Birmingham City vs Bradford City – Schedule & Where to Watch on TV

Football English EFL Trophy Birmingham City - Bradford City
Result
2:1
18/02/2025 at 15:00 (Time Zone – GMT-5 (America/New_York))
  • ENGLAND: EFL Trophy - Play Offs - Semi-finals
  • Referee: Oldham S. (Eng)
  • Where to Watch on TV:
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Match Stats

Expected Goals (xG)
1.150.59
Ball Possession
67%33%
Goal Attempts
103
Shots on Goal
42
Shots off Goal
50
Blocked Shots
11
Big Chances
21
Corner Kicks
52
Shots inside the Box
83
Shots outside the Box
20
Hit the Woodwork
00
Headed Goals
10
Goalkeeper Saves
12
Free Kicks
79
Offsides
29
Fouls
97
Yellow Cards
13
Throw-ins
1732
Touches in the Opposition Box
2910
Passes
84% (572/679)65% (210/321)
Passes in the final third
71% (135/190)56% (57/102)
Crosses
21% (5/24)15% (3/20)
Tackles
50% (6/12)80% (8/10)
Clearances Total
2427
Interceptions
810

Key Moments

Here there are
  • 1st Half (1 - 0)
  • 5', Halliday B. 🟨,
  • 34', Cochrane A. 🟨,
  • 45+2', Wright T. 🟨,
  • 45+3', 1 - 0, Stansfield J. , Dowell K. (A),
  • 2nd Half (1 - 1)
  • 52', 1 - 1, Pointon B. , Sarcevic A. (A),
  • 59', Stansfield J. , May A. ,
  • 60', Wright S. , Anderson K. ,
  • 60', Gardner-Hickman T. , Laird E. ,
  • 80', Dowell K. , Dykes L. ,
  • 88', 2 - 1, Dykes L. , Iwata T. (A),
  • 90+2', Halliday B. , Johnson C. ,
  • 90+3', Willumsson W. T. , Hanley G. ,
  • 90+6', Smallwood R. 🟨,
  • 90+9', Walker J. , Ibbitson H. ,

Chances of winning


Birmingham City
68.4%
Draw
20.1%
Bradford City
11.5%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)
63% 21.8% 15.2%

Our Initial ML Estimation

66.8% 20.6% 14.3%


Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

  • Birmingham City has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+5.4%)
  • Note: This is a significant improvement in prediction, suggesting increased confidence in Birmingham City's performance.
  • Bradford City has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-3.7%)
  • ML Model estimates a lower probability for Birmingham City than the current prediction. (-1.6%)
  • ML Model estimates a higher probability for Bradford City than the current prediction. (+2.8%)
  • Birmingham City - Bradford City Odds

    1 X 2 Marga
    Avarage Now
    (Initially)
    1.37
    (1.45)
    4.59
    (4.2)
    8.18
    (6)
    7.3%
    (9.4%)

  • The most likely Over/Under: 3.00
  • What is the prediction for Birmingham City - Bradford City?
  • Users Predictions: 13 users predict this event. Birmingham will win (votes: 11 - 84.6%). Bradford will win (votes: 1 - 7.7%). It will Tie (votes: 1 - 7.7%).
    Confidence interval (95%) for Birmingham: 65%100%.
  • The most likely score by Bookmakers is 2:0.
  • Preview Facts
    • Instantly two teams are in a excellent shape.
    • Recently Birmingham have a series of home games.
    • In this match Birmingham is the unquestionable favorite.
    • Our prediction for today's Birmingham to win the game is with odds 1.44.
    • Recently, the teams did not play each other.
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