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Sheffield Wednesday v Birmingham City : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Hillsborough, Sheffield

Sheffield Wednesday and their manager Henrik Pedersen will be looking to get one over on Chris Davies and his Birmingham City side on Tuesday evening, as the pair meet at the Hillsborough in the Championship. For every Championship fixture, KickOff dives into the statistics for all of the biggest markets. Key stats, including head-to-head results, are then published alongside odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers.

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Sheffield Wednesday's next match is v Bristol C at 15:00 on Saturday 24th January
Birmingham City's next match is v Stoke at 15:00 on Saturday 24th January
The last English Championship meeting between Sheff Wed and Birmingham was on Tuesday 20th January 2026
English Championship
January 20th 2026
Sheff Wed 0
2 Birmingham
 
83' M. Ducksch
90' K. Furuhashi
 
SHW
BIR
Shots On
1
7
Shots Off
4
7
Corners
3
11
Possession
50%
50%
Fouls
9
10
Yellow/red cards
2/0
1/0
 
Sheff WedBirmingham
 
Y. Valery
M. Cooper
L. Palmer
S. Ingelsson (C. McNeill 71')
B. Bannan (J. Thornton 89')
J. Lowe (N. Redmond 88')
B. Cadamarteri
G. Otegbayo
R. Johnson
C. McGhee
J. Heskey
C. Klarer
P. Neumann
(J. Solis Romero 67') T. Doyle
S. Paik
P. Roberts
J. Beadle
K. Wagner
T. Iwata
(S. Wright 88') J. Stansfield
(K. Furuhashi 67') L. Koumas
(W. Willumsson 90') football iconM. Ducksch

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

The stats suggest there's no obvious winner in this fixture, but there's plenty of reasons to believe that Sheff Wed and Birmingham will find the net twice at least between them. Goals have flowed freely when they've gone head-to-head in the past, and neither Henrik Pedersen or Chris Davies has served up too many 0-0s recently either. The bookmakers are predicting over 1.5 goals too, with odds of 1.30 equating to roughly a 77% probability.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 52% chance of Birmingham coming away with a win.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Sheff Wed
24%
13/2
25%
1/50
27%
Draw
25%
7/2
20%
750/1
10%
Birmingham
52%
2/5
9%
1/1000
9%
Draw 1-1
12%
15/2
13%
9/1
7%
Birmingham 1-0
11%
6/12/9
Birmingham 2-1
10%
15/233/1
Birmingham 2-0
9%
11/2
7%
5/1
Sheff Wed 1-0
7%
18/1
27%
15/2
18%
Draw 0-0
7%
11/1
9%
13/20
11%
Sheff Wed 2-1
6%
22/1
21%
80/1
13%
Birmingham 3-1
5%
11/1
8%
125/1
Birmingham 3-0
5%
8/1
18%
33/1
15%
Draw 2-2
5%
20/1
24%
150/1
Sheff Wed 2-0
4%
40/1
21%
40/1
24%
Birmingham 3-2
3%
28/1
12%
200/1
Birmingham 4-1
2%
20/1
9%
150/1
11%
Birmingham 4-0
2%
16/1
19%
125/1
24%
Sheff Wed 3-1
2%
50/1
24%
150/1
Over 2.5 Goals
50%
4/5
6%
20/1
8%
Under 2.5 Goals
50%
1/1
5%
1/1000
7%
Home 1st Goal
43%
9/4
13%
11/2
13%
Away 1st Goal
53%
2/5
3%
9/5
8%
No 1st Goal
4%
11/1
9%
13/20
11%
BTTS - Yes
52%
1/1
9%
15/2
3%
BTTS - No
48%
8/11
5%
1/18
1%
BTTS - Home Win
11%
14/1
25%
60/1
16%
BTTS - Draw
18%
5/1
20%
17/2
10%
BTTS - Away Win
23%
12/5
3%
33/1
8%
Home/draw
48%
7/4
16%
17/2
17%
Away/draw
76%
1/10
3%
1/1000
4%
Home/away
75%
2/11
6%
1/25
4%
Over 1.5 Goals
75%
1/4
3%
29/10
4%
Under 1.5 Goals
25%
3/1
7%
2/9
9%
Over 3.5 Goals
28%
2/1
6%
70/1
9%
Under 3.5 Goals
72%
2/5
3%
1/1000
5%
Over 4.5 Goals
13%
9/2
8%
1/50
13%
Under 4.5 Goals
87%
1/7
1%
1/50
3%
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
10/1
15%
1/50
17%
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
1/20
1%
1/50
2%
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
1/25
1%
11/10
1%
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
11/1
18%
4/6
11%
Home DNB
41%
5/1
33%
60/1
28%
Away DNB
69%
1/8
4%
1/1000
7%
Sheff Wed win to nil
12%
12/1
18%
-
Birmingham win to nil
29%
6/5
12%
-
Sheff Wed / Sheff Wed
7%
12/1
30%
20/1
25%
Sheff Wed / Birmingham
4%
20/128/1
Sheff Wed / Draw
5%
18/1
12%
25/1
Draw / Sheff Wed
6%
14/1
25%
13/2
20%
Draw / Birmingham
20%
3/1
8%
5/4
5%
Draw / Draw
13%
11/2
8%
15/8
10%
Birmingham / Sheff Wed
2%
40/150/1
Birmingham / Birmingham
38%
11/10
12%
11/2
12%
Birmingham / Draw
5%
16/1
13%
22/1
15%
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Sheff Wed have played 26 matches so far this season and are in 24th position in the league. Sheff Wed are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 9 of those games.

