Championship

Championship | Gameweek 42

Apr 18, 2021 at 12pm UK

AESSEAL New York Stadium

Rotherham
0 - 1
Birmingham

Ihiekwe (57'), Wood (67')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Dean (88')

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Birmingham City manager Lee Bowyer pictured on March 17, 2021

Lee Bowyer delighted with "big win" over Rotherham United

Harlee Dean scored a late winner for Birmingham.

Apr 18, 14:36

The Match

Match Report

The result deals a blow to Rotherham's hopes of survival.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Sunday's Championship clash between Rotherham United and Birmingham City, 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 Rotherham United win with a probability of 40.04%. A win for Birmingham City had a probability of 31.32% and a draw had a probability of 28.6%.

The most likely scoreline for a Rotherham United win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.81%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.03%) and 2-0 (7.76%). The likeliest Birmingham City win was 0-1 (10.96%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.26%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 11% likelihood.

Result
Rotherham United	Draw	Birmingham City
40.04%	28.64%	31.32%

Both teams to score 45.25%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

38.93%

61.07%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

18.95%

81.04%

Rotherham United Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

70.18%

29.82%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

34.1%

65.9%

Birmingham City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

64.47%

35.52%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

27.71%

72.29%

Score Analysis

Rotherham United 40.03%

Birmingham City 31.31%

Draw 28.63%

Rotherham United	Draw	Birmingham City
1-0 @ 12.81% 2-1 @ 8.03% 2-0 @ 7.76% 3-1 @ 3.24% 3-0 @ 3.13% 3-2 @ 1.68% 4-1 @ 0.98% 4-0 @ 0.95% Other @ 1.48% Total : 40.03%	1-1 @ 13.26% 0-0 @ 10.59% 2-2 @ 4.15% Other @ 0.63% Total : 28.63%	0-1 @ 10.96% 1-2 @ 6.87% 0-2 @ 5.67% 1-3 @ 2.37% 0-3 @ 1.96% 2-3 @ 1.43% Other @ 2.06% Total : 31.31%

How you voted: Rotherham vs Birmingham

Rotherham United

33.3%

Draw

22.2%

Birmingham City

44.4%