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Rotherham United v Birmingham City : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

AESSEAL New York Stadium, Rotherham

We’ve Championship action to look forward to on Saturday afternoon, as Leam Richardson and his Rotherham United side host Tony Mowbray’s Birmingham City at the AESSEAL New York Stadium. All of the important stats for the encounter, including head to heads (H2Hs), predictions and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers across 17 markets are included in this preview. It's all brought together specifically to help you make a well informed, intelligent bet.

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Rotherham United's next match is v Cardiff at 12:30 on Saturday 4th May
Birmingham City's next match is v Norwich at 12:30 on Saturday 4th May

The last English Championship meeting between Rotherham and Birmingham was on Saturday 20th April 2024

English Championship

April 20th 2024

Rotherham 0	0 Birmingham

	RTH BIR
Shots On	4 2
Shots Off	2 1
Corners	7 6
Possession	47% 53%
Fouls	13 14
Yellow/red cards	4/0 2/0

Rotherham	Birmingham

V. Johansson P. Kioso (C. Bramall 37') S. Revan C. Humphreys L. Peltier H. Odofin O. Rathbone A. Rinomhota C. Ribeiro Dias (A. Appiah 31') J. Hugill (T. Eaves 81') S. Nombe	J. Ruddy E. Laird L. Buchanan D. Sanderson I. Šunjić S. Paik (S. Dembele 77') K. Anderson K. Bielik (J. Bacuna 59') T. Roberts (S. Hogan 89') J. Stansfield (K. Miyoshi 46') O. Burke

Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

Under 3.5 goals means, quite simply that there will be no more than 3 goals scored by Rotherham and Birmingham combined during 90 minutes. Up to date form statistics and historical head-to-head (H2H) records have led us to this prediction, and we're suggest there's a 79% chance of it being right on the money. The best price currently available on under 3.5 goals is 1.33.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 39% chance of Birmingham coming away with a win.

Predictions	Bet365	Coral	Betfred	888Sport
Rotherham 33%	4/1 29%	17/4 5%	9/2	-
Draw 28%	3/1	29/10 3%	3/1	-
Birmingham 39%	4/6 11%	13/20 3%	3/5 1%	-
Draw 1-1 13%	13/2	6/1	13/2	-
Birmingham 1-0 12%	11/2	5/1	11/2	-
Rotherham 1-0 11%	11/1 29%	10/1 8%	14/1	-
Draw 0-0 10%	10/1 10%	8/1 5%	10/1	-
Birmingham 2-1 8%	15/2	13/2	7/1	-
Birmingham 2-0 7%	13/2 15%	6/1	13/2	-
Rotherham 2-1 7%	14/1 29%	12/1 13%	16/1	-
Rotherham 2-0 6%	22/1 32%	20/1	28/1	-
Draw 2-2 4%	16/1 11%	14/1	16/1	-
Birmingham 3-1 3%	12/1	11/1 9%	12/1	-
Birmingham 3-0 3%	11/1 20%	9/1	11/1	-
Rotherham 3-1 3%	40/1 20%	28/1	40/1	-
Rotherham 3-0 2%	50/1 37%	40/1	80/1 21%	-
Birmingham 3-2 2%	28/1	20/1	25/1	-
Rotherham 3-2 2%	40/1 20%	33/1	50/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 41%	1/1 5%	-	5/6	-
Under 2.5 Goals 59%	4/5 6%	-	5/6	-
Home 1st Goal 46%	2/1 20%	-	2/1	-
Away 1st Goal 48%	4/9 8%	-	1/2	-
No 1st Goal 6%	10/1 10%	-	9/1	-
BTTS - Yes 47%	10/11 5%	19/20	10/11	-
BTTS - No 53%	4/5 4%	4/5	4/5	-
BTTS - Home Win 13%	17/2 27%	8/1	9/1	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	9/2	4/1 5%	4/1	-
BTTS - Away Win 16%	11/4 4%	13/5 3%	5/2	-
Home/draw 61%	23/20 14%	6/5 4%	13/10 2%	-
Away/draw 67%	1/6 6%	2/13 1%	1/7 3%	-
Home/away 72%	2/9	1/4	1/4	-
Over 1.5 Goals 67%	3/10 1%	-	2/7	-
Under 1.5 Goals 33%	5/2 7%	-	5/2	-
Over 3.5 Goals 21%	5/2 3%	-	9/4	-
Under 3.5 Goals 79%	3/10 2%	-	1/3	-
Over 4.5 Goals 9%	11/2 8%	-	11/2	-
Under 4.5 Goals 91%	1/9 1%	-	1/10	-
Over 5.5 Goals 3%	14/1 15%	-	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 97%	1/33 1%	-	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 90%	1/20 1%	-	1/20	-
Under 0.5 Goals 10%	10/1 10%	-	8/1	-
Home DNB 52%	5/2 36%	11/4 4%	3/1	-
Away DNB 59%	2/7 13%	2/9	2/9	-
Rotherham win to nil 20%	7/1 27%	-	17/2	-
Birmingham win to nil 24%	13/8 16%	-	6/4	-
Rotherham / Rotherham 9%	15/2 29%	7/1	8/1	-
Rotherham / Birmingham 4%	22/1	18/1	22/1	-
Rotherham / Draw 5%	16/1 11%	14/1	16/1 13%	-
Draw / Rotherham 8%	9/1 23%	17/2 5%	12/1 8%	-
Draw / Birmingham 19%	10/3 8%	16/5	10/3	-
Draw / Draw 15%	9/2 8%	17/4 5%	9/2	-
Birmingham / Rotherham 2%	40/1	33/1	50/1	-
Birmingham / Birmingham 33%	13/8 14%	6/4 4%	7/5 4%	-
Birmingham / Draw 6%	14/1	12/1	14/1	-

