Swansea City AFC vs Birmingham City FC, Championship 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2023-24

Swansea City AFC

1 – 1

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Birmingham City FC

Sat 5 Aug 2023 · 14:00 UTC Swansea.com Stadium 18,051 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 45' Siriki Dembele

Jerry Yates 76' 1–1

Jamie Paterson 2' Y

Y 27' Tyler Roberts

Y 87' Ivan Sunjic

Y 90' Koji Miyoshi

Y 90' Krystian Bielik

Overview

Match Preview

Swansea City AFC vs Birmingham City FC — Championship at Swansea.com Stadium.

Swansea City AFC 8 games · 17 pts (2026/27)
Birmingham City FC 8 games · 11 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee James Linington
Assistant 1 Andrew Fox
Assistant 2 Gregory Read (England)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Swansea City AFC	8	17
2	West Ham United FC	8	15
3	Middlesbrough FC	8	15
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	7	14
5	West Bromwich Albion FC	8	14
6	Queens Park Rangers FC	8	13
7	Stoke City FC	8	13
8	Bristol City FC	8	13
9	Charlton Athletic FC	8	12
10	Birmingham City FC	8	11
11	Millwall FC	8	11
12	Lincoln City FC	8	11
13	Southampton FC	8	10
14	Wrexham AFC	8	10
15	Bolton Wanderers FC	8	10
16	Blackburn Rovers FC	8	9
17	Norwich City FC	8	9
18	Sheffield United FC	8	9
19	Portsmouth FC	7	8
20	Watford FC	8	8
21	Cardiff City FC	8	7
22	Derby County FC	8	5
23	Preston North End FC	8	4
24	Burnley FC	8	4

Head-to-Head

Swansea City AFC 14 games · Avg 2.6 goals Birmingham City FC

Last 5 meetings

2023-08-05 Swansea City AFC 1–1 Birmingham City FC 2023-02-04 Swansea City AFC 3–4 Birmingham City FC 2022-11-08 Birmingham City FC 2–2 Swansea City AFC 2022-03-19 Swansea City AFC 0–0 Birmingham City FC 2021-10-23 Birmingham City FC 2–1 Swansea City AFC

Recent Form

Swansea City AFC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Aug	Birmingham City FC	H	1–1	D
08 May	West Bromwich Albion FC	H	3–2	W
29 Apr	Hull City AFC	A	1–1	D
22 Apr	Norwich City FC	A	3–0	W
19 Apr	Preston North End FC	H	4–2	W
15 Apr	Huddersfield Town AFC	H	1–0	W

Birmingham City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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
18 Apr	Millwall FC	A	1–0	W
15 Apr	Sunderland AFC	A	1–2	L

Season Stats

Swansea City AFC		Birmingham City FC
#1	Position	#10
17	Points	11
8	Played	8
5 / 2 / 1	W / D / L	2 / 5 / 1
13	Scored	12
6	Conceded	11
+7	GD	+1
2.13	PPG	1.38
63%	Win %	25%

Key Stats

57% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

50% Clean Sheets
Swansea City AFC this season

13% Clean Sheets
Birmingham City FC this season

Swansea City AFC are 1st (17 pts). Birmingham City FC are 10th (11 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Swansea City AFC

