| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bury | 15 | L2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7/15 | 5-6 |
| Birmingham City | 15 | W1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8/15 | 8-6 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bury | 969 | 2 | 0 | -5 | LL | 657 | +312 |
| Birmingham City | 172 | 6 | 10 | 7 | WLWWL | 94 | +78 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2012-07-31
10 points and 797 places separated them: Bury 969th with 0, Birmingham City 172nd with 10. Recent form flatters Bury's table spot — 657th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 969th. Per game in the league, Bury were scoring 0.5 and conceding 3, Birmingham City 2.5 and 1.33, against a competition average of 1.57 goals per team per game.
Gigg Lane in Bury, capacity 11,840, hosted the game.
