Bristol City FC vs Birmingham City FC, Championship 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2023-24

Bristol City FC

0 – 2

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Birmingham City FC

Sat 19 Aug 2023 · 14:00 UTC Ashton Gate 22,397 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 45+3' Koji Miyoshi

0–2 84' Lukas Jutkiewicz

Y 20' Ivan Sunjic

Rob Dickie 38' Y

Y 52' Lee Buchanan

Rob Dickie 76' YR

Overview

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

Bristol City FC 15 games · 18 pts (2026/27)
Birmingham City FC 15 games · 29 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Sam Barrott (England)
Assistant 1 Andrew Fox
Assistant 2 Carl Fitch-Jackson

7 games this season 🟨 3.4/game ⚽ 14.4 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

Bristol City FC 15 games · Avg 2.6 goals Birmingham City FC

Last 5 meetings

2023-08-19 Bristol City FC 0–2 Birmingham City FC 2023-01-14 Bristol City FC 4–2 Birmingham City FC 2022-10-08 Birmingham City FC 3–0 Bristol City FC 2022-03-05 Bristol City FC 1–2 Birmingham City FC 2021-11-02 Birmingham City FC 3–0 Bristol City FC

Recent Form

Bristol City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Aug	Birmingham City FC	H	0–2	L
12 Aug	Millwall FC	A	1–0	W
05 Aug	Preston North End FC	H	1–1	D
08 May	Queens Park Rangers FC	A	2–0	W
29 Apr	Burnley FC	H	1–2	L
22 Apr	Rotherham United FC	H	2–1	W

Birmingham City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Aug	Bristol City FC	A	2–0	W
12 Aug	Leeds United FC	H	1–0	W
05 Aug	Swansea City AFC	A	1–1	D
08 May	Sheffield United FC	H	1–2	L
29 Apr	Coventry City FC	A	0–2	L
22 Apr	Blackpool FC	H	0–1	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' What a night it is going to be! Bristol City FC welcome Birmingham City FC for this crunch clash at Ashton Gate.
5' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. John Eustace will be considering his options from the bench.
10' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Birmingham City FC winning 0% of all matches.
15' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Birmingham City FC that had 397 games and scored 439 goals.
20' A moment of madness from Ivan Sunjic on 20 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Birmingham City FC will be frustrated.
25' Bristol City FC have won 450 goals from 401 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
30' Lukas Jutkiewicz needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 19 Yellow cards this season.
35' Over 35 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
38' Bristol City FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
40' Another change for Birmingham City FC made on 40 minute. Ethan Laird leaves to be changed by Koji Miyoshi.
45' George Tanner is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Birmingham City FC tonight.
46' A tactical swap from Birmingham City FC — Jordan James on, Siriki Dembele off on 46 minutes.
47' Fresh legs for Birmingham City FC! Lukas Jutkiewicz comes on to replace Keshi Anderson.
48' The deadlock is broken! Lukas Jutkiewicz gets on the scoresheet on 48 minutes.
52' A meaty challenge results in booking for Lee Buchanan on 52.
57' A quiet spell here at Ashton Gate. Birmingham City FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
58' Nahki Wells gets the nod from Bristol City FC. He replaces Anis Mehmeti and will look to change the dynamic.
59' The whistle greets Joe Williams as he departs to be replaced by Kal Naismith.
64' It’s high time John Eustace made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
69' 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.
74' Birmingham City FC make a change. Keshi Anderson trudges off to be replaced by Lukas Jutkiewicz on 74 minutes.
76' The referee shows Bristol City FC player a card on 76.
79' Ephraim Yeboah gets the nod from Bristol City FC. He replaces George Tanner and will look to change the dynamic.
84' Lukas Jutkiewicz is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
85' Emmanuel Longelo is replacing Scott Hogan for the Birmingham City FC side.
85' Against the run of play, Lukas Jutkiewicz has scored! This game has turned on its head.
90' It looks surprising Birmingham City FC does not make any changes. Harry Cornick has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
Another three points for Birmingham City FC.

Lineups

Bristol City FC Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

10
Andy King
21
Nahki Wells ↑ 58'
4
Kal Naismith ↑ 59'
17
Mark Sykes ↑ 46'
24
Haydon Roberts ↑ 46'
23
Stefan Bajic
27
Jamie Knight-Lebel
28
Raphael Araoye
29
Ephraim Yeboah ↑ 79'

Coach Nigel Pearson

Birmingham City FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

7
Juninho Bacuna
26
Kevin Long
21
John Ruddy
9
Scott Hogan ↓ Emmanuel Longelo 85'
6
Krystian Bielik
17
Siriki Dembele ↓ Jordan James 46'
14
Keshi Anderson ↓ Lukas Jutkiewicz 74'
34
Ivan Sunjic
3
Lee Buchanan
5
Dion Sanderson
2
Ethan Laird ↓ Koji Miyoshi 40'

Bench

Coach John Eustace

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Lukas Jutkiewicz	3
Antoine Semenyo	2
Famara Diedhiou	2
Mark Sykes	2
Gary Gardner	2
Scott Hogan	2
Auston Trusty	2
Jamie Paterson	1

Head to Head

Bristol City FC Form

2023-08-19 Bristol City FC 0–2 Birmingham City FC L 2023-08-12 Millwall FC 0–1 Bristol City FC W 2023-08-05 Bristol City FC 1–1 Preston North End FC D 2023-05-08 Queens Park Rangers FC 0–2 Bristol City FC W 2023-04-29 Bristol City FC 1–2 Burnley FC L 2023-04-22 Bristol City FC 2–1 Rotherham United FC W

Birmingham City FC Form

2023-08-19 Bristol City FC 0–2 Birmingham City FC W 2023-08-12 Birmingham City FC 1–0 Leeds United FC W 2023-08-05 Swansea City AFC 1–1 Birmingham City FC D 2023-05-08 Birmingham City FC 1–2 Sheffield United FC L 2023-04-29 Coventry City FC 2–0 Birmingham City FC L 2023-04-22 Birmingham City FC 0–1 Blackpool FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

0.85 Bristol City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.89 Birmingham City FC xG

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

Match Result

✓ Correct

Bristol City FC21% Draw26% Birmingham City FC53%

Actual: Birmingham City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes49% 0% No51%

Avg goals/match: 2.74

Actual: No — clean sheet

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

Bristol City FC or Draw

47%

Draw or Birmingham City FC

79%

Bristol City FC or Birmingham City FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Bristol City FC13% Draw44% Birmingham City FC43%

Actual: Birmingham City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 1

11.5%

0 – 2

Actual

1 – 1

11.1%

1 – 2

9.4%

0 – 0

8.3%

0 – 3

1 – 3

1 – 0

4.6%

2 – 1

4.2%

2 – 2

0 – 4

3.3%

1 – 4

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Bristol City FC

Handicap	Bristol City FC covers	Push	Birmingham City FC covers
-2.5	1%	—	99%
-2	1%	4%	95%
-1.5	5%	—	95%
-1	5%	10%	85%
-0.5	15%	—	85%
+0.5	39%	—	61%
+1	39%	24%	36%
+1.5	64%	—	36%
+2	64%	19%	18%
+2.5	82%	—	18%

Clean Sheet

Bristol City FC keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet

43% ✗

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