Birmingham vs Portsmouth — Championship 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on xG from last 11+ matches
Birmingham54%
Portsmouth22%✓ Correct in 49 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 48.6% correct across 15,072 matches, vs 43.8% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.1% correct · Away picks 45.3% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Birmingham creates 75% more chances
Season form · 11 home / 33 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under52
- Over48
Close call
Both teams score
- No50
- Yes50
Close call
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Birmingham ↓
Most likely 1–0 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Birmingham at home — creates 1.78, concedes 1.01 · 11 matches
Portsmouth away — creates 0.89, concedes 1.53 · 33 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Birmingham attack 1.78 + Portsmouth defence 1.53 → ÷2 → 1.66
Portsmouth attack 0.89 + Birmingham defence 1.01 → ÷2 → 0.95
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 54%?"
Birmingham at 54% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 54% does not mean "Birmingham will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
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Birmingham host Portsmouth on Tuesday, 7 February 2012 at 19:45. The match is part of the Championship 2018/2019 season.
Match Recap: Birmingham vs Portsmouth
Birmingham beat Portsmouth 1-0 in Championship on February 7, 2012.
Goals: N. Redmond (86').
The match was played at St. Andrew's Stadium.