Sheffield Wednesday FC vs Birmingham City FC, Championship 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2023-24

Sheffield Wednesday FC

2 – 0

Full Time

Birmingham City FC

Fri 9 Feb 2024 · 20:00 UTC Hillsborough HT 45' · FT 45'

Ike Ugbo 15' 1–0

Ike Ugbo 53' 2–0

Barry Bannan 4' Y

Will Vaulks 85' Y

Michael Smith 90' Y

Y 90' Krystian Bielik

Overview

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Sheffield Wednesday FC vs Birmingham City FC — Championship at Hillsborough.

Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 games · 0 pts (2026/27)
Birmingham City FC 15 games · 29 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Andy Davies (England)
Assistant 1 Graham Kane
Assistant 2 George Byrne

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

Sheffield Wednesday FC 10 games · Avg 2.7 goals Birmingham City FC

Last 5 meetings

2024-02-09 Sheffield Wednesday FC 2–0 Birmingham City FC 2023-11-25 Birmingham City FC 2–1 Sheffield Wednesday FC 2021-02-20 Sheffield Wednesday FC 0–1 Birmingham City FC 2020-10-17 Birmingham City FC 0–1 Sheffield Wednesday FC 2020-02-22 Birmingham City FC 3–3 Sheffield Wednesday FC

Recent Form

Sheffield Wednesday FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 Feb	Birmingham City FC	H	2–0	W
06 Feb	Coventry City FC	A	1–4	L
03 Feb	Huddersfield Town AFC	A	0–4	L
31 Jan	Watford FC	H	0–0	D
26 Jan	Coventry City FC	H	1–1	D
20 Jan	Coventry City FC	H	1–2	L

Birmingham City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 Feb	Sheffield Wednesday FC	A	0–2	L
03 Feb	West Bromwich Albion FC	A	0–1	L
27 Jan	Leicester City FC	A	0–3	L
20 Jan	Stoke City FC	A	2–1	W
16 Jan	Hull City AFC	H	2–1	W
13 Jan	Swansea City AFC	H	2–2	D

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)

40% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

33% Clean Sheets
Birmingham City FC this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

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)

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! Sheffield Wednesday FC welcome Birmingham City FC for this crunch clash at Hillsborough.
4' A moment of madness from Barry Bannan on 4 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Sheffield Wednesday FC will be frustrated.
9' It looks surprising Sheffield Wednesday FC does not make any changes. Juninho Bacuna has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
14' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
15' Goal! Ike Ugbo scores his 40 goal in 52 matches.
20' Sheffield Wednesday FC have won 480 goals from 393 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
25' Akin Famewo is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sheffield Wednesday FC so far.
30' With 0 assists to his name this season, Lee Buchanan is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Birmingham City FC.
35' Sheffield Wednesday FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Birmingham City FC backline.
40' Both keepers have barely been tested. Sheffield Wednesday FC and Birmingham City FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
45' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
50' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
53' Against the run of play, Ike Ugbo has scored! This game has turned on its head.
54' Another substitution for Birmingham City FC to replace Ivan Sunjic by Koji Miyoshi on 54 minute.
55' Another substitution for Birmingham City FC to replace Scott Hogan by Jay Stansfield on 55 minute.
60' A quiet spell here at Hillsborough. Birmingham City FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
63' Will Vaulks is ready to make an impact after coming on for Lamine Diaby at the 63 minute mark.
65' The supporters are chanting for Tyler Roberts. He replaces Ethan Laird on 65 minute.
70' Sheffield Wednesday 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.
75' Over 75 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
76' Sheffield Wednesday FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Michael Ihiekwe is hanging Ian Poveda on the field on 76 minute.
81' The travelling Birmingham City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
85' Will Vaulks picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
88' Fresh legs for Sheffield Wednesday FC! Kristian Pedersen comes on to replace Marvin Johnson.
90' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Michael Smith.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Sheffield Wednesday FC players.

