EFL Championship will be back in action this Tuesdays when Birmingham City welcomes Norwich City St. Andrew’s Stadium in the seventh round of the campaign. Match day schedules for August 30 at 21:45 EAT.
The hosts had a strong start to the season but have failed to keep up, going winless in their last five matches, a run that has seen the club drop to the 21st place in the table. Birmingham City started the season with four points in their opening two matches but after that they’ve only managed one draw in the Championship. They troop into this game without a goal in three of their last four matches.
Birmingham City is hoping for better results after 2-0 Championship defeat to Rotherham United in their previous match. In that game, Birmingham City managed 44% possession, 10 shots with three of them on target. Rotherham United got 20 shots with six of them on target and goals by Richard Wood (28′, 71′).
Norwich City on the other hand had a poor start to the season but they’ve recovered and have looked like genuine promotion contenders, they are now fourth with just two points behind the table leaders Reading. Coming into this game, Norwich lost only one of their last six matches (DLWWDW).
Norwich City heads into this encounter off the back of 0-1 Championship victory over Sunderland in their most recent fixture. In that game, Norwich City had 55% possession, 12 shots with three of them on target and a goal scored by Josh Sargent (76′). Sunderland got 20 shots with six of them on target.
Birmingham City vs. Norwich City head to head
These two sides have had 33 head to head encounters since 1995; Norwich City claims 14 wins, Birmingham City 10 wins while nine matches ended in stalemates.
- Norwich 4-2 Birmingham 09/08/22
- Birmingham 1-3 Norwich 23/02/21
- Norwich 1-0 Birmingham 20/10/20
- Norwich 3-1 Birmingham 18/01/19
- Birmingham 2-2 Norwich 04/08/18
Home
- Rotherham 2-0 Birmingham
- Birmingham 0-1 Wigan
- Birmingham 1-1 Watford
- Cardiff 1-0 Birmingham
- Norwich 4-2 Birmingham
Away
- Sunderland 0-1 Norwich
- Norwich 3-5 Bournemouth
- Norwich 2-0 Millwall
- Norwich 2-1 Huddersfield
- Hull 2-1 Norwich
Birmingham City team news
Boss John Eustace will be unable to call upon Przemyslaw Placheta who has been ruled out through injury.
Norwich City team news
Sam McCallum, Isaac Hayden, Jakob Sorensen and Dimitris Giannoulis will be unavailable for boss Dean Smith’s selection through injuries.
Prediction and odds
- Norwich City Win
- Draw
- Goals under 2.5