Performance against teams above them in the league

26 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 17 games, drawn 8 and won 1. Sheff Wed have conceded 52 goals, scored 18, failed to score in 13 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Sheff Wed have played 14 games at home, winning 0, drawing 4 and losing 10 fixtures. They have scored 7 goals, conceded 30 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score 9 times in home league games.

Birmingham lay in 14th place on 35 points in the Championship league table having played 27 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 12 games against teams below them in the table, winning 5, drawing 5 and losing 2 games. They have scored 19 goals and kept 3 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Birmingham have conceded 14 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

Birmingham have played 14 away games, winning 2, drawing 3 and losing 9 games. They have scored an average of 0.6 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.7 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Sheff Wed
Birmingham
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Coventry2817743058 
l
 
0-5A
Apr 11
w
 
3-2F
l
 
3-0A
2
Ipswich2714852350 
Mar 14
l
 
3-1A
d
 
1-1F
Apr 6
3
M'Boro2714761249 
l
 
0-1A
Apr 21
Mar 2
l
 
2-1A
4
Hull271458647 
d
 
2-2F
Mar 21
l
 
2-3A
Apr 18
5
Millwall281378-346 
Feb 14
l
 
1-0A
w
 
4-0F
Feb 25
6
Preston2811107743 
l
 
2-3F
l
 
3-0A
Apr 22
w
 
0-1F
7
Stoke2712510941 
l
 
0-3A
Apr 3
Jan 24
l
 
1-0A
8
Watford261187641 
Mar 10
d
 
1-1F
w
 
2-1F
l
 
3-0A
9
Wrexham2810117541 
Jan 31
d
 
2-2A
Apr 11
d
 
1-1A
10
Derby281189241 
l
 
0-3A
Mar 7
d
 
1-1A
Mar 21
11
Bristol C2811710740 
l
 
0-3A
Jan 24
Apr 25
l
 
1-0A
12
QPR2811710-140 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
3-0A
Mar 10
l
 
2-1A
13
Birmingham2810810138 
l
 
0-2A
d
 
2-2A
-
-
14
Leicester2810810-238 
Apr 6
l
 
2-1F
Feb 7
l
 
2-0A
15
Swansea2810612-436 
l
 
0-2A
Feb 8
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
16
Southampton278910-133 
Feb 28
l
 
3-1A
d
 
1-1F
l
 
3-1A
17
Sheff Utd2610214-332 
l
 
0-3A
Feb 22
Mar 14
l
 
3-0A
18
Charlton278811-732 
Apr 18
l
 
2-1A
d
 
1-1F
Mar 7
19
West Brom289415-1231 
May 2
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 10
d
 
