Championship

Championship | Gameweek 15

Nov 4, 2023 at 3pm UK

St. Andrew's Stadium

Birmingham
2 - 2
Ipswich

Stansfield (13'), Burgess (51' og.)
Aiwu (28'), Drameh (49'), Bielik (82')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Harness (79', 89')
Burgess (25')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Birmingham City and Ipswich Town, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Birmingham City

All competitions

Last Game: Southampton 3-1 Birmingham
Saturday, October 28 at 12.30pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Ipswich Town

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Ipswich 1-3 Fulham
Wednesday, November 1 at 7.45pm in EFL Cup

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Birmingham City 1-2 Ipswich Town

Birmingham will take a slither of confidence from their second-half showing against Southampton, but the visit of promotion-chasing Ipswich is an unlikely occasion for Rooney to earn his maiden victory as Blues manager. McKenna's side will be raring to go at St Andrew's after all of their key players were spared in midweek, and we are expecting the Tractor Boys to pile further pressure on the new Birmingham boss this weekend. 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 Ipswich Town win with a probability of 53.61%. A draw had a probability of 24.1% and a win for Birmingham City had a probability of 22.32%.

The most likely scoreline for a Ipswich Town win was 0-1 with a probability of 11.4%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.7%) and 0-2 (9.67%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.44%), while for a Birmingham City win it was 1-0 (6.75%). The actual scoreline of 2-2 was predicted with a 4.9% likelihood.

Result
Birmingham City	Draw	Ipswich Town
22.32% ( 0.01)	24.07% ( -0.01)	53.61% ( -0)

Both teams to score 51.7% (

0.02)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

50.6% (

0.03)

49.39% (

-0.03)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

28.56% (

0.03)

71.43% (

-0.03)

Birmingham City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

63.32% (

0.02)

36.67% (

-0.03)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

26.54% (

0.02)

73.46% (

-0.03)

Ipswich Town Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

81.65% (

0.01)

18.35% (

-0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

50.54% (

0.02)

49.46% (

-0.02)

Score Analysis

Birmingham City 22.32%

Ipswich Town 53.6%

Draw 24.06%

Birmingham City	Draw	Ipswich Town
1-0 @ 6.75% ( -0) 2-1 @ 5.74% ( 0) 2-0 @ 3.39% 3-1 @ 1.92% ( 0) 3-2 @ 1.63% ( 0) 3-0 @ 1.13% ( 0) Other @ 1.76% Total : 22.32%	1-1 @ 11.44% 0-0 @ 6.73% ( -0.01) 2-2 @ 4.87% ( 0) 3-3 @ 0.92% ( 0) Other @ 0.11% Total : 24.06%	0-1 @ 11.4% ( -0.01) 1-2 @ 9.7% ( 0) 0-2 @ 9.67% ( -0.01) 1-3 @ 5.49% ( 0) 0-3 @ 5.47% ( -0) 2-3 @ 2.75% ( 0) 1-4 @ 2.33% ( 0) 0-4 @ 2.32% 2-4 @ 1.17% ( 0) Other @ 3.31% Total : 53.6%