England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Birmingham City and Stoke City, taking place on Tuesday, 26 December 2023, at St. Andrew's Stadium in Birmingham.
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Birmingham City, Recent FormA point gained from their 3-3 draw against Plymouth Argyle in their previous encounter will not be considered a bad outcome for Birmingham City. In that game they had 33% possession and managed 13 attempts on goal, with 7 on target, compared to Plymouth Argyle who had 15 attempts and 8 on target.
Wayne Rooney, their chief, will be doing some careful analysis of his defence, who have seen their goal breached 12 times in their last 6 games while somehow managing to pick up some points along the way with 8 goals scored. They have only kept 1 clean sheet in their last 6 home games.
Having drawn 2 of their last 6 games they have at least put some points on the table, but they will not be overly happy with only 1 win.
Jordan James will be keen to add his name to the scoresheet and build on his current scoring record of 3 goals in the last 6 league games for Birmingham City.
Stoke City, Recent FormIt was just a point apiece for Stoke City and Millwall in their last match, which ended in a 0-0 draw. In that game they recorded 53 % of the possession, with 20 attempts on goal, 3 on target. Their opponents found the target on 1 of their 2 shots on goal.
Having scored 5 goals and conceded 9 in their last 6 games, they will need to improve at both ends if they are to pick up more points from here on. They have scored in 4 of their last 6 away games, but they have failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games overall.
They've drawn their last 3 games, but their search for a win in a league game extends even further with 9 consecutive games without a win.
Mehdi Léris will be keen to get his name on the scoresheet against Birmingham City in this match, having already scored 2 goals in his last 6 away games for Stoke City.
Nothing to write home about from their previous encounter, with no goals and both teams having to settle for a share of the points.
Birmingham have managed to keep a clean sheet against The Potters in each of their previous 3 meetings at St. Andrew's Stadium.
This fixture has produced a draw on the last 2 occasions that these 2 sides have met at St. Andrew's Stadium in the league, but Birmingham will take some small comfort in being unbeaten in their last 14 meetings there.
Birmingham manager Wayne Rooney has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Keshi Anderson (Hamstring), Alfie Chang (Knee), Cody Drameh (Knock), George Hall (Hamstring), Ethan Laird (Groin), Kevin Long (Calf) and Tyler Roberts (Calf) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Steven Schumacher has a number of injury concerns in his Stoke squad to contend with: Tyrese Campbell (Knock), Frank Fielding (Unknown), Sead Hakšabanović (Groin), Enda Stevens (Leg), Emre Tezgel (Unknown) and Ben Wilmot (Knee)
Birmingham City Playing at home | Stoke City Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.5 | Goals scored | 1 |
| 1.1 | Goals conceded | 1.5 |
| 31' | Time first goal scored | 24' |
| 39' | Time first goal conceded | 28' |
| 1.7 | Yellow cards | 2.3 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 4.1 | Subs used | 3.7 |
| 4-1 | Biggest victory | 2-0 |
| 2-0 | Biggest defeat | 4-2 |
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