1-1A
20
Norwich288614-530 
d
 
1-1F
Feb 25
w
 
4-1F
Feb 21
21
Blackburn277713-1128 
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 3
Apr 3
w
 
1-2A
22
Portsmouth257711-1328 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-2F
w
 
4-0F
May 2
23
Oxford Utd275913-1024 
l
 
1-2A
Apr 25
w
 
1-0F
Jan 31
24
Sheff Wed271818-36-7 
-
-
d
 
2-2F
w
 
0-2F
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
3
Sheff Wed have lost 3 consecutive league games
20
Sheff Wed have not won in 20 consecutive league games
8
Birmingham have not won in 8 consecutive away league games
4
Sheff Wed have failed to score in 4 consecutive league games
Sheff Wed 24TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
3
Goals: Scored
11
Conceded
37
Games: Scored
8 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
12 / 20
W
1
Draw
5
Lost
14
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sheff Wed0 - 1Portsmouth
Sheff Wed0 - 0Blackburn
Sheff Wed2 - 2Hull
Sheff Wed0 - 3Derby
Sheff Wed2 - 3Preston
Sheff Wed0 - 3Sheff Utd
Sheff Wed1 - 1Norwich
Sheff Wed1 - 2Oxford Utd
Sheff Wed0 - 1M'Boro
Sheff Wed0 - 5Coventry
Sheff Wed1 - 1QPR
Sheff Wed0 - 3Bristol C
Sheff Wed0 - 2Swansea
Sheff Wed0 - 3Stoke
Sheff Wed1 - 1Portsmouth
Sheff Wed2 - 1M'Boro
Sheff Wed0 - 1Oxford Utd
Sheff Wed0 - 1Hull
Sheff Wed0 - 1Sheff Utd
Sheff Wed1 - 2Sunderland
Goals: Scored
13
Conceded
40
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
Draw
7
Lost
13
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HSheff Wed0 - 1Portsmouth
ASheff Wed0 - 3QPR
ASheff Wed0 - 3Preston
HSheff Wed0 - 0Blackburn
HSheff Wed2 - 2Hull
ASheff Wed1 - 3Ipswich
HSheff Wed0 - 3Derby
ASheff Wed1 - 1Watford
HSheff Wed2 - 3Preston
ASheff Wed0 - 1Millwall
HSheff Wed0 - 3Sheff Utd
ASheff Wed1 - 3Southampton
HSheff Wed1 - 1Norwich
ASheff Wed0 - 0West Brom
HSheff Wed1 - 2Oxford Utd
HSheff Wed0 - 1M'Boro
ASheff Wed1 - 2Charlton
HSheff Wed0 - 5Coventry
ASheff Wed2 - 2Birmingham
HSheff Wed1 - 1QPR
Birmingham 15TH
20 league games
Away
8
Overall
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
D
3
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Swansea1 - 1Birmingham
Watford3 - 0Birmingham
Sheff Utd3 - 0Birmingham
QPR2 - 1Birmingham
Southampton3 - 1Birmingham
West Brom1 - 1Birmingham
M'Boro2 - 1Birmingham
Bristol C1 - 0Birmingham
Preston0 - 1Birmingham
Wrexham1 - 1Birmingham
Coventry3 - 0Birmingham
Stoke1 - 0Birmingham
Leicester2 - 0Birmingham
Blackburn1 - 2Birmingham
Cambridge1 - 2Birmingham
Blackpool0 - 2Birmingham
Stevenage0 - 1Birmingham
Burton1 - 2Birmingham
Peterborough1 - 2Birmingham
Bristol R1 - 2Birmingham
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
6
Draw
7
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABirmingham1 - 1Swansea
HBirmingham3 - 2Coventry
ABirmingham0 - 3Watford
HBirmingham1 - 1Southampton
HBirmingham1 - 1Derby
ABirmingham0 - 3Sheff Utd
HBirmingham1 - 1Charlton
ABirmingham1 - 2QPR
ABirmingham1 - 3Southampton
HBirmingham2 - 1Watford
ABirmingham1 - 1West Brom
HBirmingham4 - 1Norwich
ABirmingham1 - 2M'Boro
HBirmingham4 - 0Millwall
HBirmingham4 - 0Portsmouth
ABirmingham0 - 1Bristol C
ABirmingham1 - 0Preston
HBirmingham2 - 3Hull
ABirmingham1 - 1Wrexham
HBirmingham2 - 2Sheff Wed
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Sheff Wed since 2000
Sheff Wed
Birmingham
Goals: Scored
20
14
Games: Scored
10 / 14
9 / 14
Clean sheets
5 / 14
4 / 14
SHW
6
D
4
BIR
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sheff Wed
Sheff Wed2 - 0
0 - 1Birmingham
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 3Birmingham
Sheff Wed3 - 0
Sheff Wed3 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Sheff Wed4 - 1
Sheff Wed3 - 2
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 3Birmingham
0 - 1Birmingham
Sheff Wed1 - 0
League games at Birmingham since 2001
Birmingham
Sheff Wed
Goals: Scored
26
17
Games: Scored
12 / 15
11 / 15
Clean sheets
4 / 15
3 / 15
SHW
4
D
3
BIR
8
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Birmingham
Draw2 - 2Draw
Birmingham2 - 1
0 - 1Sheff Wed
Draw3 - 3Draw
Birmingham3 - 1
Birmingham1 - 0
Birmingham2 - 1
1 - 2Sheff Wed
0 - 2Sheff Wed
Birmingham4 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
Birmingham3 - 1
Birmingham2 - 0
Birmingham2 - 0
1 - 2Sheff Wed
Goal Statistics
Sheff Wed 24th Birmingham 15th
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1.0
goals
1.6
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
36%
1
37%
2
19%
3
4+
There is a 73% probability that Sheff Wed will score no more than 1 goal
0
19%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
8%
There is a 81% probability that Birmingham will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-51
Sheff Wed have scored 51% fewer goals at home than predicted
-20
Birmingham have scored 20% fewer goals when away than predicted
0.6
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
1.9
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season
Sheff Wed
PG (predicted goals)
Birmingham
1
1.6
Attack rating
SHW
BIR
38%
better
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Games scored13
21
Failed to score13
6
Scored first7
12
Goals scored18
36
Avg. goals scored0.7
1.3
Avg. shots per game7
9
Avg. shots per goal10
7
Conversion rate for10
14
Avg. XG for0.9
1.5
KickOff rating
+38%
Defence rating
SHW
BIR
17%
better
view stats
Games conceded23
22
Clean sheets3
5
Conceded first17
15
Goals conceded52
37
Avg. goals conceded2
1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded12
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
6
Conversion rate against17%
17%
Avg. XG against1.9
1.2
KickOff rating
+17%

