Championship

Championship | Gameweek 31

Feb 9, 2024 at 8pm UK

Hillsborough Stadium

Sheff Weds
2 - 0
Birmingham

Ugbo (15', 53')
Bannan (4'), Vaulks (85'), Smith (90+9')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Mowbray (5'), Bielik (90+9')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Friday's Championship clash between Sheffield Wednesday and Birmingham City, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Sheffield Wednesday

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Coventry 4-1 Sheff Weds
Tuesday, February 6 at 7.45pm in FA Cup

Goals
for

Top scorers

Birmingham City

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: West Brom 1-0 Birmingham
Saturday, February 3 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 Birmingham City

For different reasons, a defeat would pile the pressure on each respective manager, even though they recognise the importance of posting maximum points. With that in mind, and given their respective form, do not be surprised to see a low-scoring draw play out at Hillsborough. Read more.

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 Sheffield Wednesday win with a probability of 48.06%. A win for Birmingham City had a probability of 27.18% and a draw had a probability of 24.8%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sheffield Wednesday win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.23%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.43%) and 2-0 (8.23%). The likeliest Birmingham City win was 0-1 (7.3%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.73%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with an 8.2% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Sheffield Wednesday would win this match.

Result
Sheffield Wednesday	Draw	Birmingham City
48.06% ( 0.02)	24.75% ( -0)	27.18% ( -0.02)

Both teams to score 54.55% (

-0.01)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

51.95% (

-0)

48.05% (

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

29.78%

70.22%

Sheffield Wednesday Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

79.96% (

0.01)

20.04% (

-0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

47.75% (

0.01)

52.25% (

-0.01)

Birmingham City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

68.22% (

-0.01)

31.78% (

0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

31.79% (

-0.02)

68.2% (

0.02)

Score Analysis

Sheffield Wednesday 48.06%

Birmingham City 27.18%

Draw 24.75%

Sheffield Wednesday	Draw	Birmingham City
1-0 @ 10.23% 2-1 @ 9.43% ( 0) 2-0 @ 8.23% ( 0) 3-1 @ 5.05% ( 0) 3-0 @ 4.41% ( 0) 3-2 @ 2.9% 4-1 @ 2.03% ( 0) 4-0 @ 1.77% ( 0) 4-2 @ 1.16% Other @ 2.84% Total : 48.06%	1-1 @ 11.73% 0-0 @ 6.37% 2-2 @ 5.41% ( -0) 3-3 @ 1.11% ( -0) Other @ 0.14% Total : 24.75%	0-1 @ 7.3% ( -0) 1-2 @ 6.73% ( -0) 0-2 @ 4.19% ( -0) 1-3 @ 2.57% ( -0) 2-3 @ 2.07% ( -0) 0-3 @ 1.6% ( -0) Other @ 2.73% Total : 27.18%