England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Birmingham City and Cardiff City, taking place on Tuesday, 14 February 2023, at St. Andrew's Stadium in Birmingham.
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Birmingham City, Recent FormBirmingham City will certainly have been pleased to secure 3 points from their most recent encounter, which saw them run out 2-0 winners in their home fixture against West Bromwich Albion. They came away from that fixture with 32% of the possession and clocked up 12 attempts on goal with 4 on target. By comparison, West Bromwich Albion managed 5 attempts on goal, with 1 on target.
Supremo John Eustace will be closely scrutinising his squad's defensive frailties, his back line having shipped 13 goals in their last 6 matches, despite having picked up some points through the 10 goals they've managed to net. Having found the back of the net in 5 of their last 6 matches at St. Andrew's Stadium, they are developing an impressive scoring record at home. Having failed to record a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 matches, they definitely have some defensive problems to resolve at the moment.
They have lost 4 of their last 6 matches, which will be a focus of concern, but their 2 wins in that period did produce some valuable points nevertheless.
Cardiff City, Recent FormCardiff City will not be too troubled by their 3-1 home defeat against Middlesbrough, given the latter currently sit 14 places further up the league table than they do. Their share of possession in that meeting was 38%, while racking up 15 shots along the way, 4 of which were on target. Middlesbrough had 11 shots on goal with 3 on target.
Having scored just 2 goals in their last 6 games, it will be glaringly obvious to their manager Sabri Lamouchi where he needs to focus his attentions if they are going to get more points on the table, although he will still have one eye on his defence which have shipped 8 in the same period. After failing to get on the scoresheet in 10 away games out of 15 this season, he will be looking for a bit more consistency from his forwards.
Cardiff City will not be enjoying their recent run of poor form, having lost 4 league games in a row no wins in 12 games.
Birmingham City suffered the disappointment of a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Cardiff City the last time they met in the league.
The Bluebirds will feel sure their attacking prowess will yield results in this one, having scored at least 1 goal in the previous 8 encounters with Birmingham. When Cardiff visit The Blues in the league, goals tend to happen, with 7 from their previous 3 encounters and a scoring average of 2.33 goals per match.
In the last 8 league meetings between these sides, Cardiff have shown they are a tough nut to crack, going unbeaten against Birmingham in all 8 matches.
Cardiff player Joe Ralls will be feeling confident about recording goals against Birmingham ahead of this encounter, with a scoring record of 4 goals from their last 5 meetings.
Birmingham manager John Eustace has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Jobe Bellingham (Abdominal), Harlee Dean (Muscle) and Marc Roberts (Hamstring) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Sabri Lamouchi has a number of injury concerns in his Cardiff squad to contend with: Ebou Adams (Leg), Jamilu Collins (Cruciate ligament) and Mahlon Romeo (Hamstring)
Birmingham City Playing at home | Cardiff City Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.3 | Goals scored | 0.7 |
| 1.1 | Goals conceded | 1.3 |
| 35' | Time first goal scored | 14' |
| 57' | Time first goal conceded | 47' |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 2.1 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 3.8 | Subs used | 4.4 |
| 3-0 | Biggest victory | 3-1 |
| 3-1 | Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
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