for Birmingham City FC — card on 88.
90' Birmingham City FC ring the changes. Jay Stansfield has done his job and it is now time for Tyler Roberts to step up.
3-4 the final result. Birmingham City FC will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Birmingham City FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

29
Alex Pritchard ↑ 68'
1
Neil Etheridge
10
Lukas Jutkiewicz
9
Scott Hogan
8
Tyler Roberts ↑ 90'
17
Siriki Dembele
34
Ivan Sunjic ↑ 80'
12
Cody Drameh ↑ 68'
35
George Hall ↑ 90'

Coach Tony Mowbray

Southampton FC Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

36
David Brooks ↓ Samuel Edozie 64'
5
Jack Stephens
35
Jan Bednarek
17
Stuart Armstrong
4
Flynn Downes ↓ Kamal Deen Sulemana 85'
10
Che Adams ↓ Sekou Mara 85'
9
Adam Armstrong
3
Ryan Manning ↓ Joe Rothwell 85'
31
Gavin Bazunu
21
Taylor Harwood-Bellis
16
William Smallbone ↓ Joe Aribo 70'

Bench

13
Joe Lumley
14
James Bree
7
Joe Aribo ↑ 70'
19
Joe Rothwell ↑ 85'
20
Kamal Deen Sulemana ↑ 85'
18
Sekou Mara ↑ 85'
23
Samuel Edozie ↑ 64'
24
Shea Charles
33
Tyler Dibling

Coach Russell Martin

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Jay Stansfield	2
Adam Armstrong	2
Che Adams	1
Joe Aribo	1
August Priske	1
Keven Schlotterbeck	1
Taylor Harwood-Bellis	1
Carlos Alcaraz	1

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.86 Birmingham City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.91 Southampton FC xG

I would bet for: Birmingham City FC or Southampton FC 75% + Both teams to score 72%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Birmingham City FC37% Draw25% Southampton FC38%

Actual: Southampton FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes72% 0% No28%

Avg goals/match: 3.77

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	89%	11%
± 2.5	71%	29%
± 3.5	51%	49%
± 4.5	33%	67%

Double Chance

Birmingham City FC or Draw

62%

Draw or Southampton FC

63%

Birmingham City FC or Southampton FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Birmingham City FC30% Draw39% Southampton FC31%

Actual: Birmingham City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 3–4 not predicted

3 – 4

Actual

1 – 1

1 – 2

7.6%

2 – 1

7.4%

2 – 2

6.9%

1 – 3

4.8%

3 – 1

4.5%

2 – 3

4.4%

3 – 2

4.3%

0 – 2

4.3%

2 – 0

4.1%

0 – 1

3.9%

1 – 0

3.8%

Asian Handicap — Birmingham City FC

Handicap	Birmingham City FC covers	Push	Southampton FC covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	11%	80%
-1.5	20%	—	80%
-1	20%	17%	63%
-0.5	37%	—	63%
+0.5	61%	—	39%
+1	61%	18%	22%
+1.5	78%	—	22%
+2	78%	12%	10%
+2.5	90%	—	10%

Clean Sheet

Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

Southampton FC keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

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

Birmingham City FC vs Southampton FC, Championship 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

Overview

Match Preview

Match Details

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Goal Timing (This Season)

Top Scorers (This Season)

Events

Match Events

Lineups

Birmingham City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Southampton FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

Birmingham City FC Form

Southampton FC Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — Birmingham City FC

Clean Sheet