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

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

Swansea City AFC 15 games · 26 pts (2026/27)
Birmingham City FC 15 games · 29 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

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

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

Swansea City AFC 15 games · Avg 2.7 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
#6	Position	#1
26	Points	29
15	Played	15
8 / 2 / 5	W / D / L	8 / 5 / 2
22	Scored	28
18	Conceded	14
+4	GD	+14
1.73	PPG	1.93
53%	Win %	53%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)

53% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

40% Clean Sheets
Swansea City AFC this season

33% Clean Sheets
Birmingham City FC this season

Swansea City AFC are 6th (26 pts). Birmingham City FC are 1st (29 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Swansea City AFC

0-15

4/5

16-30

2/2

31-45

4/5

46-60

6/1

61-75

2/–

76+

3/5

■ 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)

Swansea City AFC

Adam Idah	4 G	1 A
Joseph Opoku	3 G	2 A
Moussa Kounfolo Yeo	3 G
Ji-sung Eom	2 G	2 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' KICK OFF: Birmingham City FC gets underway.
2' Poor challenge from Jamie Paterson. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
7' The home supporters are growing impatient. Swansea City AFC must find a spark to ignite this game.
12' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Ivan Sunjic made 195 appearances and scored 9 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
17' Birmingham City FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
22' Birmingham City FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
27' Poor challenge from Tyler Roberts. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
32' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
37' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Swansea City AFC and Birmingham City FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
42' Birmingham City FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
45' Siriki Dembele does the damage! The net is bulging and Birmingham City FC surge ahead!
50' Marcel Oakley is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Birmingham City FC so far.
55' It is a cagey affair so far. Swansea City AFC in their 5-3-2 trying to find a way past Birmingham City FC's compact 4-4-2.
60' Birmingham City FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Jay Stansfield scoring 2 goals.
61' A change in the Birmingham City FC ranks — Tyler Roberts exits the field as Jordan James enters on 61.
66' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Swansea City AFC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
69' Swansea City AFC make a change. Harrison Ashby trudges off to be replaced by Azeem Abdulai on 69 minutes.
70' Swansea City AFC make a change. Jamie Paterson trudges off to be replaced by Liam Cullen on 70 minutes.
75' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 75 minutes.
76' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Jerry Yates makes no mistake. 1-1!
81' Swansea City AFC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
84' The Birmingham City FC bench stirs into life. Keshi Anderson is withdrawn and Juninho Bacuna gets his opportunity.
85' A change in the Birmingham City FC ranks — Scott Hogan exits the field as Lukas Jutkiewicz enters on 85.
87' That is a Yellow card for Birmingham City FC. Ivan Sunjic will be fuming at that decision.
90' The referee calls foul for Koji Miyoshi. He receives a Yellow card.
The final score is 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
Joel Piroe	2
Siriki Dembele	2
Oliver McBurnie	2
Matt Grimes	2
Troy Deeney	2
Jay Stansfield	2
Lukas Jutkiewicz	2

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

1.36 Swansea City AFC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.42 Birmingham City FC xG

I would bet for: Swansea City AFC or Birmingham City FC 73% + Both teams to score 57%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Swansea City AFC39% Draw27% Birmingham City FC34%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 2.78

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

66%

Draw or Birmingham City FC

61%

Swansea City AFC or Birmingham City FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Swansea City AFC26% Draw46% Birmingham City FC28%

Actual: Birmingham City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

8.2%

0 – 0

8.1%

0 – 1

7.9%

2 – 1

7.8%

1 – 0

7.5%

0 – 2

6.1%

2 – 0

5.6%

2 – 2

5.6%

1 – 3

3.9%

3 – 1

3.6%

0 – 3

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Swansea City AFC

Handicap	Swansea City AFC covers	Push	Birmingham City FC covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	10%	84%
-1.5	16%	—	84%
-1	16%	18%	65%
-0.5	35%	—	65%
+0.5	63%	—	37%
+1	63%	19%	18%
+1.5	82%	—	18%
+2	82%	11%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

Swansea City AFC keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

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