Championship · Matchday 9 Match report

West Bromwich Albion 0-1 Birmingham City: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

West Bromwich Albion

0-1Full time

Birmingham City

Saturday 10 October 2026, 11:30 UTC The Hawthorns, West Bromwich

Our picks against the result

5 of 12 right

Result West Bromwich Albion win36% 0-1
Double chance West Bromwich Albion or Birmingham City (12)71% 0-1
Goals over/under 2.5 Under 2.555% 1 goal
More corners West Bromwich Albion53% Birmingham City (7-9)
Yellow cards Around average 0 yellow cards · league 3.7
Yellow cards 0 yellow cards 2.5 Over74% 3.5 Over54% 4.5 Under66%
Corners Around average 16 corners · league 10.6
Corners 16 corners 8.5 Over65% 9.5 Over54% 10.5 Under56%

Match stats

West Bromwich Albion Birmingham City

0 Goals 1
0 Yellow cards 0
0 Red cards 0
7 Corners 9

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

West Bromwich Albion vs Birmingham City is the Championship fixture at The Hawthorns on Saturday 10 October 2026, Matchday 9. Our model picks West Bromwich Albion to win, and the double chance covers either side to win with no draw.

Why this pick?

Our model goes with a West Bromwich Albion win, and the biggest argument is the setting: the game is at The Hawthorns, where home advantage counts. Birmingham City come out slightly the stronger side on our longer-run, xG-based strength rating, and their attacking play of late — shots above the league average, big chances clearly above it — is the other real counterpoint, with a crowded calendar adding a little doubt. What carries the pick is the other end: our strength rating has West Bromwich Albion's defence well clear of Birmingham's, who concede big chances at an above-average rate. No single point settles it; the overall picture does. The call is narrow.

Form guide

West Bromwich Albion

L 0-1 at Wolverhampton Wanderers (A) Championship · 20 Sep
D 1-1 vs Queens Park Rangers (H) Championship · 12 Sep
W 1-0 at Derby County (A) Championship · 9 Sep
W 1-0 vs Watford (H) Championship · 5 Sep
D 1-1 vs Charlton Athletic (H) Championship · 2 Sep

Birmingham City

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
D 2-2 vs Wolverhampton Wanderers (H) Championship · 6 Sep
D 1-1 vs Southampton (H) Championship · 1 Sep

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

Attack and defence ratings

West Bromwich AlbionBirmingham City

Attack 26 52 1.3 goals per match this season1.5 goals per match this season

Defence 87 74 1.0 conceded per match this season1.4 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.