Birmingham City FC vs Sunderland AFC, Championship 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Birmingham City FC vs Sunderland AFC — Championship at St Andrew's Ground.
- Birmingham City FC 46 games · 64 pts (2025/26)
- Sunderland AFC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Stephen Martin (England)
- Assistant 1 Mark Dwyer
- Assistant 2 Mark Russell
28 games this season 🟨 0.9/game ⚽ 4.8 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# 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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 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 27 Jan Leicester City FC A 0–3 L 20 Jan Stoke City FC A 2–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 Feb Birmingham City FC A 1–2 L 14 Feb Huddersfield Town AFC A 0–1 L 10 Feb Plymouth Argyle FC H 3–1 W 04 Feb Middlesbrough FC A 1–1 D 27 Jan Stoke City FC H 3–1 W 19 Jan Hull City AFC H 0–1 L Key Stats
100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history22% Clean Sheets
Birmingham City FC this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Birmingham City FC0-152/116-303/231-451/246-601/–61-751/176+1/1■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Birmingham City FC to score. At the same time, Sunderland AFC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' Birmingham City FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 10' Trai Hume has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 2 appearances with only 2 goals this season.
- 15' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 16' The referee calls foul for Jobe Bellingham. He receives a card.
- 21' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 22' Jack Clarke puts Sunderland AFC on the lead.
- 27' Ethan Laird needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 32' The referee shows Birmingham City FC player a card on 32.
- 37' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sunderland AFC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 42' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 47' Supporters expect more eagerness from Anthony Patterson, as he is very good at scoring at St Andrew's Ground with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 52' It looks surprising Sunderland AFC does not make any changes. Andre Dozzell has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 56' It’s a booking for Sunderland AFC player. Daniel Ballard gets a card.
- 60' What a strike from Jordan James! The score is 1-1.
- 62' Ethan Laird was booked on 62.
- 66' It is a substitution in Birmingham City FC team. Tyler Roberts is replaced by Siriki Dembele on 66 minute.
- 70' Time for substitution for Sunderland AFC. Mason Burstow is replaced by Nazarii Rusyn.
- 72' It’s gonna be a card for Krystian Bielik.
- 73' The referee shows Sunderland AFC player a card on 73.
- 77' It’s gonna be a card for Jordan James.
- 80' Koji Miyoshi puts Birmingham City FC on the lead.
- 82' That looks like a foul for a card for Trai Hume.
- 87' Sunderland AFC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Luis Semedo is hanging Trai Hume on the field on 87 minute.
- 90' Birmingham City FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Lukas Jutkiewicz is hanging Jay Stansfield on the field on 90 minute.
- Full Time. Birmingham City FC beats Sunderland AFC
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Lineups
Birmingham City FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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Tyler Roberts ↓ Siriki Dembele 66'
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- 28
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- 12
- 19
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13
Seung-Ho Paik ↓ Juninho Bacuna 66'
Bench
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Juninho Bacuna ↑ 66'
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Lukas Jutkiewicz ↑ 90'
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Siriki Dembele ↑ 66'
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- 44
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Coach Tony MowbraySunderland AFC Lineups
4-1-4-1Starting XI
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- 20
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Trai Hume ↓ Luis Semedo 87'
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- 24
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Mason Burstow ↓ Nazarii Rusyn 70'
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14
Romaine Mundle ↓ Abdoullah Ba 70'
- 39
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Bench
- 30
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Nazarii Rusyn ↑ 70'
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- 6
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Abdoullah Ba ↑ 70'
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- 31
- 48
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Luis Semedo ↑ 87'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Koji Miyoshi 2 Amad 2 George Hall 1 Trai Hume 1 Adil Aouchiche 1 Jobe Bellingham 1 Jordan James 1 Jack Clarke 1 Head to Head
Birmingham City FC Form
2024-02-17 Birmingham City FC 2–1 Sunderland AFC W 2024-02-13 Birmingham City FC 1–0 Blackburn Rovers FC W 2024-02-09 Sheffield Wednesday FC 2–0 Birmingham City FC L 2024-02-03 West Bromwich Albion FC 1–0 Birmingham City FC L 2024-01-27 Leicester City FC 3–0 Birmingham City FC L 2024-01-20 Stoke City FC 1–2 Birmingham City FC WSunderland AFC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.37 Birmingham City FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.12 Sunderland AFC xGI would bet for: Birmingham City FC or Draw 72% + Under 2.5 goals 55%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Birmingham City FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.49Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 90% 10% ± 1.5 71% 29% ± 2.5 45% 55% ± 3.5 24% 76% ± 4.5 11% 89% Double Chance
Birmingham City FC or Draw 72%Draw or Sunderland AFC 56%Birmingham City FC or Sunderland AFC 72%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Sunderland AFC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13.7%0 – 0 10.4%1 – 0 10.3%2 – 1 Actual0 – 1 8.2%2 – 0 7.6%1 – 2 6.8%0 – 2 5.1%2 – 2 4.8%3 – 1 3.9%3 – 0 3.4%1 – 3 2.6%Asian Handicap — Birmingham City FC
Handicap Birmingham City FC covers Push Sunderland AFC covers -2.5 7% — 93% -2 7% 12% 80% -1.5 20% — 80% -1 20% 21% 59% -0.5 41% — 59% +0.5 71% — 29% +1 71% 17% 12% +1.5 88% — 12% +2 88% 8% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet 33% ✓Sunderland AFC keeps clean sheet 26% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.