West Bromwich Albion FC vs Birmingham City FC, Championship 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2022-23

West Bromwich Albion FC

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Birmingham City FC

Wed 14 Sep 2022 · 19:00 UTC The Hawthorns HT 45' · FT 45'

Conor Townsend 42' Y

Taylor Gardner-Hickman 64' 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

2022-09-14 West Bromwich Albion FC 2–3 Birmingham City FC 2022-04-03 Birmingham City FC 1–0 West Bromwich Albion FC 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

Recent Form

West Bromwich Albion FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
14 Sep	Birmingham City FC	H	2–3	L
02 Sep	Burnley FC	H	1–1	D
30 Aug	Wigan Athletic FC	A	1–1	D
27 Aug	Huddersfield Town AFC	A	2–2	D
20 Aug	Hull City AFC	H	5–2	W
17 Aug	Cardiff City FC	H	0–0	D

Birmingham City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
14 Sep	West Bromwich Albion FC	A	3–2	W
03 Sep	Preston North End FC	A	1–0	W
30 Aug	Norwich City FC	H	1–2	L
27 Aug	Rotherham United FC	A	0–2	L
20 Aug	Wigan Athletic FC	H	0–1	L
16 Aug	Watford FC	H	1–1	D

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' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for West Bromwich Albion FC to score. At the same time, Birmingham City FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
5' The home supporters are growing impatient. West Bromwich Albion FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
10' Birmingham City FC have won 421 goals from 387 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
14' Magnificent from Scott Hogan! That is 40 goals in 357 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
19' The energy levels are beginning to show. John Eustace might look to freshen things up shortly.
23' GOAL! Jayson Molumby fires home to make it 1-1!
28' Birmingham City FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
33' England international Karlan Ahearne-Grant has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
38' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His West Bromwich Albion FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
42' A meaty challenge results in booking for Conor Townsend on 42.
46' A change in the Birmingham City FC ranks — Krystian Bielik exits the field as Jordan James enters on 46.
51' The travelling Birmingham City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
54' Scott Hogan has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 54 minutes.
59' West Bromwich Albion 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.
60' Jonathan Leko gets the nod from Birmingham City FC. He replaces Marc Roberts and will look to change the dynamic.
64' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Taylor Gardner-Hickman.
69' With 1 assists to his name this season, Maxime Colin is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Birmingham City FC.
72' The Ireland forward Scott Hogan breaks the deadlock on 72 minutes. 1-3!
76' Hannibal Mejbri is replacing Juninho Bacuna for the Birmingham City FC side.
77' A tactical swap from Birmingham City FC — Lukas Jutkiewicz on, Troy Deeney off on 77 minutes.
82' Kyle Bartley, a England , has 2 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
83' GOAL! Brandon Thomas-Asante scores on 83.
86' George Hall is ready to make an impact after coming on for Josh Williams at the 86 minute mark.
With this win, Birmingham City FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

West Bromwich Albion FC Lineups

Starting XI

19
John Swift
4
Dara O'Shea
3
Conor Townsend
5
Kyle Bartley ↓ Erik Pieters 77'
1
David Button
11
Grady Diangana
17
Jed Wallace
18
Karlan Ahearne-Grant ↓ Matt Phillips 77'
35
Okay Yokuslu ↓ Brandon Thomas-Asante 60'
14
Jayson Molumby
29
Taylor Gardner-Hickman ↓ Jake Livermore 77'

Bench

Coach Steve Bruce

Birmingham City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

14
Jonathan Leko ↑ 60'
1
Neil Etheridge
10
Lukas Jutkiewicz ↑ 77'
6
Hannibal Mejbri ↑ 76'
19
Jordan James ↑ 46'
27
Jobe Bellingham
35
George Hall ↑ 86'

Coach John Eustace

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Scott Hogan	3
Lukas Jutkiewicz	2
Gary Gardner	2
Charlie Austin	2
Harlee Dean	1
Dion Sanderson	1
Jota Peleteiro	1
Karlan Ahearne-Grant	1

Head to Head

West Bromwich Albion FC Form

2022-09-14 West Bromwich Albion FC 2–3 Birmingham City FC L 2022-09-02 West Bromwich Albion FC 1–1 Burnley FC D 2022-08-30 Wigan Athletic FC 1–1 West Bromwich Albion FC D 2022-08-27 Huddersfield Town AFC 2–2 West Bromwich Albion FC D 2022-08-20 West Bromwich Albion FC 5–2 Hull City AFC W 2022-08-17 West Bromwich Albion FC 0–0 Cardiff City FC D

Birmingham City FC Form

2022-09-14 West Bromwich Albion FC 2–3 Birmingham City FC W 2022-09-03 Preston North End FC 0–1 Birmingham City FC W 2022-08-30 Birmingham City FC 1–2 Norwich City FC L 2022-08-27 Rotherham United FC 2–0 Birmingham City FC L 2022-08-20 Birmingham City FC 0–1 Wigan Athletic FC L 2022-08-16 Birmingham City FC 1–1 Watford FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.44 West Bromwich Albion FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.26 Birmingham City FC xG

I would bet for: West Bromwich Albion FC or Birmingham City FC 72% + Both teams to score 55%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

West Bromwich Albion FC40% Draw28% Birmingham City FC32%

Actual: Birmingham City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes55% 0% No45%

Avg goals/match: 2.7

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	75%	25%
± 2.5	50%	50%
± 3.5	29%	71%
± 4.5	14%	86%

Double Chance

West Bromwich Albion FC or Draw

68%

Draw or Birmingham City FC

60%

West Bromwich Albion FC or Birmingham City FC

72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

West Bromwich Albion FC29% Draw47% Birmingham City FC24%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✗ 2–3 not predicted

2 – 3

Actual

1 – 1

13.1%

1 – 0

8.7%

0 – 0

8.7%

2 – 1

8.5%

0 – 1

7.5%

1 – 2

7.4%

2 – 0

6.8%

2 – 2

5.4%

0 – 2

5.2%

3 – 1

4.1%

3 – 0

3.2%

1 – 3

3.1%

Asian Handicap — West Bromwich Albion FC

Handicap	West Bromwich Albion FC covers	Push	Birmingham City FC covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	12%	80%
-1.5	20%	—	80%
-1	20%	20%	60%
-0.5	40%	—	60%
+0.5	68%	—	32%
+1	68%	18%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	9%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

West Bromwich Albion FC keeps clean sheet

29% ✓

Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

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