Championship

Championship | Gameweek 43

Jul 12, 2020 at 1.30pm UK

Bet365 Stadium

Stoke
2 - 0
Birmingham

Batth (12'), Clucas (45')
McClean (62')

FT(HT: 2-0)

Gordon (5'), Gardner (29'), Bellingham (33'), Burke (85')

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The Match

Match Report

Danny Batth and Sam Clucas were on target.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Sunday's Championship game between Stoke City and Birmingham City, 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 Stoke City win with a probability of 55.11%. A draw had a probability of 24.9% and a win for Birmingham City had a probability of 19.98%.

The most likely scoreline for a Stoke City win was 1-0 with a probability of 13.64%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.98%) and 2-1 (9.42%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.71%), while for a Birmingham City win it was 0-1 (7.28%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 11% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Stoke City would win this match.

Result
Stoke City	Draw	Birmingham City
55.11%	24.91%	19.98%

Both teams to score 46.08%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

44.78%

55.22%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

23.55%

76.45%

Stoke City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

80%

20%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

47.81%

52.19%

Birmingham City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

57.6%

42.4%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

21.22%

78.78%

Score Analysis

Stoke City 55.1%

Birmingham City 19.98%

Draw 24.91%

Stoke City	Draw	Birmingham City
1-0 @ 13.64% 2-0 @ 10.98% 2-1 @ 9.42% 3-0 @ 5.89% 3-1 @ 5.06% 4-0 @ 2.37% 3-2 @ 2.17% 4-1 @ 2.03% Other @ 3.54% Total : 55.1%	1-1 @ 11.71% 0-0 @ 8.48% 2-2 @ 4.04% Other @ 0.68% Total : 24.91%	0-1 @ 7.28% 1-2 @ 5.02% 0-2 @ 3.12% 1-3 @ 1.44% 2-3 @ 1.16% Other @ 1.96% Total : 19.98%