Win / draw / win Championship table

Rotherham have played 43 matches so far this season and are in 24th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

43 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 28 games, drawn 11 and won 4. Rotherham have conceded 85 goals, scored 32, failed to score in 20 matches and kept 4 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Rotherham have played 21 games at home, winning 4, drawing 7 and losing 10 fixtures. They have scored 19 goals, conceded 26 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 7 times in home league games.

Birmingham lay in 21st place on 45 points in the Championship league table having played 43 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 4 games against teams below them in the table, winning 2, drawing 1 and losing 1 game. They have scored 6 goals and kept 1 clean sheet against lower placed opposition. Birmingham have conceded 4 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Birmingham have played 21 away games, winning 3, drawing 3 and losing 15 games. They have scored an average of 0.9 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.9 goals per away game.

Rotherham

Won

Draw

Lost

Scores

Birmingham

HOME	AWAY	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY
l 1-2A	l 3-0A	Leicester	45	31	4	10	50	97	l 2-3A	l 2-1A
d 1-1A	l 3-0A	Leeds	45	27	9	9	39	90	w 1-0F	l 3-0A
d 2-2F	l 4-3F	Ipswich	44	26	12	6	32	90	d 2-2F	l 3-1A
l 0-2A	d 1-1A	Southampton	45	25	9	11	23	84	l 3-4F	l 3-1A
w 2-1F	l 5-0A	Norwich	45	21	10	14	16	73	May 4	l 2-0A
l 0-2A	l 2-0A	West Brom	45	20	12	13	20	72	w 3-1A	l 1-0A
l 1-2F	l 4-1A	Hull	45	19	13	13	9	70	l 0-2A	d 1-1A
w 1-0F	d 1-1F	M'Boro	45	19	9	17	7	66	l 0-1A	l 1-0A
w 2-0F	l 5-0A	Coventry	44	17	13	14	13	64	w 3-0F	l 2-0A
d 1-1F	l 3-0A	Preston	45	18	9	18	-8	63	w 1-0F	l 2-1F
l 1-2A	l 2-0A	Bristol C	45	17	11	17	6	62	d 0-00-0	w 0-2F
May 4	l 2-0A	Cardiff	45	19	5	21	-14	62	l 0-1A	w 0-1F
l 1-2A	l 1-0A	Swansea	45	15	12	18	-5	57	d 2-2A	d 1-1F
l 0-1A	l 5-0A	Watford	45	13	17	15	2	56	l 0-1A	l 2-0A
d 1-1F	l 2-1F	Sunderland	45	16	8	21	0	56	w 2-1A	l 3-1A
w 2-1F	l 3-0A	Millwall	45	15	11	19	-11	56	d 1-1A	l 1-0A
d 1-1A	l 2-1F	QPR	45	14	11	20	-12	53	d 0-00-0	l 2-1F