Lineups

Sheffield Wednesday FC Lineups

4-1-4-1

Starting XI

10
Barry Bannan
18
Marvin Johnson ↓ Kristian Pedersen 88'
12
Ike Ugbo ↓ Anthony Musaba 76'
23
Akin Famewo
44
Lamine Diaby ↓ Will Vaulks 63'
14
Pol Valentin Sancho
17
Di'Shon Bernard
41
Djeidi Gassama
26
James Beadle
42
Bailey Cadamarteri ↓ Michael Smith 76'
36
Ian Poveda ↓ Michael Ihiekwe 76'

Bench

3
Kristian Pedersen ↑ 88'
2
Liam Palmer
7
Mallik Wilks
4
Will Vaulks ↑ 63'
24
Michael Smith ↑ 76'
20
Michael Ihiekwe ↑ 76'
45
Anthony Musaba ↑ 76'
47
Pierce Charles
25
Guilherme

Coach Danny Röhl

Birmingham City FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

4
Marc Roberts
20
Gary Gardner
8
Tyler Roberts ↑ 65'
14
Keshi Anderson ↑ 76'
11
Koji Miyoshi ↑ 65'
28
Jay Stansfield ↑ 55'
12
Cody Drameh
13
Seung-Ho Paik ↑ 54'
48
Brad Mayo

Coach Tony Mowbray

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Jacob Murphy	2
Barry Bannan	2
Scott Hogan	2
Steven Fletcher	2
Che Adams	2
Lukas Jutkiewicz	2
Ike Ugbo	2
Alvaro Gimenez	1

Head to Head

Sheffield Wednesday FC Form

2024-02-09 Sheffield Wednesday FC 2–0 Birmingham City FC W 2024-02-06 Coventry City FC 4–1 Sheffield Wednesday FC L 2024-02-03 Huddersfield Town AFC 4–0 Sheffield Wednesday FC L 2024-01-31 Sheffield Wednesday FC 0–0 Watford FC D 2024-01-26 Sheffield Wednesday FC 1–1 Coventry City FC D 2024-01-20 Sheffield Wednesday FC 1–2 Coventry City FC L

Birmingham City FC Form

2024-02-09 Sheffield Wednesday FC 2–0 Birmingham City FC L 2024-02-03 West Bromwich Albion FC 1–0 Birmingham City FC L 2024-01-27 Leicester City FC 3–0 Birmingham City FC L 2024-01-20 Stoke City FC 1–2 Birmingham City FC W 2024-01-16 Birmingham City FC 2–1 Hull City AFC W 2024-01-13 Birmingham City FC 2–2 Swansea City AFC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.39 Sheffield Wednesday FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.92 Birmingham City FC xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sheffield Wednesday FC47% Draw29% Birmingham City FC24%

Actual: Sheffield Wednesday FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes46% 0% No54%

Avg goals/match: 2.31

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	88%	12%
± 1.5	67%	33%
± 2.5	40%	60%
± 3.5	21%	79%
± 4.5	9%	91%

Double Chance

Sheffield Wednesday FC or Draw

76%

Draw or Birmingham City FC

53%

Sheffield Wednesday FC or Birmingham City FC

71%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sheffield Wednesday FC32% Draw50% Birmingham City FC18%

Actual: Sheffield Wednesday FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.6%

1 – 0

12.7%

0 – 0

12.1%

2 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

8.5%

0 – 1

7.9%

1 – 2

5.6%

3 – 0

4.2%

2 – 2

3 – 1

0 – 2

3 – 2

Asian Handicap — Sheffield Wednesday FC

Handicap	Sheffield Wednesday FC covers	Push	Birmingham City FC covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	14%	77%
-1.5	23%	—	77%
-1	23%	23%	54%
-0.5	46%	—	54%
+0.5	77%	—	23%
+1	77%	15%	8%
+1.5	92%	—	8%
+2	92%	6%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Sheffield Wednesday FC keeps clean sheet

40% ✗

Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

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