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

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Championship · 2021-22

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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 8 games · 14 pts (2026/27)
Birmingham City FC 8 games · 11 pts (2026/27)

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

West Bromwich Albion FC 12 games · Avg 2.3 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	#10
14	Points	11
8	Played	8
4 / 2 / 2	W / D / L	2 / 5 / 1
10	Scored	12
8	Conceded	11
+2	GD	+1
1.75	PPG	1.38
50%	Win %	25%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)

33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

25% Clean Sheets
West Bromwich Albion FC this season

13% Clean Sheets
Birmingham City FC this season

West Bromwich Albion FC are 5th (14 pts). Birmingham City FC are 10th (11 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

West Bromwich Albion FC

0-15

–/–

16-30

2/–

31-45

2/–

46-60

2/2

61-75

3/2

76+

1/2

■ 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)

West Bromwich Albion FC

Jimmy Morgan	3 G	3 A
Isaac Price	2 G	1 A
Callum Styles	2 G
Aune Heggebo	2 G

Birmingham City FC

Phil Neumann	2 G
Demarai Gray	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' We are underway at The Hawthorns. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
5' West Bromwich Albion FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
10' It looks like no one’s ball. Birmingham City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
15' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Conor Townsend suffering a number of foals already.
20' West Bromwich Albion FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Birmingham City FC backline.
25' 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.
30' Birmingham City FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
35' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
40' It is a cagey affair so far. West Bromwich Albion FC in their trying to find a way past Birmingham City FC's compact .
45' With 0 assists to his name this season, Semi Ajayi is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Birmingham City FC.
46' Fresh legs for West Bromwich Albion FC! Jordan Hugill comes on to replace Callum Robinson.
47' A change in the Birmingham City FC ranks — Maxime Colin exits the field as Jeremie Bela enters on 47.
52' Kristian Pedersen is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for West Bromwich Albion FC tonight.
57' Jake Livermore needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 41 Yellow cards this season.
61' Jayson Molumby has so much to prove this time. He replaces Alex Mowatt on 61 minute.
62' Jayson Molumby gets the nod from West Bromwich Albion FC. He replaces Alex Mowatt and will look to change the dynamic.
67' It looks surprising West Bromwich Albion FC does not make any changes. Ivan Sunjic has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
72' Controversy at the stadium! Matt Clarke argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
75' GOAL! Karlan Ahearne-Grant scores on 75.
78' A tactical swap from Birmingham City FC — Chuks Aneke on, Scott Hogan off on 78 minutes.
83' Time for substitution for Birmingham City FC. George Friend is replaced by Jordan Graham.
88' Birmingham City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 88.
89' Poor challenge from Karlan Ahearne-Grant. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
90' A change in the West Bromwich Albion FC ranks — Karlan Ahearne-Grant exits the field as Adam Reach enters on 90.
It finishes all square. West Bromwich Albion FC and Birmingham City FC share the spoils 1-0.

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
Gary Gardner	2
Charlie Austin	2
Lukas Jutkiewicz	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

1.46 West Bromwich Albion FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.74 Birmingham City FC xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 62% + Under — clean sheet likely 59%

Match Result

✓ Correct

West Bromwich Albion FC57% Draw26% Birmingham City FC17%

Actual: West Bromwich Albion FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes41% 0% No59%

Avg goals/match: 2.2

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	87%	13%
± 1.5	65%	35%
± 2.5	38%	62%
± 3.5	19%	81%
± 4.5	8%	92%

Double Chance

West Bromwich Albion FC or Draw

83%

Draw or Birmingham City FC

43%

West Bromwich Albion FC or Birmingham City FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

West Bromwich Albion FC36% Draw51% Birmingham City FC13%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 0

Actual

0 – 0

13.3%

1 – 1

12.8%

2 – 0

11.4%

2 – 1

8.5%

0 – 1

3 – 0

5.4%

1 – 2

4.3%

3 – 1

4.2%

2 – 2

3.2%

0 – 2

2.9%

4 – 0

Asian Handicap — West Bromwich Albion FC

Handicap	West Bromwich Albion FC covers	Push	Birmingham City FC covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	16%	73%
-1.5	27%	—	73%
-1	27%	25%	47%
-0.5	53%	—	47%
+0.5	82%	—	18%
+1	82%	12%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	4%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

West Bromwich Albion FC keeps clean sheet

48% ✗

Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

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