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Championship | Gameweek 37
Mar 17, 2021 at 7.45pm UK
St. Andrew's Stadium
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Birmingham
2 - 1
Reading

Jutkiewicz (4'), Dean (72')
Colin (22'), Gardner (28')
FT(HT: 1-1)
Meite (35')

The Match

Match Report

The Blues battled to victory against promotion-chasing Reading.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Wednesday's Championship clash between Birmingham City and Reading, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Reading win with a probability of 50.67%. A draw had a probability of 26.3% and a win for Birmingham City had a probability of 23.06%.

The most likely scoreline for a Reading win was 0-1 with a probability of 13.54%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (10.06%) and 1-2 (9.15%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.31%), while for a Birmingham City win it was 1-0 (8.28%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 5.6% likelihood.

Result
Birmingham CityDrawReading
23.06%26.27%50.67%
Both teams to score 46.21%
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
42.91%57.08%
Over 3.5Under 3.5
22.04%77.96%
Birmingham City Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
59.72%40.28%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
23.09%76.91%
Reading Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
77.38%22.62%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
43.76%56.24%
Score Analysis
    Birmingham City 23.06%
    Reading 50.66%
    Draw 26.26%
Birmingham CityDrawReading
1-0 @ 8.28%
2-1 @ 5.6%
2-0 @ 3.77%
3-1 @ 1.7%
3-2 @ 1.26%
3-0 @ 1.14%
Other @ 1.31%
Total : 23.06%
1-1 @ 12.31%
0-0 @ 9.11%
2-2 @ 4.16%
Other @ 0.68%
Total : 26.26%
0-1 @ 13.54%
0-2 @ 10.06%
1-2 @ 9.15%
0-3 @ 4.99%
1-3 @ 4.54%
2-3 @ 2.06%
0-4 @ 1.85%
1-4 @ 1.69%
Other @ 2.79%
Total : 50.66%

How you voted: Birmingham vs Reading

Birmingham City
21.4%
Draw
14.3%
Reading
64.3%
112
Head to Head
Dec 9, 2020 7.45pm
Gameweek 17
Reading
1-2
Birmingham
Meite (61')
Meite (90+3')
Toral (29', 37')
Hogan (39'), Dean (67'), Etheridge (80'), Leko (88')
Dean (70')
Mar 7, 2020 3pm
Dec 7, 2019 3pm
Gameweek 20
Reading
2-3
Birmingham
Meite (45'), Joao (94')
Puscas (90')
Morrison (41' og.), Bela (59'), Alvaro (88')
McEachran (62')
May 5, 2019 12.30pm
Oct 23, 2018 7.45pm
Gameweek 14
Birmingham
2-1
Reading
Gardner (49'), Jutkiewicz (70')
Gardner (90')
Meite (90')
Yiadom (18'), Swift (64')
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Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
CLeicester CityLeicester463141189414897
3Leeds UnitedLeeds462791081433890
4Southampton462691187632487
5West Bromwich AlbionWest Brom4621121370472375
6Norwich CityNorwich4621101579641573
7Hull City461913146860870
8Middlesbrough46209177162969
9Coventry CityCoventry4617131670591164
10Preston North EndPreston46189195667-1163
11Bristol City461711185351262
12Cardiff CityCardiff46195225370-1762
13Millwall461611194555-1059
14Swansea CitySwansea461512195965-657
15Watford461317166161056
16Sunderland46168225254-256
17Stoke CityStoke461511204960-1156
18Queens Park RangersQPR461511204758-1156
19Blackburn RoversBlackburn461411216074-1453
20Sheffield WednesdaySheff Weds46158234468-2453
21Plymouth ArgylePlymouth461312215970-1151
RBirmingham CityBirmingham461311225065-1550
RHuddersfield TownHuddersfield46918194877-2945
RRotherham UnitedRotherham46512293789-5227


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