Birmingham City FC vs West Bromwich Albion FC, Championship 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2023-24

Birmingham City FC

3 – 1

Full Time

West Bromwich Albion FC

Fri 6 Oct 2023 · 19:00 UTC St Andrew's Ground HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 5' John Swift

Juninho Bacuna pen 23' 1–1

Dion Sanderson 38' 2–1

Gary Gardner 87' 3–1

Krystian Bielik 25' Y

Y 86' Cedric Kipre

Emmanuel Longelo 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Birmingham City FC vs West Bromwich Albion FC — Championship at St Andrew's Ground.

Birmingham City FC 8 games · 11 pts (2026/27)
West Bromwich Albion FC 8 games · 14 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee James Linington
Assistant 1 Andrew Fox
Assistant 2 Nigel Lugg

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 12 games · Avg 2.3 goals West Bromwich Albion FC

Last 5 meetings

2023-10-06 Birmingham City FC 3–1 West Bromwich Albion FC 2023-02-10 Birmingham City FC 2–0 West Bromwich Albion FC 2022-09-14 West Bromwich Albion FC 2–3 Birmingham City FC 2022-04-03 Birmingham City FC 1–0 West Bromwich Albion FC 2021-10-15 West Bromwich Albion FC 1–0 Birmingham City FC

Recent Form

Birmingham City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
06 Oct	West Bromwich Albion FC	H	3–1	W
03 Oct	Huddersfield Town AFC	H	4–1	W
30 Sep	Norwich City FC	A	0–2	L
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

West Bromwich Albion FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
06 Oct	Birmingham City FC	A	1–3	L
03 Oct	Sheffield Wednesday FC	H	1–0	W
30 Sep	Preston North End FC	A	4–0	W
23 Sep	Millwall FC	H	0–0	D
20 Sep	Watford FC	A	2–2	D
16 Sep	Bristol City FC	A	0–0	D

Season Stats

Birmingham City FC		West Bromwich Albion FC
#10	Position	#5
11	Points	14
8	Played	8
2 / 5 / 1	W / D / L	4 / 2 / 2
12	Scored	10
11	Conceded	8
+1	GD	+2
1.38	PPG	1.75
25%	Win %	50%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)

33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

13% Clean Sheets
Birmingham City FC this season

25% Clean Sheets
West Bromwich Albion FC this season

Birmingham City FC are 10th (11 pts). West Bromwich Albion FC are 5th (14 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

West Bromwich Albion FC

0-15

–/–

16-30

2/–

31-45

2/–

46-60

2/2

61-75

3/2

76+

1/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Birmingham City FC

Phil Neumann	2 G
Demarai Gray	1 G

West Bromwich Albion FC

Jimmy Morgan	3 G	3 A
Isaac Price	2 G	1 A
Callum Styles	2 G
Aune Heggebo	2 G

Events

Match Events

0' Temperatures are rising at St Andrew's Ground as Birmingham City FC face off against West Bromwich Albion FC in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
5' Assisted by Grady Diangana with the perfectly-timed delivery and John Swift makes no mistake. 0-1!
6' GOAL! John Swift scores on 6.
11' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
16' 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.
21' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 21 minutes.
23' Against the run of play, Juninho Bacuna has scored! This game has turned on its head.
25' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Krystian Bielik.
30' Koji Miyoshi, a Japan , has 16 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
35' Matt Phillips has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
38' What an equalizer from Dion Sanderson!
43' Brandon Thomas-Asante is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for West Bromwich Albion FC tonight.
46' A tactical swap from West Bromwich Albion FC — Conor Townsend on, Erik Pieters off on 46 minutes.
51' West Bromwich Albion 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.
56' West Bromwich Albion FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
61' Over 61 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
65' The supporters are chanting for Nathaniel Chalobah. He replaces Okay Yokuslu on 65 minute.
68' Another substitution for Birmingham City FC to replace Koji Miyoshi by Oliver Burke on 68 minute.
72' A tactical swap from Birmingham City FC — Lukas Jutkiewicz on, Siriki Dembele off on 72 minutes.
74' Tom Fellows has so much to prove this time. He replaces John Swift on 74 minute.
79' Birmingham City FC have won 422 goals from 388 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
81' The whistle greets Darnell Furlong as he departs to be replaced by Pipa.
82' Gary Gardner has so much to prove this time. He replaces Juninho Bacuna on 82 minute.
86' The referee calls foul for Cedric Kipre. He receives a Yellow card.
87' Gary Gardner makes no mistake. The score reads 3-2 and Birmingham City FC are in front.
90' That is a Yellow card for Birmingham City FC. Emmanuel Longelo will be fuming at that decision.
Full Time. Birmingham City FC beats West Bromwich Albion FC

