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Championship · Matchweek 29

Swansea City

SWA

Birmingham City

BIR

Model

Match forecast

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

Swansea36%
Draw28%
Birmingham36%

Expected goals

1.35 – 1.34

Over 2.5

49%

Both to score

56%

Fair handicap

0.00

Most likely scorelines

  • 1–112.5%
  • 1–09.5%
  • 0–19.4%
  • 2–18.2%
  • 1–28.1%
How they playPossession, press, how they create

Swansea will have the ball; Birmingham will not mind.

65%Possession49%
39%Territory34%
34%From set plays5%
0.10Chance quality0.13
4.5%Directness6.2%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Swansea, 3 for Birmingham. 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.