Birmingham City vs Burnley Match Analysis and Prediction

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Burnley will be looking to extend their unbeated run to 12 matches when they make the trip to St Andrew’s Stadium to take on Birmingham City on Wednesday.

The hosts are in a good run of form themselves after consecutive victories, but a contest against Burnley may prove to be their biggest test so far this season.

Birmingham have transformed into a different team since the introduction of Tahith Chong and Krystian Bielik away at Preston North End at the beginning of September.

John Eustace’s side only managed to pick up five points in their opening seven matches of the Championship campaign, but have collected 14 from their seven most recent games to climb into the top half of the table.

Such a turnaround in fortunes has been due to the creativity and steel of Chong and Bielik respectively, but also a well-organized defence that have only conceded 12 goals in 14 matches.

Meanwhile, Vincent Kompany has changed the footballing culture at Burnley as they seek to bounce straight back into the Premier League after relegation last season.

The ex-Manchester City defender has so far carried out that reinvention successfully, with his side top of the possession charts but most importantly leading the Championship with 25 points from 14 matches.

The Clarets have only tasted defeat once this season and boast the joint-best attacking record in the division having scored 24 goals, with only Sheffield United being able to match that total.

Jay Rodriguez is enjoying life back in the Championship with seven goals in 12 appearances this season, with all signs pointing towards the Englishman bettering the 22 goals he scored for West Bromwich Albion at this level in the 2018-19 campaign.

On-loan Chelsea full-back Ian Maatsen has been Burnley’s chief creator with four assits to his name this season.

Birmingham City vs Burnley head to head

These two teams have previously met on 66 occasions across two competitions, where Birmingham have claimed 22 victories while Burnley have won 31, and they have drawn in 13. Birrmingham have scored 95 goals and conceded 118. In their last five meetings, Burnley have won two, Birmingham one with two draws.

Burnley 1–2 Birmingham City 26/01/13

Burnley 3-0 Birmingham City 17/09/13

Birmingham City 3-3 Burnley 12/03/14

Burnley 2-2 Birmingham City 15/08/15

Birmingham City 1-2 Burnley 16/04/16

Birmingham City latest home form

Birmingham City have recently failed to keep a good run of form at home, having won just one of their five most recent matches. They defeated Bristol City 3-0 in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored five goals and conceded four.

Birmingham City 1-1 Watford 16/08/22

Birmingham City 0-1 Wigan Athletic 20/08/22

Birmingham City 1-2 Norwich City 30/08/22

Birmingham City 0-0 Coventry City 17/09/22

Birmingham City 3-0 Bristol City 08/10/22

Birmingham City latest away form

Birmingham City have recently been on a relatively good run of form on the road, having lost just one of their five most recent matches. They defeated Hull City 2-0 in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored seven goals and conceded four.

Preston North End 0-1 Birmingham City 03/09/22

West Bromwich Albion 2-3 Birmingham City 14/09/22

Sheffield United 1-1 Birmingham City 01/10/22

Middlesbrough 1-0 Birmingham City 05/10/22

Hull City 0-2 Birmingham City 16/10/22

Burnley latest home form

Burnley have recently been on a good run of form at home, as they have been unbeaten in their eight most recent matches. They managed to defeat Swansea City 4-0 in their last home game in the league. In their last five macthes, they have scored 12 goals and conceded five.

Burnley 3-3 Blackpool 20/08/22

Burnley 2-0 Millwall 30/08/22

Burnley 2-1 Bristol City 17/09/22

Burnley 1-1 Stoke City 05/10/22

Burnley 4-0 Swansea City 15/10/22

Burnley latest away form

Burnley have recently been on a good run of form on the road, having been unbeaten in their six most recent matches. They managed to defeat Coventry City 1-0 in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored nine goals and conceded four.

Wigan Athletic 1-5 Burnley 27/08/22

West Bromwich Albion 1-1 Burnley 02/09/22

Preston North End 1-1 Burnley 13/09/22

Cardiff City 1-1 Burnley 01/10/22

Coventry City 0-1 Burnley 08/10/22

Birmingham City news

Birmingham’s veteran defender George Friend is close to returning to the first-team squad after a hamstring injury that has kept him sidelined for the entirety of the season so far.

Dion Sanderson served a one-game suspension at Hull City after picking up five yellow cards and could regain his spot.

Burnley news

Attacking midfielders Darko Churlinov and Scott Twine are still missing out for Bunley on Wednesday, which means that Josh Brownhill will continue in the role behind Rodriguez.

Kompany is likely to start the same side that defeated Swansea, with Anass Zaroury and Nathan Tella posing major threats on the flanks.

Prediction and Odds

Burnley are in strong form ahead of the trip to St Andrew’s but we are not expecting Birmingham to be broken down as easily as Swansea were on Saturday.

The hosts have fared well against the high-ranked sides in the Championship and a contest against the Clarets will be a challenge Blues fancy.

Odds: 1 2.88 X 2.02 2 2.20