Match Report
In the standings it was Birmingham City 10th on 64 points, Queens Park Rangers 15th on 58 — separated by 6. The last five rounds placed Birmingham City 1st in the league for form — higher than their 10th in the standings. Per game in the league, Birmingham City were scoring 1.24 and conceding 1.22, Queens Park Rangers 1.33 and 1.59, against a competition average of 1.3 goals per team per game.
Three consecutive defeats weighed on Birmingham City. Three consecutive defeats weighed on Queens Park Rangers.
GioScore's database holds 22 meetings between the two: 6 for Birmingham City, 11 for Queens Park Rangers and 5 drawn, at 2.5 goals per meeting.
St. Andrew's Stadium, capacity 29,409, hosted the game. The referee was A. Backhouse, with 100 matches in our database and 2.4 yellows per game on average. Birmingham City led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.
Goal scorers
Birmingham City: Patrick Roberts (6')
Key stats
Possession: Birmingham City 59% · Queens Park Rangers 41% · Total shots: 21-10 · On target: 6-1 · Corners: 10-1