0-15

3/2

16-30

2/–

31-45

2/2

46-60

3/1

61-75

2/–

76+

1/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Birmingham City FC

0-15

1/1

16-30

1/1

31-45

1/6

46-60

2/1

61-75

3/–

76+

1/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Swansea City AFC

Adam Idah	3 G	1 A
Ji-sung Eom	2 G	2 A
Joseph Opoku	2 G

Birmingham City FC

Phil Neumann	2 G
Demarai Gray	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Swansea City AFC and Birmingham City FC has kicked off!
2' Swansea City AFC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 2.
7' It’s high time Michael Duff made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
12' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
17' Scott Hogan has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
22' Swansea City AFC have won 479 goals from 388 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
27' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Tyler Roberts.
32' The home supporters are growing impatient. Swansea City AFC must find a spark to ignite this game.
37' Supporters expect more eagerness from Nathan Wood-Gordon, as he is very good at scoring at Swansea.com Stadium with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
42' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
45' Siriki Dembele makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and Birmingham City FC are in front.
50' Krystian Bielik is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Birmingham City FC so far.
55' The travelling Birmingham City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
60' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
61' Jordan James is replacing Tyler Roberts for the Birmingham City FC side.
66' Both keepers have barely been tested. Swansea City AFC and Birmingham City FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
69' Another change for Swansea City AFC made on 69 minute. Harrison Ashby leaves to be changed by Azeem Abdulai.
70' Swansea City AFC ring the changes. Jamie Paterson has done his job and it is now time for Liam Cullen to step up.
75' Swansea City AFC are deployed in a 5-3-2 today, looking to exploit space against Birmingham City FC's 4-4-2 shape.
76' Brilliant from the forward! Jerry Yates makes it 1-1 with a superb finish on 76.
81' Swansea City AFC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
84' Birmingham City FC make a change. Keshi Anderson trudges off to be replaced by Juninho Bacuna on 84 minutes.
85' The whistle greets Scott Hogan as he departs to be replaced by Lukas Jutkiewicz.
87' That is a Yellow card for Birmingham City FC. Ivan Sunjic will be fuming at that decision.
90' Birmingham City FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 90.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-1.

Lineups

Swansea City AFC Lineups

5-3-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Michael Duff

Birmingham City FC Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

7
Juninho Bacuna ↑ 84'
1
Neil Etheridge
10
Lukas Jutkiewicz ↑ 85'
11
Koji Miyoshi ↑ 85'
16
Sam Cosgrove
23
Emmanuel Longelo
24
Marcel Oakley ↑ 70'
42
Alfie Chang
19
Jordan James ↑ 61'

Coach John Eustace

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Scott Hogan	3
Lukas Jutkiewicz	2
Joel Piroe	2
Siriki Dembele	2
Oliver McBurnie	2
Matt Grimes	2
Troy Deeney	2
Jules Ntcham	1

Head to Head

Swansea City AFC Form

2023-08-05 Swansea City AFC 1–1 Birmingham City FC D 2023-05-08 Swansea City AFC 3–2 West Bromwich Albion FC W 2023-04-29 Hull City AFC 1–1 Swansea City AFC D 2023-04-22 Norwich City FC 0–3 Swansea City AFC W 2023-04-19 Swansea City AFC 4–2 Preston North End FC W 2023-04-15 Swansea City AFC 1–0 Huddersfield Town AFC W

Birmingham City FC Form

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 2023-04-18 Millwall FC 0–1 Birmingham City FC W 2023-04-15 Sunderland AFC 2–1 Birmingham City FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.71 Swansea City AFC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.06 Birmingham City FC xG

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

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Swansea City AFC51% Draw26% Birmingham City FC23%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes54% 0% No46%

Avg goals/match: 2.77

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	76%	24%
± 2.5	52%	48%
± 3.5	30%	70%
± 4.5	15%	85%

Double Chance

Swansea City AFC or Draw

77%

Draw or Birmingham City FC

49%

Swansea City AFC or Birmingham City FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Swansea City AFC36% Draw45% Birmingham City FC19%

Actual: Birmingham City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

9.9%

2 – 1

9.3%

2 – 0

0 – 0

8.2%

1 – 2

5.8%

0 – 1

5.7%

3 – 1

5.3%

3 – 0

2 – 2

0 – 2

3.5%

3 – 2

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Swansea City AFC

Handicap	Swansea City AFC covers	Push	Birmingham City FC covers
-2.5	13%	—	87%
-2	13%	16%	72%
-1.5	28%	—	72%
-1	28%	23%	49%
-0.5	51%	—	49%
+0.5	78%	—	22%
+1	78%	14%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Swansea City AFC keeps clean sheet

35% ✓

Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

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