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Championship · Matchday 11 Match report

Birmingham City 3-0 Queens Park Rangers: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham

Our picks against the result

7 of 12 right

  • Result Birmingham City win52% 3-0
  • Double chance Birmingham City or draw (1X)78% 3-0
  • Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.553% 3 goals
  • More corners Birmingham City61% Queens Park Rangers (0-4)
  • Yellow cards Around average 0 yellow cards · league 3.0
  • Yellow cards 0 yellow cards 3.5 Under64% 4.5 Under81% 5.5 Under91%
  • Corners Around average 4 corners · league 10.5
  • Corners 4 corners 8.5 Over68% 9.5 Over57% 10.5 Under53%

Match stats

Birmingham City Queens Park Rangers
  • 3 Goals 0
  • 0 Yellow cards 0
  • 0 Red cards 0
  • 0 Corners 4

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

Birmingham City vs Queens Park Rangers takes place at St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park on Saturday 17 October 2026, and in the Championship, Matchday 11, our model picks a home win, with Birmingham or draw as the double chance.

Why this pick?

Our model favours a Birmingham win mainly because it rates them stronger than Queens Park Rangers, above the Championship average, while the visitors sit slightly below it. The counterweight is plain: Queens Park Rangers are unbeaten in five, level on points with Birmingham, and give up few clear chances. Birmingham's attacking play answers that, creating clearly more big chances than the league average across their last five matches, with shots and touches in the box also up. Home advantage at St. Andrew's adds to it, and with nothing real on the other side of the argument the case points one way, though the call is only moderate.

Form guide

Birmingham City

  • W 4-0 vs Preston North End (H) Championship · 13 Oct
  • W 1-0 at West Bromwich Albion (A) Championship · 10 Oct
  • D 2-2 vs Middlesbrough (H) Championship · 19 Sep
  • W 2-1 at Derby County (A) Championship · 12 Sep
  • L 1-2 at Norwich City (A) Championship · 9 Sep

Queens Park Rangers

  • W 4-1 vs Derby County (H) Championship · 14 Oct
  • D 1-1 at West Ham United (A) Championship · 9 Oct
  • D 2-2 vs Preston North End (H) Championship · 19 Sep
  • D 1-1 at West Bromwich Albion (A) Championship · 12 Sep
  • D 0-0 at Charlton Athletic (A) Championship · 9 Sep

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

Birmingham CityQueens Park Rangers
Attack 65 48 1.7 goals per match this season1.5 goals per match this season
Defence 78 26 1.1 conceded per match this season0.9 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Championship clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.

Head-to-head

6Birmingham City wins
5draws
11Queens Park Rangers wins

22 meetings since 2010, results after 90 minutes.

  • 11 Mar 2026 · Championship Birmingham City 1-0 Queens Park Rangers
  • 9 Dec 2025 · Championship Queens Park Rangers 2-1 Birmingham City
  • 29 Mar 2024 · Championship Queens Park Rangers 2-1 Birmingham City
  • 22 Sep 2023 · Championship Birmingham City 0-0 Queens Park Rangers
  • 18 Mar 2023 · Championship Queens Park Rangers 0-1 Birmingham City

Championship so far

Championship records before the match
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5 Birmingham City 10 451 17:11 +6 17
6 Queens Park Rangers 10 451 15:9 +6 17

Positions in our table of 24 clubs, before kick-off. Full table

Match facts

Competition
Championship, Matchday 11
Kick-off
Venue
St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham

Questions and answers

What was the score of Birmingham City vs Queens Park Rangers?

Birmingham City 3-0 Queens Park Rangers in the Championship (Matchday 11) on Saturday 17 October 2026.

Was the OptimaGoal prediction for Birmingham City vs Queens Park Rangers right?

Yes: our result pick was Birmingham City win, and the score after 90 minutes was 3-0. 7 of our 12 picks and markets for this match were right.

How many cards and corners were there in Birmingham City vs Queens Park Rangers?

0 yellow cards (Birmingham City 0, Queens Park Rangers 0), no red cards and 4 corners (Birmingham City 0, Queens Park Rangers 4).

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