West Bromwich Albion FC vs Birmingham City FC, Championship 2021-22 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2021-22

West Bromwich Albion FC

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Birmingham City FC

Fri 15 Oct 2021 · 19:00 UTC The Hawthorns HT 45' · FT 45'

Matt Clarke 72' Y

Karlan Ahearne-Grant 89' Y

Overview

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West Bromwich Albion FC vs Birmingham City FC — Championship at The Hawthorns.

West Bromwich Albion FC 15 games · 28 pts (2026/27)
Birmingham City FC 15 games · 29 pts (2026/27)

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

West Bromwich Albion FC 13 games · Avg 2.2 goals Birmingham City FC

Last 5 meetings

2021-10-15 West Bromwich Albion FC 1–0 Birmingham City FC 2020-06-20 West Bromwich Albion FC 0–0 Birmingham City FC 2019-12-14 Birmingham City FC 2–3 West Bromwich Albion FC 2019-03-29 West Bromwich Albion FC 3–2 Birmingham City FC 2018-09-14 Birmingham City FC 1–1 West Bromwich Albion FC

Recent Form

West Bromwich Albion FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 Oct	Birmingham City FC	H	1–0	W
01 Oct	Stoke City FC	A	0–1	L
28 Sep	Cardiff City FC	A	4–0	W
24 Sep	Queens Park Rangers FC	H	2–1	W
18 Sep	Preston North End FC	A	1–1	D
14 Sep	Derby County FC	H	0–0	D

Birmingham City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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
15 Sep	Fulham FC	H	1–4	L

Season Stats

West Bromwich Albion FC		Birmingham City FC
#5	Position	#1
28	Points	29
15	Played	15
8 / 4 / 3	W / D / L	8 / 5 / 2
23	Scored	28
15	Conceded	14
+8	GD	+14
1.87	PPG	1.93
53%	Win %	53%

Key Stats

46% Both Teams to Score
H2H (13 games)

31% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

20% Clean Sheets
West Bromwich Albion FC this season

33% Clean Sheets
Birmingham City FC this season

West Bromwich Albion FC are 5th (28 pts). Birmingham City FC are 1st (29 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

West Bromwich Albion FC

0-15

–/2

16-30

5/1

31-45

2/1

46-60

4/3

61-75

5/3

76+

7/3

■ 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)

West Bromwich Albion FC

Isaac Price	6 G	3 A
Jimmy Morgan	4 G	4 A
Aune Heggebo	4 G	1 A
Callum Styles	3 G

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' It’s Showtime! The match between West Bromwich Albion FC and Birmingham City FC is underway.
5' The home supporters are growing impatient. West Bromwich Albion FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
10' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both West Bromwich Albion FC and Birmingham City FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
15' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
20' Birmingham City FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
25' Adam Reach is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for West Bromwich Albion FC so far.
30' West Bromwich Albion FC is showing some good football. However, West Bromwich Albion FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
35' Scott Hogan needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 8 Yellow cards this season.
40' Supporters expect more eagerness from Jeremie Bela, as he is very good at scoring at The Hawthorns with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
45' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering West Bromwich Albion FC that had 392 games and scored 507 goals.
46' The whistle greets Callum Robinson as he departs to be replaced by Jordan Hugill.
47' Jeremie Bela is replacing Maxime Colin for the Birmingham City FC side.
52' Lukas Jutkiewicz has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
57' West Bromwich Albion FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
61' West Bromwich Albion FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Jayson Molumby is hanging Alex Mowatt on the field on 61 minute.
62' Jayson Molumby is replacing Alex Mowatt for the West Bromwich Albion FC side.
67' Chuks Aneke has been relatively quiet despite scoring 26 goals in his last 191 appearances.
72' That is a Yellow card for West Bromwich Albion FC. Matt Clarke will be fuming at that decision.
75' Magnificent from Karlan Ahearne-Grant! That is 64 goals in 393 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
78' The Birmingham City FC bench stirs into life. Scott Hogan is withdrawn and Chuks Aneke gets his opportunity.
83' The crowd applauds George Friend as he leaves the pitch. Jordan Graham steps in for Birmingham City FC.
88' Darnell Furlong has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 15 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
89' Karlan Ahearne-Grant was booked on 89.
90' The whistle greets Karlan Ahearne-Grant as he departs to be replaced by Adam Reach.
The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Birmingham City FC.

Lineups

West Bromwich Albion FC Lineups

Starting XI

16
Matt Clarke
8
Jake Livermore
1
Sam Johnstone
3
Conor Townsend
5
Kyle Bartley
10
Matt Phillips
27
Alex Mowatt ↓ Jayson Molumby 62'
7
Callum Robinson ↓ Jordan Hugill 46'
2
Darnell Furlong
18
Karlan Ahearne-Grant ↓ Adam Reach 90'
6
Semi Ajayi

Bench

Coach Valerien Ismael

Birmingham City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

15
Chuks Aneke ↑ 78'
36
Troy Deeney
6
Ryan Woods
24
Jordan Graham ↑ 83'
27
Connal Trueman
12
Harlee Dean
11
Jeremie Bela ↑ 47'

Coach Lee Bowyer

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Scott Hogan	3
Charlie Austin	2
Lukas Jutkiewicz	2
Gary Gardner	2
Hannibal Mejbri	1
John Swift	1
Grady Diangana	1
Juninho Bacuna	1

Head to Head

West Bromwich Albion FC Form

2021-10-15 West Bromwich Albion FC 1–0 Birmingham City FC W 2021-10-01 Stoke City FC 1–0 West Bromwich Albion FC L 2021-09-28 Cardiff City FC 0–4 West Bromwich Albion FC W 2021-09-24 West Bromwich Albion FC 2–1 Queens Park Rangers FC W 2021-09-18 Preston North End FC 1–1 West Bromwich Albion FC D 2021-09-14 West Bromwich Albion FC 0–0 Derby County FC D

Birmingham City FC Form

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 2021-09-15 Birmingham City FC 1–4 Fulham FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.34 West Bromwich Albion FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.85 Birmingham City FC xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 63% + Under — clean sheet likely 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

West Bromwich Albion FC52% Draw28% Birmingham City FC20%

Actual: West Bromwich Albion FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes43% 0% No57%

Avg goals/match: 2.19

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	87%	13%
± 1.5	65%	35%
± 2.5	37%	63%
± 3.5	18%	82%
± 4.5	8%	92%

Double Chance

West Bromwich Albion FC or Draw

80%

Draw or Birmingham City FC

48%

West Bromwich Albion FC or Birmingham City FC

72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

West Bromwich Albion FC32% Draw52% Birmingham City FC16%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 0

Actual

1 – 1

13.7%

0 – 0

13.4%

2 – 0

9.6%

0 – 1

8.3%

2 – 1

8.3%

1 – 2

5.2%

3 – 0

4.2%

0 – 2

3.9%

3 – 1

3.8%

2 – 2

3.6%

3 – 2

1.7%

Asian Handicap — West Bromwich Albion FC

Handicap	West Bromwich Albion FC covers	Push	Birmingham City FC covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	14%	78%
-1.5	22%	—	78%
-1	22%	24%	54%
-0.5	46%	—	54%
+0.5	78%	—	22%
+1	78%	15%	8%
+1.5	92%	—	8%
+2	92%	6%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

West Bromwich Albion FC keeps clean sheet

43% ✗

Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

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