Championship

Championship | Gameweek 8

Oct 28, 2020 at 7.45pm UK

St. Andrew's Stadium

Birmingham
2 - 1
Huddersfield

Gardner (27'), Jutkiewicz (90')
Sunjic (35'), San Jose (75')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Mbenza (85')
Diakhaby (19')

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The Match

Match Report

Isaac Mbenza had levelled for Huddersfield late on.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Wednesday's Championship fixture between Birmingham City and Huddersfield Town, including team news and predicted 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 Birmingham City win with a probability of 43.18%. A win for Huddersfield Town had a probability of 30.09% and a draw had a probability of 26.7%.

The most likely scoreline for a Birmingham City win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.43%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.78%) and 2-0 (7.92%). The likeliest Huddersfield Town win was 0-1 (9.16%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.68%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with an 8.8% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Birmingham City would win this match.

Result
Birmingham City	Draw	Huddersfield Town
43.18%	26.73%	30.09%

Both teams to score 50.25%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

45.47%

54.53%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

24.12%

75.88%

Birmingham City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

74.96%

25.04%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

40.29%

59.71%

Huddersfield Town Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

67.03%

32.97%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

30.44%

69.56%

Score Analysis

Birmingham City 43.18%

Huddersfield Town 30.09%

Draw 26.73%

Birmingham City	Draw	Huddersfield Town
1-0 @ 11.43% 2-1 @ 8.78% 2-0 @ 7.92% 3-1 @ 4.05% 3-0 @ 3.65% 3-2 @ 2.25% 4-1 @ 1.4% 4-0 @ 1.27% Other @ 2.43% Total : 43.18%	1-1 @ 12.68% 0-0 @ 8.26% 2-2 @ 4.87% Other @ 0.92% Total : 26.73%	0-1 @ 9.16% 1-2 @ 7.04% 0-2 @ 5.08% 1-3 @ 2.6% 0-3 @ 1.88% 2-3 @ 1.8% Other @ 2.53% Total : 30.09%