l 0-1A	l 4-1A	Stoke	45	14	11	20	-15	53	l 1-3A	w 1-2F
d 2-2F	d 2-2A	Blackburn	45	13	11	21	-16	50	w 1-0F	l 4-2A
l 0-1A	l 2-0A	Sheff Wed	45	14	8	23	-26	50	w 2-1A	l 2-0A
l 0-1A	l 3-2F	Plymouth	45	12	12	21	-12	48	w 2-1F	d 3-3F
d 0-00-0	d 0-00-0	Birmingham Away	45	12	11	22	-16	47	-	-
d 0-00-0	l 2-0A	Huddersfield	45	9	18	18	-27	45	w 4-1F	d 1-1F
-	-	Rotherham Home	45	4	12	29	-55	24	d 0-00-0	d 0-00-0

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM
Rotherham	0 - 1	Plymouth
Rotherham	2 - 1	Millwall
Rotherham	0 - 0	Huddersfield
Rotherham	0 - 1	Sheff Wed
Rotherham	0 - 1	Watford
Rotherham	1 - 2	Hull
Rotherham	0 - 2	Southampton
Rotherham	0 - 1	Stoke
Rotherham	1 - 1	Sunderland
Rotherham	1 - 0	M'Boro
Rotherham	0 - 2	West Brom
Rotherham	1 - 2	Swansea
Rotherham	1 - 1	Leeds
Rotherham	2 - 2	Ipswich
Rotherham	1 - 1	QPR
Rotherham	2 - 0	Coventry
Rotherham	1 - 2	Bristol C
Rotherham	1 - 1	Preston
Rotherham	2 - 1	Norwich
Rotherham	1 - 2	Leicester

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

8 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

12 / 20

Lost

OVERALL FORM
A	Rotherham	0 - 1	Swansea
A	Rotherham	0 - 2	West Brom
H	Rotherham	0 - 1	Plymouth
H	Rotherham	2 - 1	Millwall
A	Rotherham	0 - 3	Preston
H	Rotherham	0 - 0	Huddersfield
A	Rotherham	0 - 5	Norwich
A	Rotherham	0 - 5	Coventry
H	Rotherham	0 - 1	Sheff Wed
A	Rotherham	1 - 2	QPR
A	Rotherham	3 - 4	Ipswich
H	Rotherham	0 - 1	Watford
H	Rotherham	1 - 2	Hull
A	Rotherham	0 - 3	Leeds
H	Rotherham	0 - 2	Southampton
A	Rotherham	1 - 1	M'Boro
H	Rotherham	0 - 1	Stoke
A	Rotherham	2 - 2	Blackburn
H	Rotherham	1 - 1	Sunderland
H	Rotherham	1 - 0	M'Boro

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Lost

AWAY FORM
Leicester	2 - 1	Birmingham
QPR	2 - 1	Birmingham
Millwall	1 - 0	Birmingham
Hull	1 - 1	Birmingham
Ipswich	3 - 1	Birmingham
Sheff Wed	2 - 0	Birmingham
West Brom	1 - 0	Birmingham
Stoke	1 - 2	Birmingham
Leeds	3 - 0	Birmingham
Plymouth	3 - 3	Birmingham
Cardiff	0 - 1	Birmingham
Coventry	2 - 0	Birmingham
Blackburn	4 - 2	Birmingham
Sunderland	3 - 1	Birmingham
Southampton	3 - 1	Birmingham
M'Boro	1 - 0	Birmingham
Norwich	2 - 0	Birmingham
Preston	2 - 1	Birmingham
Watford	2 - 0	Birmingham
Bristol C	0 - 2	Birmingham

