Birmingham City vs Queens Park Rangers — Stats & Match Analysis

Championship · 2026Sat, 17 Oct 2026, 14:00 UTC

Birmingham City

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vsPre-match analysis

Queens Park Rangers

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Season

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Goals scored: 1.431.14
Expected goals: 1.731.41
Shots: 13.114.9
Possession: 48.4%49.1%

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What the record shows

The retained record does not give either club a clear edge on the metrics that clear the gates. The closest thing to a difference: each team's season corners average is above the competition baseline. Limitation: At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.

Both teams have elevated corners records

weak

Each team's season corners average is above the competition baseline.

6.14 corners/matchCornersBirmingham City · Queens Park Rangers● 6.43 corners/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Both team averages are compared with the same competition baseline.

Window: season

Metric	Birmingham City	Queens Park Rangers	Baseline
Corners	6.14 corners/match	6.43 corners/match	5.41 corners/match

Caveat: A shared historical pattern is descriptive and may not repeat in one fixture.

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Birmingham City favored in 3 of 13 directional metrics · Queens Park Rangers in 9 · 1 too close

recorded edge higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Birmingham City7 matchesQueens Park Rangers7 matches

1.43 goals/match ▲Goals scored7/71.14 goals/match

1.29 goals/matchGoals allowed7/7▲ 0.71 goals/match

1.73 xG/match ▲Expected goals7/71.41 xG/match

13.1 shots/matchShots7/7▲ 14.9 shots/match

4.43 shots/matchShots on target7/7▲ 5 shots/match

48.4%Possession7/7● 49.1%

6.14 corners/matchCorners7/7● 6.43 corners/match

12.7 fouls/matchFouls7/78.86 fouls/match

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

2Birmingham City

1Draws

2Queens Park Rangers

11 Mar 2026Birmingham City — Queens Park Rangers · Championship1–0

9 Dec 2025Queens Park Rangers — Birmingham City · Championship2–1

29 Mar 2024Queens Park Rangers — Birmingham City · Championship2–1

22 Sept 2023Birmingham City — Queens Park Rangers · Championship0–0

18 Mar 2023Queens Park Rangers — Birmingham City · Championship0–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidenceUseful evidence — limited

Season samples7 / 7home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

Freshness35 daysstale at cutoff

At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
The nearest completed-match evidence is stale relative to this fixture cutoff.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 17 Oct 2026, 14:00 UTC · analysis-v4

Team rankings in Championship

Goals per match ranking xG per match ranking Shots per match ranking

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