H2H: Birmingham vs Sheffield Wednesday - Prediction (Championship

Preview and Teams Comparison.

Jérémie Bela has netted in Birmingham’s two home league games, and only one of his six competitive strikes for the club arrived before the 40th minute. Jordan Rhodes, one of Sheffield Wednesday’s two league goalscorers this season, has scored six goals in 12 Championship appearances against Birmingham, only losing once at this venue (W1, D5). Only one of Birmingham’s last 16 Championship games saw both teams score before the break (HT: W3, D7, L6).

Birmingham Insights.

The ‘Blues’ have scored exactly once in each of their last five home league matches (W1, D2, L2) with five of the eight goals they conceded coming after HT. However one stat swings in their favour – Birmingham are unbeaten in 70.59% of the home league games they’ve entered as favourites since the start of last season (W5, D7, L5). Birmingham City are unbeaten this Championship season (W1, D3) with all four matches featuring under 2.5 goals. Interestingly, three of the last four goals that their games produced came after the 85th minute, and although they’ve won only one of their last 18 league games (D10, L7), they are unbeaten in six H2Hs (W3, D3).

Sheffield Wednesday Insights.

Sheffield Wednesday (W1, D2, L1) are making good progress towards wiping out their 12-point deduction, but remain seven points adrift at the bottom of the table. Like their hosts, all four of Wednesday’s Championship games have featured under 2.5 goals, although they also saw all the scoring completed during just one half in the three games that didn’t end goalless. The ‘Owls’ haven’t drawn any of their last seven away league games (W3, L4), a run that began after last season’s 3-3 H2H draw. Meanwhile, one or both sides have scored 2+ goals in their last eight Championship away matches, and none of their last 16 such fixtures saw the same result as the previous one (W6, D3, L7).