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM
H	Birmingham	3 - 0	Coventry
H	Birmingham	0 - 1	Cardiff
A	Birmingham	1 - 2	Leicester
H	Birmingham	1 - 0	Preston
A	Birmingham	1 - 2	QPR
H	Birmingham	0 - 1	Watford
H	Birmingham	0 - 1	M'Boro
A	Birmingham	0 - 1	Millwall
A	Birmingham	1 - 1	Hull
H	Birmingham	3 - 4	Southampton
A	Birmingham	1 - 3	Ipswich
H	Birmingham	2 - 1	Sunderland
H	Birmingham	1 - 0	Blackburn
A	Birmingham	0 - 2	Sheff Wed
A	Birmingham	0 - 1	West Brom
A	Birmingham	2 - 1	Stoke
H	Birmingham	2 - 2	Swansea
A	Birmingham	0 - 3	Leeds
H	Birmingham	0 - 0	Bristol C
H	Birmingham	1 - 3	Stoke

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Rotherham

Birmingham

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

4 / 7

5 / 7

Clean sheets

2 / 7

3 / 7

RTH

BIR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Rotherham
Rotherham	2 - 0
	0 - 1	Birmingham
	1 - 3	Birmingham
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	0 - 1	Birmingham
Draw	2 - 2	Draw

Rotherham

Birmingham

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

10 / 15

11 / 15

Clean sheets

4 / 15

5 / 15

RTH

BIR

FIXTURE HISTORY
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Birmingham	2 - 0
Rotherham	2 - 0
	0 - 1	Birmingham
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	1 - 3	Birmingham
Birmingham	3 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Birmingham	4 - 2
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	0 - 2	Rotherham
Birmingham	2 - 1
	0 - 1	Birmingham
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw

Goal Statistics

	Rotherham 24th	Birmingham 22nd
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.1 goals	1.2 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 33% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 70% probability that Rotherham will score no more than 1 goal	0 29% 1 36% 2 22% 3 9% 4+ There is a 65% probability that Birmingham will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-29 Rotherham have scored 29% fewer goals at home than predicted	-20 Birmingham have scored 20% fewer goals when away than predicted
	0.9 average goals scored	0.9 average goals scored
	1.2 conceded	1.9 conceded

Statistics Championship - 2023/2024 Season

RTH

BIR

21%

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Games scored	23		29
Failed to score	22		16
Scored first	14		16
Goals scored	32		49
Avg. goals scored	0.7		1.1
Avg. shots per game	6		9
Avg. shots per goal	9		8
Conversion rate	11%		12%
KickOff rating		+21%

RTH

BIR

19%

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Games conceded	40		35
Clean sheets	5		10
Conceded first	28		25
Goals conceded	87		65
Avg. goals conceded	1.9		1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded	11		10
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		7
Conversion rate	17%		15%
KickOff rating		+19%

Rotherham v Birmingham Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Rotherham Championship squad statistics 2023/2024

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
43	4	3	8
V Johansson	H Odoffin	Cafú	O Rathbone

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
V Johansson GLK	43			4 -
P Kioso DEF	11			-
L Peltier DEF	24	2		5 -
C Humphreys DEF	22		1	4 -
S Revan DEF	33	1	2	6 -
O Rathbone MID	39	1	1	8 -
A Rinomhota MID	14			3 -
Cafú MID	31	2	3	6 1
H Odoffin MID	35	4		4 -
S Nombe FWD	38	2	3	3 -
J Hugill FWD	36	3	1	5 -
Subs
D Phillips GLK				-
G Hall DEF	6	1		1 -
F Seriki DEF	8			-
C Bramall DEF	33	1	1	4 -
B. Hatton MID	1			-
A Appiah FWD	26		1	1 -
T Eaves FWD	30	4		1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	11	3	5
H Odoffin	O Rathbone	Cafú	Cafú

