Brentford FC vs Birmingham City FC, Championship 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Brentford FC vs Birmingham City FC — Championship at Brentford Community Stadium.
- Brentford FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Birmingham City FC 46 games · 64 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Charles Breakspear
- Referee Dean Whitestone
- Referee Steve Meredith
- Referee Mark Pottage
13 games this season 🟨 1.2/game ⚽ 8.7 goals/game 🟥 3 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 06 Apr Birmingham City FC H 0–0 D 03 Apr Huddersfield Town AFC A 1–1 D 20 Mar Nottingham Forest FC H 1–1 D 16 Mar Derby County FC A 2–2 D 12 Mar Blackburn Rovers FC A 1–0 W 03 Mar Norwich City FC A 0–1 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 06 Apr Brentford FC A 0–0 D 02 Apr Swansea City AFC H 1–0 W 20 Mar Watford FC A 0–3 L 17 Mar Reading FC H 2–1 W 13 Mar Bristol City FC H 0–3 L 06 Mar Barnsley FC A 0–1 L Key Stats
33% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)0% 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' KICK OFF: Brentford FC gets underway.
- 5' Brentford 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' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 15' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 20' It’s high time Thomas Frank made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 25' 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.
- 30' Pontus Jansson needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 2 Red cards this season.
- 35' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Ivan Sunjic suffering a number of foals already.
- 40' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 45' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 50' Supporters expect more eagerness from Marcus Forss, as he is very good at scoring at Brentford Community Stadium with 2 goals in the last 2 games.
- 55' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 55 minutes.
- 60' Time for substitution for Birmingham City FC. Alen Halilovic is replaced by Jon Toral.
- 65' It looks like no one’s ball. Birmingham City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 70' Birmingham City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 70.
- 71' It is a substitution in Brentford FC team. Mathias Jensen is replaced by Emiliano Hansen on 71 minute.
- 72' The Birmingham City FC manager makes a substitution. Jon Toral departs to be replaced by Rekeem Harper.
- 77' 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.
- 78' Another substitution for Brentford FC to replace Bryan Mbeumo by Tariqe Fosu on 78 minute.
- 83' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Brentford FC that had 331 games and scored 412 goals.
- 86' Marcus Forss has so much to prove this time. He replaces Sergi Canos on 86 minute.
- 90' The Birmingham City FC manager makes a substitution. Lukas Jutkiewicz departs to be replaced by Sam Cosgrove.
- The final score is 0-0.
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Lineups
Brentford FC Lineups
Starting XI
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- 29
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Sergi Canos ↓ Marcus Forss 86'
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19
Bryan Mbeumo ↓ Tariqe Fosu 78'
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27
Vitaly Janelt ↓ Emiliano Hansen 71'
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- 6
- 30
Bench
- 23
- 28
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9
Emiliano Hansen ↑ 71'
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15
Marcus Forss ↑ 86'
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Tariqe Fosu ↑ 78'
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Saman Ghoddoos ↑ 71'
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- 41
Coach Thomas FrankBirmingham City FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 30
- 4
- 2
- 12
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Lukas Jutkiewicz ↓ Sam Cosgrove 90'
- 20
- 3
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9
Scott Hogan ↓ Jonathan Leko 60'
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35
Alen Halilovic ↓ Jon Toral 60'
- 34
- 18
Bench
- 24
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Jonathan Leko ↑ 60'
- 5
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23
Jon Toral ↑ 60'
- 42
- 19
- 1
- 11
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Sam Cosgrove ↑ 90'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Josh McEachran 1 Kristian Pedersen 1 Lukas Jutkiewicz 1 Ethan Pinnock 1 Jeremie Bela 1 Michael Morrison 1 Josh McEachran 1 Michael Morrison 1 Head to Head
Brentford FC Form
Birmingham City FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 40.95 Brentford FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.72 Birmingham City FC xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 76% + Brentford FC or Draw 74%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 1.67Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 79% 21% ± 1.5 50% 50% ± 2.5 24% 76% ± 3.5 10% 90% ± 4.5 3% 97% Double Chance
Brentford FC or Draw 74%Draw or Birmingham City FC 60%Brentford FC or Birmingham City FC 66%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 0 Actual1 – 0 16.5%1 – 1 13.8%0 – 1 12%2 – 0 8%2 – 1 6.1%1 – 2 4.5%0 – 2 4.5%3 – 0 2.5%2 – 2 2.3%3 – 1 2%1 – 3 1.1%Asian Handicap — Brentford FC
Handicap Brentford FC covers Push Birmingham City FC covers -2.5 4% — 96% -2 4% 10% 86% -1.5 14% — 86% -1 14% 23% 62% -0.5 38% — 62% +0.5 76% — 24% +1 76% 17% 7% +1.5 93% — 7% +2 93% 6% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
Brentford FC keeps clean sheet 49% ✗Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet 39% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.