Championship

Championship | Gameweek 33

Feb 27, 2021 at 3pm UK

St. Andrew's Stadium

Birmingham
2 - 1
QPR

Pedersen (82'), Halilovic (85')
Pedersen (52'), Halilovic (86'), Roberts (90+6')

FT(HT: 0-1)

Austin (44')
Willock (13'), Bonne (73')

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The Match

Match Report

The 2011 League Cup winners left it until the last eight minutes to turn things around at St Andrew's.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Birmingham City and Queens Park Rangers, 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 Queens Park Rangers win with a probability of 47.03%. A draw had a probability of 26.9% and a win for Birmingham City had a probability of 26.05%.

The most likely scoreline for a Queens Park Rangers win was 0-1 with a probability of 12.96%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (9.15%) and 1-2 (8.93%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.65%), while for a Birmingham City win it was 1-0 (8.97%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 6.2% likelihood.

Result
Birmingham City	Draw	Queens Park Rangers
26.05%	26.93%	47.03%

Both teams to score 47.13%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

42.7%

57.3%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

21.86%

78.14%

Birmingham City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

62.32%

37.68%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

25.54%

74.46%

Queens Park Rangers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

75.62%

24.38%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

41.2%

58.8%

Score Analysis

Birmingham City 26.05%

Queens Park Rangers 47.02%

Draw 26.92%

Birmingham City	Draw	Queens Park Rangers
1-0 @ 8.97% 2-1 @ 6.18% 2-0 @ 4.38% 3-1 @ 2.01% 3-0 @ 1.42% 3-2 @ 1.42% Other @ 1.67% Total : 26.05%	1-1 @ 12.65% 0-0 @ 9.19% 2-2 @ 4.36% Other @ 0.73% Total : 26.92%	0-1 @ 12.96% 0-2 @ 9.15% 1-2 @ 8.93% 0-3 @ 4.3% 1-3 @ 4.2% 2-3 @ 2.05% 0-4 @ 1.52% 1-4 @ 1.48% Other @ 2.43% Total : 47.02%

How you voted: Birmingham vs QPR

Birmingham City

19.1%

Draw

12.8%

Queens Park Rangers

68.1%