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Championship | Gameweek 14
Oct 28, 2023 at 12.30pm UK
St. Mary's Stadium
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Southampton
3 - 1
Birmingham

Harwood-Bellis (9'), Alcaraz (22'), Armstrong (86')
FT(HT: 2-0)
Stansfield (58')
Aiwu (44'), Gardner (80'), James (90+3'), Stansfield (90+9')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Last Game: Preston 2-2 Southampton
Wednesday, October 25 at 7.45pm in Championship
Last Game: Birmingham 0-2 Hull City
Wednesday, October 25 at 7.45pm in Championship

We said: Southampton 3-1 Birmingham City

Southampton are beginning to show the form of a team fighting for a return to the Premier League, and the Saints should be confident of extending their unbeaten run against a Birmingham side who are still finding their feet with a new head coach at the helm. Blues' tricky run of fixtures continues on the South Coast on the weekend, and Southampton's crop of attacking players will need no invitation to take advantage of the visitors' defensive fragilities under Rooney. Read more.

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 Southampton win with a probability of 46.21%. A win for Birmingham City had a probability of 29.44% and a draw had a probability of 24.3%.

The most likely scoreline for a Southampton win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.32%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (9.09%) and 2-0 (7.42%). The likeliest Birmingham City win was 1-2 (7.17%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.41%). The actual scoreline of 3-1 was predicted with a 5.1% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 3-1 win for Southampton in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for Southampton.

Result
SouthamptonDrawBirmingham City
46.21% (0.568 0.57) 24.35% (-0.217 -0.22) 29.44% (-0.349 -0.35)
Both teams to score 57.54% (0.52699999999999 0.53)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
55.13% (0.787 0.79)44.87% (-0.785 -0.78)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
32.77% (0.753 0.75)67.23% (-0.75200000000001 -0.75)
Southampton Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
80.46% (0.56 0.56)19.54% (-0.558 -0.56)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
48.55% (0.906 0.91)51.44% (-0.906 -0.91)
Birmingham City Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
71.51% (0.15900000000001 0.16)28.49% (-0.158 -0.16)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
35.74% (0.197 0.2)64.26% (-0.196 -0.2)
Score Analysis
    Southampton 46.21%
    Birmingham City 29.44%
    Draw 24.34%
SouthamptonDrawBirmingham City
2-1 @ 9.32% (0.052 0.05)
1-0 @ 9.09% (-0.15 -0.15)
2-0 @ 7.42% (0.0090000000000003 0.01)
3-1 @ 5.07% (0.115 0.12)
3-0 @ 4.04% (0.074 0.07)
3-2 @ 3.18% (0.086 0.09)
4-1 @ 2.07% (0.082 0.08)
4-0 @ 1.65% (0.058 0.06)
4-2 @ 1.3% (0.057 0.06)
Other @ 3.08%
Total : 46.21%
1-1 @ 11.41% (-0.13 -0.13)
2-2 @ 5.85% (0.058 0.06)
0-0 @ 5.57% (-0.191 -0.19)
3-3 @ 1.33% (0.041 0.04)
Other @ 0.19%
Total : 24.34%
1-2 @ 7.17% (-0.054 -0.05)
0-1 @ 6.99% (-0.208 -0.21)
0-2 @ 4.39% (-0.11 -0.11)
1-3 @ 3% (-0.0089999999999999 -0.01)
2-3 @ 2.45% (0.035 0.04)
0-3 @ 1.84% (-0.038 -0.04)
1-4 @ 0.94% (0.001 0)
Other @ 2.67%
Total : 29.44%

How you voted: Southampton vs Birmingham

Southampton
85.7%
Draw
7.1%
Birmingham City
7.1%
28
Head to Head
Feb 4, 2012 5.20pm
Birmingham
0-0
Southampton
Caldwell (89')
Fox (22')
Fox (83')
Sep 18, 2011 3pm
Southampton
4-1
Birmingham
Lambert (34', 11' pen.), Chaplow (78')
Wood (49')
Caldwell (10'), Spector (14'), Carr (81')
Mar 7, 2009 3pm
Aug 16, 2008 3pm
Apr 14, 2007 3pm
Birmingham
2-1
Southampton
Jaidi (32'), Bendtner (79')
Kelly (49'), McSheffrey (70')
rhs 2.0
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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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