Championship

Championship | Gameweek 20

Dec 19, 2020 at 3pm UK

St. Andrew's Stadium

Birmingham
1 - 4
Middlesbrough

Colin (15')

FT(HT: 1-2)

Assombalonga (27'), Saville (31'), Etheridge (56' og.), Wing (82')
(13')

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The Match

Match Report

The Birmingham goalkeeper should also have done better with Lewis Wing's late strike.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Birmingham City and Middlesbrough, 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 Middlesbrough win with a probability of 42.15%. A win for Birmingham City had a probability of 29.15% and a draw had a probability of 28.7%.

The most likely scoreline for a Middlesbrough win was 0-1 with a probability of 13.5%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (8.36%) and 1-2 (8.17%). The likeliest Birmingham City win was 1-0 (10.67%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.2%). The actual scoreline of 1-4 was predicted with a 1% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Middlesbrough would win this match.

Result
Birmingham City	Draw	Middlesbrough
29.15%	28.69%	42.15%

Both teams to score 44.27%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

38.12%

61.87%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

18.35%

81.64%

Birmingham City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

62.37%

37.62%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

25.59%

74.4%

Middlesbrough Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

70.98%

29.01%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

35.08%

64.91%

Score Analysis

Birmingham City 29.15%

Middlesbrough 42.14%

Draw 28.68%

Birmingham City	Draw	Middlesbrough
1-0 @ 10.67% 2-1 @ 6.45% 2-0 @ 5.22% 3-1 @ 2.1% 3-0 @ 1.7% 3-2 @ 1.3% Other @ 1.71% Total : 29.15%	1-1 @ 13.2% 0-0 @ 10.91% 2-2 @ 3.99% Other @ 0.58% Total : 28.68%	0-1 @ 13.5% 0-2 @ 8.36% 1-2 @ 8.17% 0-3 @ 3.45% 1-3 @ 3.37% 2-3 @ 1.65% 0-4 @ 1.07% 1-4 @ 1.04% Other @ 1.55% Total : 42.14%

How you voted: Birmingham vs Middlesbrough

Birmingham City

32.6%

Draw

32.6%

Middlesbrough

34.9%