Lineups

Birmingham City FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

7
Juninho Bacuna ↓ Gary Gardner 82'
26
Kevin Long
21
John Ruddy
6
Krystian Bielik
17
Siriki Dembele ↓ Lukas Jutkiewicz 72'
34
Ivan Sunjic
11
Koji Miyoshi ↓ Oliver Burke 68'
5
Dion Sanderson
28
Jay Stansfield ↓ Scott Hogan 82'
12
Cody Drameh
23
Emmanuel Longelo

Bench

Coach John Eustace

West Bromwich Albion FC Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

19
John Swift ↓ Tom Fellows 74'
5
Kyle Bartley
10
Matt Phillips
15
Erik Pieters ↓ Conor Townsend 46'
11
Grady Diangana
7
Jed Wallace ↓ Brandon Thomas-Asante 65'
27
Alex Mowatt
2
Darnell Furlong ↓ Pipa 81'
4
Cedric Kipre
35
Okay Yokuslu ↓ Nathaniel Chalobah 65'
24
Alex Palmer

Bench

21
Brandon Thomas-Asante ↑ 65'
14
Nathaniel Chalobah ↑ 65'
3
Conor Townsend ↑ 46'
6
Semi Ajayi
26
Pipa ↑ 81'
8
Jayson Molumby
33
Joshua Griffiths
36
Caleb Taylor
31
Tom Fellows ↑ 74'

Coach Carlos Corberán

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Scott Hogan	3
Lukas Jutkiewicz	2
Gary Gardner	2
Charlie Austin	2
Jed Wallace	1
Dwight Gayle	1
Jayson Molumby	1
Jay Rodriguez	1

Head to Head

Birmingham City FC Form

2023-10-06 Birmingham City FC 3–1 West Bromwich Albion FC W 2023-10-03 Birmingham City FC 4–1 Huddersfield Town AFC W 2023-09-30 Norwich City FC 2–0 Birmingham City FC L 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

West Bromwich Albion FC Form

2023-10-06 Birmingham City FC 3–1 West Bromwich Albion FC L 2023-10-03 West Bromwich Albion FC 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday FC W 2023-09-30 Preston North End FC 0–4 West Bromwich Albion FC W 2023-09-23 West Bromwich Albion FC 0–0 Millwall FC D 2023-09-20 Watford FC 2–2 West Bromwich Albion FC D 2023-09-16 Bristol City FC 0–0 West Bromwich Albion FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.6 Birmingham City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.14 West Bromwich Albion FC xG

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

Match Result

✓ Correct

Birmingham City FC49% Draw26% West Bromwich Albion FC25%

Actual: Birmingham City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes55% 0% No45%

Avg goals/match: 2.74

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	76%	24%
± 2.5	51%	49%
± 3.5	30%	70%
± 4.5	15%	85%

Double Chance

Birmingham City FC or Draw

75%

Draw or West Bromwich Albion FC

51%

Birmingham City FC or West Bromwich Albion FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Birmingham City FC34% Draw46% West Bromwich Albion FC20%

Actual: Birmingham City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.7%

1 – 0

9.4%

2 – 1

9.1%

0 – 0

8.4%

2 – 0

8.1%

1 – 2

6.4%

0 – 1

6.4%

2 – 2

5.2%

3 – 1

Actual

3 – 0

4.3%

0 – 2

4.1%

3 – 2

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Birmingham City FC

Handicap	Birmingham City FC covers	Push	West Bromwich Albion FC covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	14%	75%
-1.5	25%	—	75%
-1	25%	22%	53%
-0.5	47%	—	53%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	15%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet

33% ✓

West Bromwich Albion FC keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

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