Match Report
12 points and 10 places separated them: Birmingham City 22nd with 50, Cardiff City 12th with 62. Recent form flatters Birmingham City's table spot — 8th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 22nd. Against a league average of 1.34 goals per team per game, Birmingham City ran at 1.09 scored and 1.41 conceded, Cardiff City at 1.15 and 1.52.
22 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Birmingham City 3, draws 8, Cardiff City 11, at 2.32 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 41% of the meetings went to the host. These meetings skew tight — only 32% saw more than two goals.
St. Andrew's Stadium in Birmingham, capacity 32,609, hosted the game. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 0-1 full-time score.