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
H Odoffin MID	4	8		1
J Hugill FWD	3	7	1	5
L Peltier DEF	2	2
Cafú MID	2	4	3	5
S Nombe FWD	2	11	3	2
S Revan DEF	1	5	2	2
O Rathbone MID	1	11	1	1
V Johansson GLK				1
P Kioso DEF		4
C Humphreys DEF			1	1
A Rinomhota MID		1
Subs
T Eaves FWD	4	8
G Hall DEF	1	1
C Bramall DEF	1	2	1	2
F Seriki DEF				1
A Appiah FWD			1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1569	79	213
V Johansson	O Rathbone	H Odoffin

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
V Johansson GLK	1569	2	21
O Rathbone MID	1015	79	157
H Odoffin MID	980	74	213
S Revan DEF	714	57	126
Cafú MID	606	15	56
C Humphreys DEF	606	15	52
L Peltier DEF	476	38	89
J Hugill FWD	407	8	209
A Rinomhota MID	326	27	64
S Nombe FWD	318	21	115
P Kioso DEF	295	31	71
Subs
C Bramall DEF	703	37	89
A Appiah FWD	153	7	32
T Eaves FWD	144	7	58
G Hall DEF	80	2	11
F Seriki DEF	54	6	17
B. Hatton MID	1		1

Birmingham Championship squad statistics 2023/2024

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
41	12	6	12
J Ruddy	J Stansfield	J Bacuna	K Bielik

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Ruddy GLK	41			2 -
E Laird DEF	22		1	6 -
K Bielik DEF	33			11 1
D Sanderson DEF	34	1		2 1
L Buchanan DEF	29			6 -
S Paik MID	15			1 -
I Sunjic MID	33	1	3	10 -
O Burke MID	20			-
T Roberts MID	16		1	2 -
K Anderson MID	17		1	-
J Stansfield FWD	40	12	2	9 -
Subs
N Etheridge GLK	2			-
M Roberts DEF	13			-
J Bacuna MID	42	7	6	8 -
K Miyoshi MID	40	5	6	5 -
S Dembélé MID	30	6	1	4 -
J James MID	41	8		9 -
G Gardner MID	16	1		1 -
G Hall MID	7			-
S Hogan FWD	25	1	2	1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
12	26	6	7
J Stansfield	J Stansfield	J Bacuna	J Bacuna

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Stansfield FWD	12	26	2	6
I Sunjic MID	1	5	3	1
D Sanderson DEF	1	3		1
E Laird DEF		1	1
K Bielik DEF		7
L Buchanan DEF		1		1
S Paik MID		5
O Burke MID		3		1
T Roberts MID		5	1	1
K Anderson MID		3	1	1
Subs
J James MID	8	15		2
J Bacuna MID	7	23	6	7
S Dembélé MID	6	19	1	3
K Miyoshi MID	5	17	6	7
G Gardner MID	1	1		1
S Hogan FWD	1	8	2	1
M Roberts DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1417	76	203
K Bielik	L Buchanan	J Bacuna

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
K Bielik DEF	1417	48	172
J Ruddy GLK	1300		22
D Sanderson DEF	1259	34	117
L Buchanan DEF	1157	76	170
I Sunjic MID	780	57	89
E Laird DEF	629	63	186
S Paik MID	507	24	62
J Stansfield FWD	452	42	104
K Anderson MID	279	10	49
O Burke MID	272	12	55
T Roberts MID	200	13	45
Subs
J Bacuna MID	1047	65	203
J James MID	745	50	126
K Miyoshi MID	694	36	90
S Dembélé MID	477	31	156
M Roberts DEF	459	8	50
S Hogan FWD	147	7	36
G Gardner MID	122	2	13
N Etheridge GLK	64
G Hall MID	24	2	9