📊 Form Guide
Birmingham City WLLLWL
Birmingham City will be hoping for a better result following a 3-0 Championship loss in their previous game against Coventry City.
In that game, Birmingham City had 37% possession and 5 attempts on goal with 0 on target. The scorer for Birmingham City was Bright Osayi-Samuel (49' Own goal). For their opponents, Coventry City had 14 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Brandon Thomas-Asante (16') and Victor Torp (78') scored for Coventry City.
Birmingham City have struggled with their forward play in more recent games. Their sum of goals equals just 2 against opponents during the course of their previous six fixtures. In those games, Birmingham City have also seen the number of goals scored against them come to 7. In any event, we will just have to wait and see whether that trend might be replicated in this next match.
Ahead of this meeting, Birmingham City are unbeaten in their previous 28 league matches at home. A fantastic home record.
Sheffield Wednesday DLLLWD
In the game prior to this, Sheffield Wednesday drew 1-1 in the Championship match with Queens Park Rangers.
In that match, Sheffield Wednesday managed 50% possession and 14 shots on goal with 5 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Sheffield Wednesday was Dominic Iorfa (30'). Queens Park Rangers had 14 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Nicolas Madsen (48') was the scorer for Queens Park Rangers.
Looking at their form, and Sheffield Wednesday have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 9 goals overall. At the back, Sheffield Wednesday have not been doing too well.
Ahead of this clash, Sheffield Wednesday are undefeated in their previous 2 away league matches.
↔️ Head to head
Looking at the statistics for their head to head duels dating back to 27/11/2019, there has been little between the sides with Birmingham City winning 2 of those games, Sheffield Wednesday 2 and 2 being draws after 90 minutes of play.
A combined total of 15 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 7 of them from The Blues and 8 belonging to The Owls. That’s an average goals per game of 2.5.
The previous league contest featuring the two was Championship match day 31 on 09/02/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 Birmingham City.
In that game, Sheffield Wednesday managed 37% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The scorer was Ike Ugbo (15', 53').
Birmingham City had 25 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target.
The referee was Andy Davies.
ℹ️ Team News: Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday boss Henrik Pedersen has a number of players out of action. Olaf Kobacki (Groin injury), Pierce Charles (Shoulder injury) and Guilherme Siqueira (Achilles tendon surgery) will miss out on this game.
✨ Prediction
We’re of the opinion that Birmingham City are likely to be able to create a good number of chances & successful shots on target.
At the same time, Sheffield Wednesday could well find it tough to find the back of the net but we do fancy them being dangerous for periods.
We’re therefore expecting to see a controlled 3-1 win for Birmingham City at the end of this one.