EFL Cup

EFL Cup | Second Round

Aug 27, 2024 at 8pm UK

St. Andrew's Stadium

Birmingham
0 - 2
Fulham

May (56')

FT(HT: 0-2)

Jimenez (10' pen.), Stansfield (14')
Reed (49'), Traore (90+1')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Tuesday's EFL Cup clash between Birmingham City and Fulham, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Birmingham City

All competitions

EFL Cup

Last Game: Leyton Orient 1-2 Birmingham
Saturday, August 24 at 3pm in League One

Goals
for

Fulham

All competitions

Last Game: Fulham 2-1 Leicester
Saturday, August 24 at 3pm in Premier League

Goals
for

Top scorers

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 Fulham win with a probability of 40.86%. A win for Birmingham City had a probability of 34.63% and a draw had a probability of 24.5%.

The most likely scoreline for a Fulham win was 1-2 with a probability of 8.78%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (8.12%) and 0-2 (6.26%). The likeliest Birmingham City win was 2-1 (7.98%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.38%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 6.3% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 0-2 win for Fulham in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for Fulham.

Result
Birmingham City	Draw	Fulham
34.63%	24.5% ( -0)	40.86% ( 0)

Both teams to score 59.25% (

0.01)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

56.4% (

0.01)

43.59% (

-0.01)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

34.01% (

0.01)

65.98% (

-0.01)

Birmingham City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

75.38% (

0.01)

24.62% (

-0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

40.87% (

0.01)

59.13% (

-0.01)

Fulham Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

78.6% (

0.01)

21.39% (

-0)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

45.61% (

0.01)

54.38% (

-0.01)

Score Analysis

Birmingham City 34.63%

Fulham 40.87%

Draw 24.49%

Birmingham City	Draw	Fulham
2-1 @ 7.98% 1-0 @ 7.38% ( -0) 2-0 @ 5.17% ( -0) 3-1 @ 3.73% 3-2 @ 2.87% ( 0) 3-0 @ 2.42% 4-1 @ 1.31% 4-2 @ 1.01% Other @ 2.77% Total : 34.63%	1-1 @ 11.38% 2-2 @ 6.15% ( 0) 0-0 @ 5.27% ( -0) 3-3 @ 1.48% Other @ 0.22% Total : 24.49%	1-2 @ 8.78% 0-1 @ 8.12% ( -0) 0-2 @ 6.26% ( -0) 1-3 @ 4.51% ( 0) 0-3 @ 3.22% 2-3 @ 3.16% ( 0) 1-4 @ 1.74% ( 0) 0-4 @ 1.24% 2-4 @ 1.22% ( 0) Other @ 2.61% Total : 40.87%