Saturday , 14 November 2026

Bristol City FC vs Birmingham City FC, Championship 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

Championship · 2020-21
Bristol City FC
0 – 1
Full Time
Birmingham City FC
Sat 5 Dec 2020 · 15:00 UTC Ashton Gate Stadium HT 45+2' · FT 45+5'
Y 59' Maxime Colin
Y 60' Jon Toral
Y 83' Jeremie Bela

Overview

Match Preview

Bristol City FC vs Birmingham City FC — Championship at Ashton Gate Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Michael Salisbury
  • Referee Matthew Jones
  • Referee Akil Howson
  • Referee John Brooks
5 games this season 🟨 4.0/game ⚽ 8.6 goals/game

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

4
3
8
Bristol City FC 15 games · Avg 2.6 goals Birmingham City FC
Last 5 meetings
2020-12-05 Bristol City FC 0–1 Birmingham City FC 2020-02-07 Bristol City FC 1–3 Birmingham City FC 2019-08-10 Birmingham City FC 1–1 Bristol City FC 2019-02-26 Bristol City FC 1–2 Birmingham City FC 2018-12-08 Birmingham City FC 0–1 Bristol City FC

Recent Form

Bristol City FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
05 Dec Birmingham City FC H 0–1 L
01 Dec Queens Park Rangers FC A 2–1 W
28 Nov Reading FC A 1–3 L
25 Nov Watford FC H 0–0 D
21 Nov Derby County FC H 1–0 W
06 Nov Cardiff City FC A 1–0 W
Birmingham City FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
05 Dec Bristol City FC A 1–0 W
01 Dec Barnsley FC H 1–2 L
28 Nov Millwall FC H 0–0 D
24 Nov Luton Town FC A 1–1 D
20 Nov Coventry City FC A 0–0 D
07 Nov AFC Bournemouth H 1–3 L

Season Stats

Bristol City FC Birmingham City FC
#17 Position #1
18 Points 29
15 Played 15
5 / 3 / 7 W / D / L 8 / 5 / 2
16 Scored 28
24 Conceded 14
-8 GD +14
1.20 PPG 1.93
33% Win % 53%

Key Stats

47% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)
60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
13% Clean Sheets
Bristol City FC this season
33% Clean Sheets
Birmingham City FC this season

Bristol City FC are 17th (18 pts). Birmingham City FC are 1st (29 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Bristol City FC
0-15
2/2
16-30
1/2
31-45
4/3
46-60
1/7
61-75
1/2
76+
7/7
■ Scored ■ Conceded
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

Top Scorers (This Season)

Bristol City FC
Scott Twine 5 G
Dominic Ballard 4 G
Lorent Tolaj 2 G 1 A
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

Events

Match Events

  • 0' We are underway at Ashton Gate Stadium. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
  • 5' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 10' It looks like no one’s ball. Bristol City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 15' Jay Dasilva has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 1 goals to his name this season.
  • 20' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Bristol City FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 25' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 30' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 35' Birmingham City FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 40' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 45' Zak Vyner, a England , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 50' It looks surprising Bristol City FC does not make any changes. Jon Toral has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 55' Antoine Semenyo is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Bristol City FC so far.
  • 59' The referee shows Birmingham City FC player a Yellow card on 59.
  • 60' The referee calls foul for Jon Toral. He receives a Yellow card.
  • 64' The Bristol City FC manager makes a substitution. Chris Brunt departs to be replaced by Tyreeq Bakinson.
  • 69' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 72' Alen Halilovic has so much to prove this time. He replaces Jon Toral on 72 minute.
  • 77' Bristol City FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 78' Another substitution for Bristol City FC to replace Adrian Mariappa by Jack Hunt on 78 minute.
  • 80' Harlee Dean makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and Birmingham City FC are in front.
  • 82' A tactical swap from Birmingham City FC — Lukas Jutkiewicz on, Scott Hogan off on 82 minutes.
  • 83' Jeremie Bela is having his name booked by the referee on 83.
  • 87' Jay Dasilva gets the nod from Bristol City FC. He replaces Tommy Rowe and will look to change the dynamic.
  • Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 0-1 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Bristol City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Birmingham City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Karanka

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Lukas Jutkiewicz 3
Mark Sykes 2
Gary Gardner 2
Scott Hogan 2
Auston Trusty 2
Antoine Semenyo 2
Famara Diedhiou 2
Kasey Palmer 1

Head to Head

2020-12-05 Bristol City FC 0–1 Birmingham City FC 2020-02-07 Bristol City FC 1–3 Birmingham City FC 2019-08-10 Birmingham City FC 1–1 Bristol City FC 2019-02-26 Bristol City FC 1–2 Birmingham City FC 2018-12-08 Birmingham City FC 0–1 Bristol City FC

Bristol City FC Form

2020-12-05 Bristol City FC 0–1 Birmingham City FC L 2020-12-01 Queens Park Rangers FC 1–2 Bristol City FC W 2020-11-28 Reading FC 3–1 Bristol City FC L 2020-11-25 Bristol City FC 0–0 Watford FC D 2020-11-21 Bristol City FC 1–0 Derby County FC W 2020-11-06 Cardiff City FC 0–1 Bristol City FC W

Birmingham City FC Form

2020-12-05 Bristol City FC 0–1 Birmingham City FC W 2020-12-01 Birmingham City FC 1–2 Barnsley FC L 2020-11-28 Birmingham City FC 0–0 Millwall FC D 2020-11-24 Luton Town FC 1–1 Birmingham City FC D 2020-11-20 Coventry City FC 0–0 Birmingham City FC D 2020-11-07 Birmingham City FC 1–3 AFC Bournemouth L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
0.63 Bristol City FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.44 Birmingham City FC xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 66% + Under — clean sheet likely 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Bristol City FC22% Draw30% Birmingham City FC48%
Actual: Birmingham City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes37% 0% No63%
Avg goals/match: 2.07
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 85%
15%
± 1.5 61%
39%
± 2.5 34%
66%
± 3.5 16%
84%
± 4.5 7%
93%

Double Chance

Bristol City FC or Draw
51%
Draw or Birmingham City FC
78%
Bristol City FC or Birmingham City FC
70%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Bristol City FC12% Draw52% Birmingham City FC36%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 1
Actual
0 – 0
14.8%
0 – 2
12.5%
1 – 1
12.2%
1 – 2
8.1%
1 – 0
6.8%
0 – 3
5.9%
1 – 3
4%
2 – 1
3.5%
2 – 2
2.7%
2 – 0
2.3%
0 – 4
2.2%

Asian Handicap — Bristol City FC

Handicap Bristol City FC covers Push Birmingham City FC covers
-2.5 1% — 99%
-2 1% 3% 96%
-1.5 4% — 96%
-1 4% 11% 85%
-0.5 15% — 85%
+0.5 45% — 55%
+1 45% 27% 29%
+1.5 71% — 29%
+2 71% 17% 11%
+2.5 89% — 11%

Clean Sheet

Bristol City FC keeps clean sheet
24% ✓
Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet
53% ✓

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