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

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Championship · 2021-22

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Birmingham City FC

Wed 20 Oct 2021 · 18:45 UTC John Smith's Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Levi Colwill 24' Y

Matthew Pearson 40' Y

Y 83' Riley McGree

Tom Lees 85' Y

Overview

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Huddersfield Town AFC vs Birmingham City FC — Championship at John Smith's Stadium.

Huddersfield Town AFC 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)
Birmingham City FC 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Coventry City FC	46	95
2	Ipswich Town FC	46	84
3	Hull City AFC	46	73
4	Oxford United FC	46	47
5	Leicester City FC	46	46
6	Blackburn Rovers FC	1	1
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	1	1
8	Queens Park Rangers FC	0	0
9	Millwall FC	0	0
10	Middlesbrough FC	0	0
11	Swansea City AFC	0	0
12	Charlton Athletic FC	0	0
13	West Bromwich Albion FC	0	0
14	Bolton Wanderers FC	0	0
15	Birmingham City FC	0	0
16	Sheffield United FC	0	0
17	Southampton FC	0	0
18	Wrexham AFC	0	0
19	Watford FC	0	0
20	Burnley FC	0	0
21	Cardiff City FC	0	0
22	West Ham United FC	0	0
23	Derby County FC	0	0
24	Norwich City FC	0	0
25	Preston North End FC	0	0
26	Stoke City FC	0	0
27	Lincoln City FC	0	0
28	Portsmouth FC	0	0
29	Bristol City FC	0	0
30	Sheffield Wednesday FC	46	0

Head-to-Head

Huddersfield Town AFC 12 games · Avg 2.3 goals Birmingham City FC

Last 5 meetings

2021-10-20 Huddersfield Town AFC 0–0 Birmingham City FC 2021-03-02 Huddersfield Town AFC 1–1 Birmingham City FC 2020-10-28 Birmingham City FC 2–1 Huddersfield Town AFC 2020-07-01 Birmingham City FC 0–3 Huddersfield Town AFC 2019-11-23 Huddersfield Town AFC 1–1 Birmingham City FC

Recent Form

Huddersfield Town AFC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Oct	Birmingham City FC	H	0–0	D
16 Oct	Hull City AFC	H	2–0	W
02 Oct	Luton Town FC	A	0–0	D
28 Sep	Blackburn Rovers FC	H	3–2	W
25 Sep	Swansea City AFC	A	0–1	L
18 Sep	Nottingham Forest FC	H	0–2	L

Birmingham City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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
18 Sep	Peterborough United FC	A	0–3	L

Key Stats

58% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)

42% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

100% Clean Sheets
Birmingham City FC this season

Events

Match Events

0' And we are off! Huddersfield Town AFC vs Birmingham City FC — let the football do the talking.
5' It’s high time Lee Bowyer made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
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' Danel Sinani has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 17 cards already picked up this season.
20' Huddersfield Town AFC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Birmingham City FC backline.
24' Levi Colwill catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 24.
29' 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.
34' Birmingham City FC is showing some good football. However, Birmingham City FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
39' With 0 assists to his name this season, Sorba Thomas is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Birmingham City FC.
40' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Matthew Pearson on 40 minutes.
45' Riley McGree is a natural midfielder and has been asked to do a very specific job for Birmingham City FC tonight.
50' The 36-year-old Marc Roberts has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
55' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
60' Levi Colwill has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 1 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
65' It looks surprising Huddersfield Town AFC does not make any changes. Ivan Sunjic has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
69' The crowd applauds Lukas Jutkiewicz as he leaves the pitch. Troy Deeney steps in for Birmingham City FC.
71' Huddersfield Town AFC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Josh Koroma is hanging Danel Sinani on the field on 71 minute.
76' A tactical swap from Huddersfield Town AFC — Fraizer Campbell on, Daniel Ward off on 76 minutes.
81' Both keepers have barely been tested. Huddersfield Town AFC and Birmingham City FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
83' It’s a booking for Birmingham City FC player. Riley McGree gets a Yellow card.
85' It’s a booking for Huddersfield Town AFC player. Tom Lees gets a Yellow card.
87' Oliver Turton gets the nod from Huddersfield Town AFC. He replaces Duane Holmes and will look to change the dynamic.
Game over. The scoreline of 0-0 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Huddersfield Town AFC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Carlos Corberán

Birmingham City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Lee Bowyer

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Fraizer Campbell	3
Siriki Dembele	2
Koji Miyoshi	2
Marc Roberts	2
Karlan Ahearne-Grant	1
Joseph Hungbo	1
Lukas Jutkiewicz	1
Gary Gardner	1

Head to Head

Huddersfield Town AFC Form

2021-10-20 Huddersfield Town AFC 0–0 Birmingham City FC D 2021-10-16 Huddersfield Town AFC 2–0 Hull City AFC W 2021-10-02 Luton Town FC 0–0 Huddersfield Town AFC D 2021-09-28 Huddersfield Town AFC 3–2 Blackburn Rovers FC W 2021-09-25 Swansea City AFC 1–0 Huddersfield Town AFC L 2021-09-18 Huddersfield Town AFC 0–2 Nottingham Forest FC L

Birmingham City FC Form

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 2021-09-18 Peterborough United FC 3–0 Birmingham City FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.28 Huddersfield Town AFC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.81 Birmingham City FC xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 66% + Under — clean sheet likely 59%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Huddersfield Town AFC47% Draw30% Birmingham City FC23%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes41% 0% No59%

Avg goals/match: 2.09

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	85%	15%
± 1.5	62%	38%
± 2.5	34%	66%
± 3.5	16%	84%
± 4.5	7%	93%

Double Chance

Huddersfield Town AFC or Draw

77%

Draw or Birmingham City FC

53%

Huddersfield Town AFC or Birmingham City FC

70%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Huddersfield Town AFC31% Draw53% Birmingham City FC16%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 0

Actual

1 – 0

14.7%

1 – 1

13.7%

2 – 0

9.7%

0 – 1

8.8%

2 – 1

1 – 2

3 – 0

4.1%

0 – 2

3.8%

3 – 1

3.5%

2 – 2

3.3%

3 – 2

1.5%

Asian Handicap — Huddersfield Town AFC

Handicap	Huddersfield Town AFC covers	Push	Birmingham City FC covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	14%	79%
-1.5	21%	—	79%
-1	21%	24%	54%
-0.5	46%	—	54%
+0.5	78%	—	22%
+1	78%	15%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Huddersfield Town AFC keeps clean sheet

45% ✗

Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet

29% ✗

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