Sheff Wed v Birmingham Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Sheff Wed Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
27337
B BannanB BannanB BannanB Bannan
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M. Cooper GLK2
-
Y Valery DEF211
3
-
G. Otegbayo DEF18
1
-
L Palmer DEF261
3
-
R. Johnson MID7
1
-
J. Heskey MID2
-
B Bannan MID2733
6
1
C. McGhee MID3
-
B Cadamarteri FWD272
2
-
S Ingelsson FWD261
1
-
J Lowe FWD272
3
-
Subs
L. Stretch GLK
-
J. Emery DEF
-
R Shipston MID3
-
J. Thornton MID9
-
N Redmond FWD5
-
C McNeill FWD2331
1
-
D. Moses FWD1
-
F. Onukwuli FWD3
-
Birmingham Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
27857
T IwataJ StansfieldP RobertsC Klarer
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Beadle GLK18
3
-
T Iwata DEF2711
6
-
P Neumann DEF222
4
-
C Klarer DEF252
6
1
K Wagner DEF31
1
-
T Doyle MID253
1
1
S Paik MID274
6
-
P Roberts MID2335
2
-
J Stansfield MID2684
6
-
L. Koumas MID231
1
-
M Ducksch FWD1961
1
-
Subs
R Allsop GLK10
2
-
A Sampsted DEF6
-
J Solís MID1
-
W Willumsson MID10
-
K Fujimoto MID2
-
M. Mazwi MID
-
D. Isichei MID
-
K Furuhashi FWD251
1
-
S Wright FWD1
-