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Championship · Matchweek 15

Birmingham City

BIR

Swansea City

SWA

Model

Match forecast

Bivariate-Poisson goal model, from current strength ratings and home advantage.

Birmingham48%
Draw26%
Swansea26%

Expected goals

1.59 – 1.13

Over 2.5

50%

Both to score

55%

Fair handicap

-0.50

Most likely scorelines

  • 1–111.9%
  • 1–011.0%
  • 2–19.4%
  • 2–08.0%
  • 0–07.5%
How they playPossession, press, how they create

Swansea will have the ball; Birmingham will not mind.

49%Possession65%
34%Territory39%
5%From set plays34%
0.13Chance quality0.10
6.2%Directness4.5%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Birmingham, 3 for Swansea. Too few to lean on heavily.

Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90

Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 33 of 156 matches, not the full season.