Birmingham City FC vs Swansea City AFC, Championship 2021-22 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2021-22

Birmingham City FC

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Swansea City AFC

Sat 23 Oct 2021 · 14:00 UTC St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 52' Ryan Bennett

Gary Gardner 53' Y

Overview

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Birmingham City FC vs Swansea City AFC — Championship at St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium.

Birmingham City FC 15 games · 29 pts (2026/27)
Swansea City AFC 15 games · 26 pts (2026/27)

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 15 games · Avg 2.7 goals Swansea City AFC

Last 5 meetings

2021-10-23 Birmingham City FC 2–1 Swansea City AFC 2021-04-02 Birmingham City FC 1–0 Swansea City AFC 2020-09-19 Swansea City AFC 0–0 Birmingham City FC 2020-07-08 Birmingham City FC 1–3 Swansea City AFC 2019-08-25 Swansea City AFC 3–0 Birmingham City FC

Recent Form

Birmingham City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Oct	Swansea City AFC	H	2–1	W
20 Oct	Huddersfield Town AFC	A	0–0	D
15 Oct	West Bromwich Albion FC	A	0–1	L
02 Oct	Nottingham Forest FC	H	0–3	L
28 Sep	Queens Park Rangers FC	A	0–2	L
25 Sep	Preston North End FC	H	0–0	D

Swansea City AFC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Oct	Birmingham City FC	A	1–2	L
20 Oct	West Bromwich Albion FC	H	2–1	W
17 Oct	Cardiff City FC	H	3–0	W
02 Oct	Derby County FC	A	0–0	D
29 Sep	Fulham FC	A	1–3	L
25 Sep	Huddersfield Town AFC	H	1–0	W

Season Stats

Birmingham City FC		Swansea City AFC
#1	Position	#6
29	Points	26
15	Played	15
8 / 5 / 2	W / D / L	8 / 2 / 5
28	Scored	22
14	Conceded	18
+14	GD	+4
1.93	PPG	1.73
53%	Win %	53%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)

53% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

33% Clean Sheets
Birmingham City FC this season

40% Clean Sheets
Swansea City AFC this season

Birmingham City FC are 1st (29 pts). Swansea City AFC are 6th (26 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

Swansea City AFC

0-15

4/5

16-30

2/2

31-45

4/5

46-60

6/1

61-75

2/–

76+

3/5

■ 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

Swansea City AFC

Adam Idah	4 G	1 A
Joseph Opoku	3 G	2 A
Moussa Kounfolo Yeo	3 G
Ji-sung Eom	2 G	2 A

Events

Match Events

0' And we are off! Birmingham City FC vs Swansea City AFC — 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' 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.
15' Swansea City AFC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
20' Liam Walsh has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 14 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
25' Joel Latibeaudiere has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
30' Birmingham City FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Swansea City AFC's shape.
35' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Birmingham City FC and Swansea City AFC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
40' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Birmingham City FC and Swansea City AFC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
45' The travelling Swansea City AFC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
47' Birmingham City FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Troy Deeney on 47.
52' That is a Yellow card for Swansea City AFC. Ryan Bennett will be fuming at that decision.
53' Birmingham City FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 53.
56' Swansea City AFC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Michael Obafemi is hanging Korey Smith on the field on 56 minute.
57' A change in the Swansea City AFC ranks — Korey Smith exits the field as Michael Obafemi enters on 57.
62' Korey Smith has been relatively quiet despite scoring 2 goals in his last 401 appearances.
63' Riley McGree has so much to prove this time. He replaces Scott Hogan on 63 minute.
68' It is a cagey affair so far. Birmingham City FC in their trying to find a way past Swansea City AFC's compact .
71' The supporters are chanting for Liam Cullen. He replaces Joel Piroe on 71 minute.
76' With 0 assists to his name this season, Marc Roberts is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Birmingham City FC.
77' Magnificent from Michael Obafemi! That is 26 goals in 362 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
82' Birmingham City FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Riley McGree on 82.
85' Chuks Aneke is replacing Troy Deeney for the Birmingham City FC side.
90' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
Game over. The scoreline of 2-1 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Birmingham City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Lee Bowyer

Swansea City AFC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Russell Martin

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Scott Hogan	3
Lukas Jutkiewicz	2
Joel Piroe	2
Siriki Dembele	2
Oliver McBurnie	2
Matt Grimes	2
Troy Deeney	2
Jay Stansfield	2

Head to Head

Birmingham City FC Form

2021-10-23 Birmingham City FC 2–1 Swansea City AFC W 2021-10-20 Huddersfield Town AFC 0–0 Birmingham City FC D 2021-10-15 West Bromwich Albion FC 1–0 Birmingham City FC L 2021-10-02 Birmingham City FC 0–3 Nottingham Forest FC L 2021-09-28 Queens Park Rangers FC 2–0 Birmingham City FC L 2021-09-25 Birmingham City FC 0–0 Preston North End FC D

Swansea City AFC Form

2021-10-23 Birmingham City FC 2–1 Swansea City AFC L 2021-10-20 Swansea City AFC 2–1 West Bromwich Albion FC W 2021-10-17 Swansea City AFC 3–0 Cardiff City FC W 2021-10-02 Derby County FC 0–0 Swansea City AFC D 2021-09-29 Fulham FC 3–1 Swansea City AFC L 2021-09-25 Swansea City AFC 1–0 Huddersfield Town AFC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.45 Birmingham City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.06 Swansea City AFC xG

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

Match Result

✓ Correct

Birmingham City FC46% Draw28% Swansea City AFC26%

Actual: Birmingham City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes51% 0% No49%

Avg goals/match: 2.51

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	72%	28%
± 2.5	45%	55%
± 3.5	25%	75%
± 4.5	12%	88%

Double Chance

Birmingham City FC or Draw

74%

Draw or Swansea City AFC

54%

Birmingham City FC or Swansea City AFC

72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Birmingham City FC32% Draw48% Swansea City AFC20%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.4%

1 – 0

10.8%

0 – 0

10.2%

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 0

8.3%

0 – 1

7.5%

1 – 2

6.4%

2 – 2

4.7%

0 – 2

4.4%

3 – 1

4.3%

3 – 0

3 – 2

2.4%

Asian Handicap — Birmingham City FC

Handicap	Birmingham City FC covers	Push	Swansea City AFC covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	14%	78%
-1.5	22%	—	78%
-1	22%	22%	55%
-0.5	45%	—	55%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	16%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet

35% ✓

Swansea City AFC keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

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