Birmingham City v Sheffield Wednesday
Championship | St Andrew's Stadium
Saturday, 25 November 2023 @ 3.00pm
Birmingham City face Sheffield Wednesday at St Andrew's on Saturday looking to secure a first win in six Championship games.
The Blues have lost four and drawn one match since they last earned three points – against West Bromwich Albion on October 6.
They face a Wednesday side who have won just one and lost four over that time.
Wednesday are bottom of the table after 16 games, of which they have won one and drawn three, earning six points.
Birmingham are six places ahead of the Owls in 18th, with five wins and four draws putting them on 19 points.
In the last 10 years, Birmingham and Wednesday have played each other on 15 occasions. Birmingham won five of them, Wednesday six, and they drew four times.
On average, the Blues scored 1.1 goals and the Owls 1.5 in those matches.
Their last meeting was on February 20 2021, when Birmingham won 1-0 away.
With seven goals in 16 games so far this season, the away team are the league's lowest scorers with 0.4 goals per game. And they are conceding more than average, letting in 27 goals at a rate of 1.7 per game.
City are also below average scorers, with 1.2 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.4. They have conceded 1.4 goals per game.
Birmingham's last match was on November 11, a 3-1 loss against Sunderland, with Koji Miyoshi getting the goal for the Blues.
Wednesday lost 4-0 against Millwall last time out, also on November 11.